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Star Lady Pam Eastlick will help you find the Southern Triangle and Ara the Altar.

These are some of the most interesting stories from this week.

Starry Starry Night: Other highlights in the sky this week include Mars, Venus and Centaurus.

The new type of spacecraft propulsion system has been designed by scientists from the Australian National University (ANU) as part of an international initiative to explore Alpha Centauri.

Scientists are developing a laser-powered SAIL to reach Alpha Centauri Sam Tonkin For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo It is our nearest star system and offers perhaps the best chance of finding alien life – but reaching Alpha Centauri with current technology would take thousands of years. The good news is scientists may just have found a way to get there in the space of a human lifetime. It involves a laser-powered sail they claim could one day allow ...

Breakthrough Starshot wants to send a mission to Alpha Centauri in two decades, and new research resolves one obstacle to that immense task.

Welcome to the virtual summer American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting! Astrobites is attending the conference as usual, and we will report highlights from each day here. If you’d like to see more timely updates during the day, we encourage you to search the #aas238 hashtag on twitter.  We’ll be posting once a day during the meeting, so be sure the visit the site often to catch all the news!   This composite image of NGC4535 shows a Hubble image of the galaxy, overlaid with new A...

For instance, NASA will be using the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft to send astronauts back to the Moon starting in 2024. The core of the Gateway - the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) - will also be launched by 2024 using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Paired with a reusable lunar lander, this orbital habitat will allow for long-duration missions to the lunar surface. Between 2024 and 2028, NASA also intends to add the Internatio...

Of all the constellations, none is stranger than the combination of Ophiuchus, the Snake Wrestler, and Serpens, the snake he is wrestling with.For one thin

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