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The Stellarium team did it. Stellarium 1.0 is here!

When night fell on Sept 23, about 15 members of The Astronomical Society of Singapore (Tasos) turned up in Bukit Batok Nature Park, filled with bright hopes of tracking giant planet Jupiter in the sky. Read more at stomp.straitstimes.com

Lunar research: Astronaut Alexander Gerst tells us why exploring the Moon is so important. And: Superconductive materials have amazing properties, so why have they only been used in basic research to date?

Greetings everyone. Welcome to autumn! Although Venus has disappeared from our early morning sky, Mars is still high overhead. And you may recognize that large constellation to the right of

A visible-light camera has captured the relative heights of clouds on Jupiter.

Jupiter is in opposition with the sun about once every Earth year, but this year the two planets will be at their closest in almost 60 years.

Overnight, scientists at nasa have deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid, aiming to push it off course. and apparently it has all worked. the dart mission is the first test of the technique, and it�*s hoped that it�*ll teach us how to change the speed and path of future asteroids and planets. it doesn�*t even sound real, does it? it doesn�*t even sound real, does it? i know! our science editor, rebecca morelle, has been taking a look at what happened. closing in on the ...

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Saudi Arabia plans to launch a training program with the goal of sending its own astronauts, including a woman, into space next year. The kingdom is actively promoting science and