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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Opportunity After the Storm
On Mars dust storms can't actually blow spacecraft over, but they can blot out the Sun.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day:Close Mars
Still bright in evening skies, Mars was just past opposition and closest to Earth on July 31, a mere 57.6 million kilometers away.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Curiosity's Dusty Self
Winds on Mars can't actually blow spacecraft over. But in the low gravity, martian winds can loft fine dust particles in planet-wide storms, like the dust storm now raging on the Red Planet.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Dusty With a Chance of Dust
It's storm season on Mars. Dusty with a chance of dust is the weather report for Gale crater as a recent planet-scale dust storm rages.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Play Saturn's Rings Like a Harp
Sure, you've seen Saturn's rings -- but have you ever heard them?
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity
The robotic rover Opportunity sometimes passes small craters on Mars
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Blue Moon Tree
Does an alignment like this occur only once in a blue moon?
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Tips and Techniques for Photographing the Northern Lights
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