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Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

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Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

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Press Releases
August 2006
Your source for astronomy expertise — Astronomy magazine editors are here to help enrich media and blogger coverage of meteor showers, space missions, and night-sky events.
Astronomy October 2006 cover image
Astronomy magazine's October 2006 issue gives a special report on the search for planets outside our solar system.
Published: August 25, 2006
The International Astronomical Union will announce its decision on Pluto and other objects' planet status Thursday morning. Astronomy magazine editors give their takes on the upcoming announcement.
Published: August 23, 2006
This Wednesday, the International Astronomical Union will unveil its official guidelines for classifying space objects as planets. Will Pluto make the cut?
Published: August 15, 2006
2006 Perseid meteor shower
Get ready for the annual summer show of shooting stars.
Published: August 8, 2006
Mercury's morning show
The innermost planet climbs high in the predawn sky August 6-15.
Published: August 2, 2006
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