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Eerily Blank Sun

Something unexpected is happening on the Sun. 2013 was supposed…
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Comet C 2012 F6 Lemmon imaged by Johan Retief

Club member and astrophotography buff Johan Retief took this stunning…
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More than 500 hurt in meteorite shower

February 15 2013 at 01:34pm By Natalia Shurmina and Andrey…
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Curiosity Mars rover takes historic drill sample

The two holes drilled at John Klein. The test hole…
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Big sun-diving Comet ISON might be spectacular in late 2013

  Astronomers are excited about a sungrazing comet discovered late…
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Record-setting asteroid flyby past Earth on 15 February

  Talk about a close shave. On 15 February, an…
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The origin and maintenance of a retrograde exoplanet

Artist's rendition of the HAT-P-7 system. Researchers used the Subaru…
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When a planet behaves like a comet

A comparison of the ionosphere of Venus under different solar…
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