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Looking Up: A Stargazer’s Guide to February 2012
Find out what’s going on in the night sky over the next month!
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Are You a Star? Take Our Astronomy Quiz?
How much do you know about our universe? Find out!
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2012 Planet Guide
If you’d like to get a look at the planets in our Solar System this year, be sure to consult this handy guide on when and where to look.
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Looking Up: A Skywatcher’s Guide to December 2011
A quick look at what’s going on in the sky during the month of December.
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Humble Haumea
Haumea is the forth largest known dwarf planet in our Solar System. Learn more about this oddly-shaped body.
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This Month: A Plethora of Planets!
All of the planets in our Solar System are currently visible – six in the early morning, and one at night. Learn more!
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Exotic Eris
Known for a brief time as the “tenth planet,” Eris is our Solar System’s the largest and most distant known dwarf planet, a new class of objects created in response to its discovery. Learn more about unusual object!
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Celestial Ceres
Long before Pluto, another spherical chunk of rock and ice in our Solar System was given, and subsequently stripped of, planetary status. Learn about Ceres.
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If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.