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In twilight, watch bold Venus and tiny Spica approach each other to meet September 1st. And check whether you'll be able to see anything of Wednesday's solar eclipse! skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 7 – 16
Watch Venus and Spica approach each other low in twilight. And check whether you'll be able to see anything of Wednesday's solar eclipse!
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View the August 12th total solar eclipse from anywhere — the livestream options are plentiful! skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Where to See the August 12th Solar Eclipse Online
View the August 12th total solar eclipse from wherever you are — the livestream and webcast options are plentiful!
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Several science campaigns plan to greet the racing shadow of the Moon on August 12th. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Science Campaigns Planned for the August 12th Total Solar Eclipse
Several science campaigns funded by NASA and ESA plan to greet the racing shadow of the Moon on August 12th.
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With a new Moon in play, skywatchers anticipate a fine Perseid performance this year. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
A Perfectly Timed Perseid Meteor Shower
With Moonless skies the whole night long, skywatchers anticipate a fine Perseid meteor shower performance this year.
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Scientists observing the Sun with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have caught a wave-like shape that’s never been seen on the Sun’s visible surface. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Inouye Solar Telescope Sees the Sun Closer Than Ever
Scientists observing the Sun with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have caught a wave-like shape that's never been seen on the Sun's visible surface.
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Brief but powerful flashes of radio waves are aiding astronomers’ quest to find and map cosmic gas. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
A New Way to Map the Universe's Missing Matter
Brief but powerful flashes of radio waves are aiding astronomers' quest to find and map the cosmic gas that pervades the universe.
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Delphinus, the constellation looks just like a tiny Dolphin that’s splashing its way through the sky amidst other famous summer sights. skyandtelescope.org/stargazing-a...
Meet the Constellations: Delphinus, the Dolphin
Delphinus, the constellation looks just like a tiny Dolphin that's splashing its way through the sky amidst other famous summer sights.
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The longest total solar eclipse visible from land until 2114 will sweep across Spain and North Africa on August 2, 2027. Here’s how to choose where to watch it. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Plan for Next Year's Total Solar Eclipse: August 2, 2027
The longest total solar eclipse visible from land until 2114 will sweep across Spain and North Africa on August 2, 2027. Here's where you can watch it.
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The latest episode of our Sky Tour Astronomy podcast is out now! This month we’ve got three big celestial events: eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and especially good prospects for the Perseid meteor shower. Sponsored by @celestronuniverse.bsky.social buff.ly/2Tcf8Yl #podcast #stargazing
August Podcast: Three Big Events!
This month we’ve got three big celestial events to cover: eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and especially good prospects for the Perseid meteor shower. Plus we’ll track down a few planets, and gaze at th...
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Asteroid 44 Nysa has the weirdest shape yet seen for an asteroid — the lumpy rock appears to have three different parts to it. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Astronomers Spot Weird, Three-Lobed Asteroid with a Moon
Asteroid 44 Nysa has the weirdest shape yet seen for an asteroid — the lumpy rock appears to have three different parts to it.
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Check out these new books from the University of California Press.
University of California Press@ucpress.bsky.social · last wk.What becomes possible when an astrophysicist and an artist create together? ART-SCIENCE UNDISCIPLINED reveals how values-based collaboration can spark innovation, overcome institutional barriers, and transform the way we make knowledge. www.ucpress.edu/books/art-sc...
Check out these new books from the University of California Press.
University of California Press@ucpress.bsky.social · last wk.What is it like to stand in the shadow of Earth and look out at the vastness of the Milky Way? THE ULTRAVIEW EFFECT shares how astronauts’ experiences of profound humility in the face of the unknown transform their understanding of humanity. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ul...
Once the bright Moon is out of the evening sky by Monday or so, use Altair high in the southeast to find little Delphinus and Sagitta roughly a fist at arm's length from it. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 31 – August 9
Once the bright Moon is out of the evening sky, use Altair high in the southeast to find faint but charming little Delphinus and Sagitta.
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New analysis of observations taken in 2024 confirm a stellar companion for Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
New Images Confirm: Betelgeuse Has a Companion
New analysis of observations taken in 2024 confirm a stellar companion for Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion.
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Astronomers have long thought supermassive black holes can escape their home galaxies — now they’ve found one roaming its host’s galactic outskirts. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Found at the Edge of its Galaxy
Astronomers have long thought supermassive black holes can escape their home galaxies — now they've found one roaming its host's galactic outskirts.
