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Good Morning Mercury

14 October 2014 Astronomy Now

Forget about Mercury’s evening appearance in the first half of this month – it is its morning apparition towards the end of October and into November that is the cause of celebration.

Dwarf Planet Eris at Opposition

14 October 2014 Astronomy Now

The trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Eris, discovered in 2005, comes to opposition in October. This distant, deep-frozen little world is within the reach of amateur CCD imagers.

NASA Science Briefing: Comet Siding Spring at Mars

13 October 2014 Astronomy Now

NASA holds a news conference to discuss the close encounter of Comet Siding Spring with Mars. On October 19, 2014, the comet will pass 139,500 kilometers (88,000 miles) from the red planet.

As its subtitle suggests, this book sets out to describe ‘The Origin and Evolution of the Solar System’ as seen through the work of generations of scientists who have contributed to the picture we now have.

Total eclipse of the Moon across two continents

7 October 2014 Astronomy Now

One of nature’s greatest offerings can be seen on the 8 October when the Moon fully enters the Earth’s dark shadow and experiences a total eclipse.

The Voyager Mission Experience

4 October 2014 Astronomy Now

New Horizons science team members give personal accounts of their work during the Voyager Neptune encounter and their new assignments on the Pluto mission.

Hubble Reveals the Ring Nebula’s True Shape

2 October 2014 Astronomy Now

New observations of the Ring Nebula by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveal a new twist on an iconic nebula.

Arrival and Departure at Saturn’s Moon Phoebe

2 October 2014 Astronomy Now

As it entered the Saturn system on June 11, 2004, Cassini passed Phoebe, the largest of Saturn’s outer or “irregular” moons, at an altitude of just 2,068 kilometres.