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Catch a lunar eclipse: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Hello of us, tune in each week of 2023 for the perfect in astronomy from Astronomy Editor Dave Eicher, dropped at you by...

Hubble spots runaway black hole leaving behind a trail of new stars

Astronomers assume they’ve found a black hole some 20 million occasions the mass of the Solar rushing away from the core of a...

Taking the search for life to water worlds

Alien water life? A number of the most superior and clever animals at this time are birds and mammals; amongst mammals, our closest evolutionary...

Megaconstellations are changing the night sky

Managing the impacts Instantly after the primary Starlink satellites launched in 2019, the astronomical group reached out to a number of satellite operators —...

‘Fireworks’ sparked by survivor of stellar collision

When two white dwarfs in a binary star system ultimately spiral in towards one another and collide, the result's often mutually assured destruction:...

Astronomy’s 12th annual Star Products

We have scoured the market seeking the 35 greatest new and distinctive astro merchandise for amateur and veteran hobbyists alike. Astronomy’s editors have searched...

The Sky This Week from February 3 to 10

Saturday, February 4 The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest level from Earth in its orbit, at 3:55 A.M. EST. At the moment, it's going...

Unlocking the mystery of comets

Ruining perfection Many historic cultures noticed comets as harbingers of doom and catastrophe. The predictable motions of the planets, the Solar, and the Moon,...

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See 6 planets in late August and early September

See 6 planets earlier than dawn Possibly you’ve already seen Jupiter and Mars within the morning sky? They’re simply...

Voyager 2: Our 1st and last visit to Neptune

Reprinted from NASA. Voyager 2 passes by Neptune, 35 years in the past Thirty-five years in the past, on August...

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