How does the Sirius-Procyon balance, newly risen, tilt for you? Depends on your latitude! Meanwhile, Triangulum and Aries teeter in balance on Jupiter.
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Exomoon candidates are tantalizing but, according to new research, perhaps unfounded.
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Relish the slow, steady pace of nearby Luyten's Star then switch things up with speedy meteors from a well-timed shower.
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ISROs XPoSat will unlock the secrets of the X-ray universe.
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If you’ve resolved to do more stargazing in the New Year, then 2024 will start you off with a bang! As told in this month’s Sky Tour astronomy podcast, you can look forward to some excellent celestial events.
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Scintillating Sirius rises ever earlier to scintillate in colors. The Quadrantid meteors this week are well timed for Eastern North America. Two triangle constellations stack over Jupiter.
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This year, we heard the low hum of gravitational waves criss-crossing the cosmos, observed a "ring of fire" solar eclipse, and applauded the arrival of asteroid samples. Here are Sky & Telescope's picks for the top news stories in astronomy this year.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed galaxies in the early universe, hidden star formation, and sniffed the atmospheres of exoplanets. But it's also exploring closer to home, imaging each […]
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How to start successfully with a new telescope — a guide to what you need to know, how to set it up, and things you can start finding with it in tonight's sky.
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Christmas week this year puts the late-night Moon at the highest overhead you'll ever see it. High Jupiter lights the evening. Venus is the bright "star" lower in the east at dawn.
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Peering deep into the past, the James Webb Space Telescope’s keen detectors are revealing unprecedented details of some of the oldest structures in the universe.
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New simulations showed astronomers where to look for evidence of a dwarf galaxy's bow shock as it crashes through the Milky Way's halo.
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The pioneering NEOWISE observatory celebrates a milestone, even as the end of the mission draws near.
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The waxing Moon passes Saturn, jumps over Jupiter, then jumps the Pleiades. Sirius and Procyon rise earlier, but the Summer Triangle still hangs on.
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Look who's visiting this winter in Orion: Vesta, a bright asteroid with a dark side.
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New near-infrared observations from the Webb telescope reveal intricate strands of debris from the exploded star.
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Polygons buried beneath the surface of Mars indicate an abrupt transition in the planet's early history.
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The best meteor shower of the year peaks late Wednesday night. And if you're not positioned to see the tiny asteroid occult Betelgeuse Monday evening, watch by livestream!
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Galaxies are embedded within halos of dark matter, and the tilt of those halos can affect the galaxy's stellar halo and stellar disk.
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A series of stellar occultations has provided evidence that the ring system around this strange object is evolving drastically.
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It’s December and that means one of the best celestial events will grace the skies. The Geminid meteor shower should peak in a moonless sky between Wednesday and Thursday, December 13–14.
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