Mercury retreats and what the American colonists saw when they didn't

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Mercury is leaving the evening sky.Jupiter's still there but won't be for long.Venus shines bright at dusk.Mars and Uranus have a close call.And find out what the people who didn't want to be British subjects anymore 250 years ago saw in the sky on July 4, 1776.

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