Stargazing Weather This Weekend in South Hero, VT for Astronomy

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Saturday

May 18

69°Lo 42°

Mostly sunny and nice
Good for stargazing
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  54%
- Precip
  6%
- Hours of Precip
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Sunday

May 19

73°Lo 52°

Clouds and breaks of sun
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  89%
- Precip
  24%
- Hours of Precip
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Fallout from Huge Solar Flare Sideswipes Earth Today

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 10:05 AM ET

The sun storm erupted late Tuesday (May 14) during a powerful solar flare — the fourth unleashed by a single sunspot in just 48 hours — and hurled a massive cloud of charged particles out into space at millions of miles an hour.
Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field Deepens

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 9:57 AM ET

The moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports.
Yum! Curiosity Rover Swallows 1st Mars Sample, Finds Odd Bright Stuff

Space.com - May 16, 2013; 10:40 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has swallowed its first tiny bite of Martian soil, after standing down for a spell while scientists checked out some strange bright bits in the dirt.
Oops! The 5 Greatest Scientific Blunders

LiveScience.com - May 16, 2013; 10:23 AM ET

These stories serve to show how even the smartest among us can err, and that in fact to achieve a big breakthrough, big risks are necessary, which sometimes also involve big failures.
Forget the Moon. Let's Go to Mars.

NationalGeographic.com - May 15, 2013; 8:04 AM ET

Buzz Aldrin says the Red Planet should be humankind's next destination.
Giant Gas Clouds Found In Void Between Nearby Galaxies

Space.com - May 12, 2013; 6:53 AM ET

A never-before-seen interstellar network of gas between two nearby galaxies may provide the raw material needed to fuel star formation for billions of years, scientists say.
Photos: 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Captured

Weather.AOL.com - May 11, 2013; 9:19 AM ET

A stunning solcar eclipse was visible for cities such as Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, on Friday, May 10, 2013.
Mars Rover Curiosity to Drill Into Bumpy 'Cumberland' Rock

Space.com - May 10, 2013; 11:55 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will perform its second-ever drilling operation soon, boring into a knobby section of bedrock dubbed "Cumberland," space agency officials announced Thursday.