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As evening twilight darkens the July sky, a brilliant orange star rises in the southeast. This is actually not a star, but the planet Mars. Over the next…
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Mercury, the innermost and speediest planet, can be hard to see, because it never appears very far from the brilliant Sun in our sky.But Mercury may be…
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What’s that brilliant “evening star,” lingering in the southwest after sunset? It’s often confused with airplane landing lights and has even been reported…
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Pluto a planet? Not a planet? Beloved Disney Dog?The Pluto ControversyPluto the dog lives on as an animated character, but as far as being the ninth…