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IIAPY Highlights from the 2019 awards ceremony

This is one of the last images of Saturn’s rings taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, on 13 September 2017. Data from the mission is enabling scientists to learn more about the planet, its moons and its rings. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

The Story of the Solar System: Inside the rings of Saturn

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The Story of the Solar System: Mars terraformed

A video showing the solar atmosphere, by Mark Garlick.

The Story of the Solar System: The Sun

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The Story of the Solar System: Earth compared to Jupiter

A fitting tribute to Annie Maunder's solar work, AMAT's dedicated hydrogen-alpha telescope can capture dynamic activity in the Sun's broiling atmosphere.
Credit: Royal Observatory Greenwich AMAT (c) National Maritime Museum, London

The Story of the Solar System

Callisto's anti-Jovian hemisphere imaged in 2001 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft

The Story of the Solar System: Ice spires on Callisto

Voyager 2's view of Triton. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

The Story of the Solar System: Geysers on Triton

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How BBC Sky at Night Magazine reviews telescopes

BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Will Gater reveals what to look for when buying your first telescope.

Vodcast: how to buy your first telescope

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Star Map Shorts: Noctilucent Clouds

An artistic conception of the early Earth, showing a surface pummeled by large impacts, resulting in extrusion of deep seated magma onto the surface. At the same time, distal portions of the surface could have retained liquid water. Credit: Simone Marchi/SwRI.

The Story of the Solar System: The Primordial Earth

Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm, as seen by NASA's Juno spacecraft. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin Gill

Juno closes in on Jupiter

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ESA announce Asteroid Day 2016 programme

Artist's impression of fred Dwarf TVLM 513-46546 and magnetic field Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry / SkyWorks

Small red dwarf rivals our own Sun