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Monday, 17 September 2018 14:44
The Solar System is putting on a show
The four brightest planets can all be easily seen during the next few weeks.
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Friday, 06 April 2012 12:08
Planets put on a show in the evening sky
As soon as the sun goes down, four planets are putting on a show for all to see.
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Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:29
Follow the ISS from Melbourne
Over the next few days, there will be some great opportunities to see the International Space Station just after dusk in Melbourne.
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Friday, 21 May 2010 22:45
Japan launches Akatsuki to Venus
On Friday, May 21, 2010, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched its Venus climate orbiter called Akatsuki, which means 'dawn' in Japanese.
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010 01:03
Venus helps with hard-to-see Mercury
Usually the planet Mercury is difficult to see on Earth, but for the rest of March and into April 2010, it will be highlighted just below and to the right of the planet Venus in the northern latitudes.
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Friday, 01 January 2010 00:05
NASA considers future missions to Venus, asteroid, Moon
The U.S. space agency NASA is considering three possible locations for its third mission into the solar system as part of its triple-mission New Frontiers program. The SAGE spacecraft may go to the planet Venus, OSIRIS-REx to an asteroid, or MoonRise to the Moon.
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Sunday, 04 October 2009 19:39
October morning sky fills with planets
In October 2009, the morning sky will be exceptionally filled with the planets Venus, Mercury, and Saturn. Later on in the month, the Moon will join the trio.
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 18:34
Inner solar system might go bonkers, maybe
According to computer simulations by astronomers at the Paris Observatory, in the worst-case scenario, one of the inner planets, either Mercury, Venus, or Mars, could collide with Earth in just over three billion years.
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Friday, 27 February 2009 20:17
Last chance in 2009 to see Moon, Venus together
On February 27, 2009, the Moon and the planet Venus will be up close and personal for the last time until spring 2010. Don’t miss your chance to see these two heavenly bodies!
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Friday, 06 February 2009 23:21
Mercury, Mars formed from leftovers of Earth, Venus
According to a new theory (which some are calling 'radical') by U.S. astronomer Brad Hansen, the two larger inner planets of our Solar System (Earth and Venus) formed first and the leftover materials came together to form the two smaller inner planets (Mercury and Mars).
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Sunday, 28 December 2008 19:35
2008 says goodbye, 2009 says hello with night sky treat
Starting Monday night (December 29, 2008) and ending with a really big show on New Year’s Eve, the new crescent Moon and the planets of Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter will help us to ring in the new year of 2009.
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 19:37
Gobble down the turkey, Jupiter, Venus, Moon are together in night sky
Beginning on the evening of Thanksgiving in the United States, and Thursday night (November 27, 2008) for all others on Earth, the planets of Venus and Jupiter and a crescent-shaped Moon will be crowding around each other in a spectacular spectacle in the night sky.
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008 19:34
Earth-like and Venus-like planets collide. Could it happen to us?
A planet similar to the size of Earth and a planet like Venus recently collided and were destroyed as they orbited around the star BD+20°307 in a mature solar system like our own. It is being called “the ultimate extinction event.”
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Saturday, 30 August 2008 18:56
Mercury, Venus, and Mars team up in southwestern sky
In September 2008, the three planets of Mercury, Venus, and Mars will be visible low in the southwestern sky just after sunset. Each will be viewable, especially with the use of binoculars.
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 19:34
Was Venus surrogate mother for Earth?
Venus and Earth have often been called “sister” planets because of their similarities, but a new British research study finds that mother Venus may have sent microorganisms to daughter Earth via father Sun and created life on Earth.
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Thursday, 28 February 2008 18:41
March 1, 1966: Venera 3 first craft to land on another planet
The Soviet Union launched Venera 3 on November 16, 1965, at 419 UTC from Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan. The Soviets hoped to land their craft on the surface of Venus.
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Saturday, 26 January 2008 19:41
Venus, Jupiter, Moon: Come together early February 2008
During the last days of January and the first days of February the two brightest planets seen on Earth will appear close together in the dawn twilight of the southeast sky, and the waning crescent Moon will drop by, too.
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Sunday, 25 November 2007 20:45
Amateur astronomers wanted to take Venus pics
Scientists with the Venus Express mission are looking for images of the planet Venus taken by amateur and professional astronomers. Can you help?
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Thursday, 11 October 2007 18:49
Early morning risers: Look for triangle of Venus, Saturn, Regulus
The mornings of October 11 through 15, 2007, early morning risers in the northern latitudes will be able to see the planets Venus and Saturn and the star Regulus positioned at the three corners of an imaginary triangle.
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Sunday, 16 September 2007 18:59
Morning star Venus: brighter, earlier each Sept morn in 2007
The planet Venus, sometimes called the Morning Star when it appears in the dawn sky, is rising higher and earlier, and getting brighter, with the beginning of each new day during the months of September and October in 2007.
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