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Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Tuesday night, the Tri-State area had a chance to see the planet Venus make its final trek across the face of the sun as seen from Earth until the year 2117.

Friday, September 30, 2011  In our Facebook Story of the Day for September 30, NASA reassures us that we're safer from asteroids than previously thought.

Saturday, March 19, 2011  If ever there was a time to set your telescope toward the moon, Saturday is the time to do it. Saturday's full moon will be a super "perigee moon" -- the biggest in almost 20 years. This celestial event is far rarer than the famed blue moon, which happens once about every two-and-a-half years.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  New study finds three times as many stars as scientists previously calculated: 300 sextillion

Tuesday, January 05, 2010  The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a snapshot of when the universe was just a toddler, 600 million years after the Big Bang, the earliest image yet.

Monday, May 25, 2009  Space shuttle Atlantis, crew land in Calif., ending successful Hubble Telescope repair mission

Thursday, May 14, 2009  Astronauts install new camera for Hubble on the 1st spacewalk to make telescope more powerful

Wednesday, May 13, 2009  Atlantis astronauts grab Hubble Space Telescope for 5 days of treacherous repairs