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| | New findings from New HorizonsFive months after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto to take the first images and measurements of this icy world and its system of satellites, knowledge about this distant system continues to unfold. |
| |  ESO | How big can a black hole grow?While planets have been known to have cloudy storms, this is the best evidence yet for a star that has one. |
|  NASA/JPL/Cal-tech | Cassini closes in on Enceladus one last timeNASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft makes its final close flyby of the ocean-bearing moon Enceladus on December 19. |
|  Adam Stuart | First Christmas Day Full Moon since 1977The reappearance of the supernova was calculated from different models of the galaxy cluster whose immense gravity is warping the supernova’s light. |
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| | | January 2016 Issue Preview VideoWatch Editor David J. Eicher share highlights from the January Issue of Astronomy magazine. This month's issue counts down the biggest space stories of 2015, recaps Dawn's exploration of dwarf planet Ceres, reviews the life and times of Stephen Hawking, and more. |
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|  | SEASONAL OBSERVINGWinter observing targets for small telescopes |
|  | THE REAL REALITY SHOWHow large is the universe? |
|  | SUPERSTARS OF ASTRONOMYSeth Shostak: Life in the universe |
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| | December sky highlightsThe parade of morning planets — Venus, Mars, and Jupiter — continues during December, but the month’s highlight comes on the 14th when the prolific Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. Astronomy magazine subscribers have access to the complete version of December's The Sky this Month at Astronomy.com. To learn about other daily sky events, visit The Sky this Week. |
|  | Observing PodcastDecember 24 - 31 |
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|  | Jim Lovell and the Apollo programAstronomy speaks with astronaut Jim Lovell about the Apollo program and spending Christmas at the Moon. |
|  | THE LOCAL GROUPNASA should return to the Moon first, says the last man to step foot on itForty-three years ago, Gene Cernan left humanity’s last footprint on the surface of the Moon. Now, he advocates for our return. |
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|  | PICTURE OF THE DAYPart of the Soul Nebula in Hubble paletteLynn Hilborn captured this image from Grafton, Ontario, Canada. |
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|  | NEBULAE GALLERYThe Orion Nebula (M42)User RayM0506 imaged the familiar yet always spectacular Orion Nebula. |
|  | GALAXIES GALLERYThe heart of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31)User RayM0506 captured the heart of our giant neighboring galaxy. |
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| | Send us your astronomy questionsPerplexed by planets? Confused by cosmology? Baffled by black holes? Then send in your questions. If you have an astronomy question about observing, equipment, the planets, stars, cosmology, or astronomy history, send it in! Astronomy magazine editors select five questions each month for publication in the Ask Astro section of the magazine. If your question is selected, we will forward it to an expert for a response. Then, the question and answer will appear together in a future issue. We may edit or revise your question for clarity. |
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