THE MAP TO A BARRED SPIRAL GALAXY CALLED MILY WAY

ON JULY 14 PLUTO WILL BE REACHED-What will the much-discussed Kuiper Belt object tell us about the outer Solar System?

Pluto!

THE LONGEST DAY IN THE SUN'S RAYS

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ASTRONOMER-FRIENDLY SKIES IN THE FORECAST

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OFF THE EARTH, FOR THE EARTH

They're back!

Our amazing heroes, NASA astronaut Terry Virts, ESA astronaut Sam Cristoforetti and Rosocosmos cosmonaut Shkaplerov of mission #43 are back on Earth safely:

THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF PLUTO'S SATELlITES

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Most moons in the Solar System, including Earh's satellite, rotates on its axis at the same speed as it orbits a planet, hence we see the same side of the Moon facing Earth. Not on Pluto, but then again, Pluto is not a planet.