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New Horizons captured this color-enhanced view of Pluto from a distance of 280,000 miles (450,000 kilometers) as it flew by the dwarf planet in 2015. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute.

Science, Solar System

Is Pluto a planet? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Observing, The Moon

The Moon buzzes the Pleiades: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Milky Way, Observing

Find the center of the Milky Way: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

Wade into the Lagoon Nebula: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Science, Solar System

Hold a piece of the Moon or Mars: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

A field of bright galaxies against a black background. Some forming a central cluster and others are distorted, appearing to wrap around the cluster.

Cosmology, Science

The distance scale of the cosmos: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

The Summer Triangle

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing, Observing Basics

Explore the sky’s Summer Triangle: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Cosmology, Science

What’s the fate of the universe? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

What are dark nebulae? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Moon taken during a penumbral lunar eclipse

Observing, The Moon

Catch a lunar eclipse: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

See the Lyrid meteor shower: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Watch the crescent Moon slide by Venus: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher