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Sputnik’s 60th, a harvest Moon and a way to send your name to Mars

Asteroid Day is an annual reminder of threats to the Earth

2016 in space: The waves have it

Fall’s arrival brings constellation spectacles to D.C. area

The Space Place: Meteorites, Twitter hype and more

‘Spooky’ sighting in the skies beginning Halloween night

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Are we closer to finding Earth 2.0?

Marking the first ‘Asteroid Day’

The Space Place: 30 days until Pluto

Venus prepares to pass Pleiades

Rosetta spacecraft does close flyby of periodic Comet

Ceres to Venus: What to watch for in the sky

Dawn spacecraft makes final approach to Ceres

Get ready for the year’s best meteor shower

Watch Comet Siding Spring as it passes Mars