You might've heard the news. We wrote a book this past year: The Universe Today's Ultimate Guide to Observing the Cosmos: Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur Astronomer. Judging from reader feedback thus far, one of the most popular parts of the book is Chapter 10, where we list the top astronomical events by year for the coming six years. True story... we picked six (2019 to 2024) to stretch out the list to touch on the April 8th, 2024 total solar eclipse.
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Just in time for the holidays, the ESO's Mars Express mission revealed a breathtaking image of a Martian crater that is ice-filled all year round.
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According to recently-reported results from the ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter, it appears that there may not be any methane in Mars' atmosphere.
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According to new research based on data obtained by the Cassini probe, Saturn's rings could be gone within 100 million years.
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Located in the Pisces constellation, roughly 30 million light years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy known as Messier 74 (aka. the "Phantom Galaxy").
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A new survey by an ALMA collaboration has resulted in stunning images of 20 nearby protoplanetary disks, which shows the process of planet formation as it happens.
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According to a new analysis of Rosetta data, the orbiter passed through the bow shock of Comet 67/P several times during its mission.
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