The bright Moon steps east night by night under Altair, then Saturn, then the Great Square of Pegasus. Meanwhile, Deneb replaces Vega as the zenith star; welcome to fall.
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The Earth's atmosphere and the large size of the solar disk result in unequal days and nights, even on the equinox.
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Some eclipse-chasers may choose to view a “broken ring” on October 14, 2023, in exchange for the chance to see something even more spectacular: Baily's Beads
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An independent study shows how NASA can help understand unidentified anomalous phenomena, more colloquially known as UFOs.
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See the images that won the Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year award.
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Comet Nishimura shines at its brightest... but don't be disappointed, we warned you. Meanwhile Jupiter joins Saturn as an evening light, and the Little Dipper dumps water into the Big Dipper.
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A newfound cosmic alignment of galaxies challenges fundamental ideas about the nature of our universe.
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Astronomers have found clumps of dark matter 30,000 light-years wide in the space between galaxies in the distant universe.
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Astronomers think a city-size star that’s spinning faster than a kitchen blender is shooting out plasma torpedoes.
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Comet Nishimura teases us shyly low on the dawn horizon, then low on the dusk horizon. The Milky Way arches high across the evening sky, and Saturn invites your telescope.
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In an ambitious mission pairing, Japan launched a next-generation X-ray observatory and an innovative lunar lander.
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There is a balm, intangible but undeniable, that comes from spending time under a starry sky. The universe has a way of putting things like osteoarthritis and impending surgery into […]
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September is Saturn's time to shine. We also check on Comet Nishimura — now at 5th magnitude and still brightening — and look forward to a dramatic asteroid occultation. Not to mention that Jupiter just took another hit.
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If you'll be in the path of the October 14, 2023, annular eclipse, here's what you can look for as the Moon covers the face of the Sun.
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India’s first dedicated solar science mission Aditya L1 heads spaceward.
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Vega culminates at the zenith around the end of twilight. Arcturus and the Dipper sink through the evening. Saturn and Jupiter rule the late-night hours, and Venus shines at dawn.
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Daylight hours are getting shorter in the Northern Hemisphere, which means the hours for stargazing are getting longer throughout September! So stream or download this month’s Sky Tour astronomy podcast for lots of great tips on what you can see this month in the evening sky.
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What will the ongoing El Niño event do to the chance of cloud cover along the 2024 total solar eclipse track?
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The asteroid Bennu is a so-called rubble pile, but new results from NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission indicate this heap of rubble has layers.
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They’re powerful, they’re fast, and we aren’t sure about what causes them, but astronomers are closer than ever to understanding the source of mysterious fast radio bursts.
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Saturn comes to opposition. Vega crests at the zenith, while Arcturus is exploring the lower west. Go out before the first light of dawn now, and there's your New Year's evening view.
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