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The only total solar eclipse of the year coincides with the Perseid meteor shower. Here’s what you need to know to watch the eclipse. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Rare Total Solar Eclipse-Perseid Meteor Shower Double-Header August 12th
The only total solar eclipse of the year coincides with the Perseid meteor shower. Here's what you need to know to watch the eclipse.
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Ash from countless volcanic eruptions on Io have likely built up its porous surface. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Jupiter’s Moon Io is Surprisingly Fluffy
Ash from countless volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon Io have likely built up the moon's porous surface.
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When a meteorite tore through a New Jersey home, the homeowner quickly preserved the fragments. Now, they’re giving scientists a look at Earth’s early history. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
New Jersey Meteorite Offers Early Solar System Clues
When a meteorite tore through a New Jersey home, the homeowner quickly preserved the fragments. Now, they're giving scientists a look at Earth's early history.
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This periodic visitor is now bright enough to see in binoculars from a dark sky. We also report on a bright supernova in Ursa Major. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Comet 10P/Tempel Brightens, Sets Sail South
This periodic visitor is now bright enough to see in binoculars from a dark sky. We also report on a bright supernova in Ursa Major.
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Astronomers have found a Jupiter-mass world orbiting a brown dwarf that orbits a star. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Exoplanet or Exomoon? New Contender Elicits Skepticism
Astronomers have found a Jupiter-mass world orbiting a brown dwarf that orbits a star.
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Observations of remote cosmic explosions reveal that the outer spiral arms of the Milky Way might extend farther out than previously thought. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Gamma-Ray Bursts Size Up the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms
Observations of remote cosmic explosions reveal that the outer spiral arms of the Milky Way might extend farther out than previously thought.
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Look to the western sky at dusk this evening. Venus shines less than half a fist to the right of the crescent Moon. These are the two brightest celestial objects after the Sun. Sometimes they are also the nearest two that are visible to the naked eye. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 17 – 26
The crescent Moon visits Venus. We're in the peak month for "the Orion of Summer" and its Cat's Eyes. Elsewhere, Cassiopeia pokes up.
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A team of astronomers have discovered helium escaping from a rocky planet, marking the first detection of an atmosphere on a potentially habitable world. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
First Atmosphere Detected on a Terrestrial World
A team of astronomers have discovered helium escaping from a rocky planet, marking the first detection of an atmosphere on a potentially habitable world.
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Two teams of astronomers independently discovered a third giant gas planet orbiting in the famous Beta Pictoris system. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Famous System Has a Third Planet: Beta Pictoris d
Two teams of astronomers independently discovered a third giant gas planet orbiting in the famous Beta Pictoris system.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the launch of Reflect Orbital’s Earendil 1 satellite — a space mirror 18 meters wide designed to reflect sunlight to the ground. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Observers Beware: Reflect Orbital’s Space Mirrors Approved for Launch
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the launch of Reflect Orbital's Earendil 1 satellite — a space mirror 18 meters wide designed to reflect sunlight to the ground.
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“Rogue” Neptune-size worlds might not roam the galaxy totally on their own, just very far away from their parent stars. skyandtelescope.org/uncategorize...
"Rogue" Neptunes Are Detached But Not Alone
"Rogue" Neptune-size worlds might not roam the galaxy totally on their own, just very far away from their parent stars.
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The sharp-eyed and far-seeing Euclid space telescope has picked up 31 early quasars that have evaded detection until now. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Euclid Telescope Finds Quasars Within 700 Million Years of the Big Bang
The sharp-eyed and far-seeing Euclid space telescope has picked up 31 early quasars that have evaded detection until now.
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In early dawn tomorrow the 11th, look east-northeast for the waning crescent Moon forming a diagonal line with Mars and Aldebaran under it. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 10 – 19
The bright, distinctive pattern of Upper Scorpius is on display in the south right after nightfall. In the west, Regulus departs from Venus.
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China’s Tianwen 2 mission returns its close view of Earth’s tiny “quasi-moon” Kamoʻoalewa. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Tianwen 2 Arrives at Quasi-Moon Kamoʻoalewa, Returns Images
China’s Tianwen 2 mission returns its close view of Earth's tiny "quasi-moon" Kamoʻoalewa.
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Here’s an observing guide to both familiar and lesser-known deep-sky objects that inhabit our galaxy’s equatorial zone. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Steamy Nights at the Galactic Equator
Here's an observing guide to both familiar and lesser-known deep-sky objects that inhabit our galaxy's equatorial zone.
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