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How Tilted Orbits Impact Supermassive Black Hole Collisions

What factors impact how long it takes for a supermassive black hole binary to merge?

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 24 – May 3

The Moon occults Regulus in twilight or bright afternoon for most of North America. Venus lines up between Aldebaran and the Pleiades. Sirius nears its heliacal setting.

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Catching the Earliest Stars in the Universe

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope might have caught the signature of the universe's first stars.

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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Is Ready to Fly

NASA has announced that the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is all set for a September launch.

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Astronomers Find the Edge of the Milky Way

Astronomers have located the edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disk for the first time, showing that star formation is focused within 40,000 light-years of our galactic center.

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Uranus’s Outermost Rings Are Made of Two Different Things

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a deep look at the rings around the ice giant Uranus and found a new mystery to be solved.

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Sun-Observing Satellite Uses Artificial Eclipse to Capture the Solar Wind

The Proba 3 mission flies two spacecraft in precise formation to create an artificial eclipse and obtain close views of the solar wind as it leaves the Sun.

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Galaxies Don’t Die All at Once

State-of-the-art simulations shed light on how galaxies die — and how we can determine the cause of death.

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What Were the Flashes That Artemis 2 Astronauts Saw?

The crew of Artemis 2 reported six flashes of light while passing behind the Moon. We've seen those kinds of flashes before.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 17 – 26

The waxing Moon this week visits Venus, the Pleiades, and the Jupiter-Pollux-Castor triangle, then it occults Regulus in a bright sky.

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See the Moon Hide Regulus, the Stellar Heart of the Lion

Watch Regulus disappear and reappear before your eyes during its last North American occultation in the current cycle.

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Sky & Telescope Reports: New Telescopes and More at NEAF

Sky & Telescope editors made their annual pilgrimage to the Northeast Astronomy Forum to check out new astro-gear and meet up with contributors and readers alike.

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Do Look Up: Asteroid Apophis Will Fly By Earth in Three Years

The close pass of Apophis is nothing to fear. Will you be watching on Friday, April 13, 2029, when this asteroid glides across the sky?

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Planets Collide Around Young, Sun-like Star

Astronomers have uncovered evidence that two planets collided around a young star, revealing how giant impacts sculpt baby solar systems.

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Rubin Observatory Announces 11,000 New Asteroids

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will discover up to 500,000 solar system objects every year. It’s already starting to deliver on that promise.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 10 – 19

A thin crescent Moon points the way to super-difficult Mercury and Mars low in the dawn, then the opposite crescent plays with bold Venus and the Pleiades in evening twilight.

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Join Us at the 35th Annual Northeast Astronomy Forum

The weekend of April 11–12 marks the return of the world’s largest astronomy and space expo with telescopes, cameras, and activities for the entire family.  

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Light Pollution Is Increasingly Variable Around the World

Scientists have unveiled a new dynamic view of our world at night, showing for the first time a night-by-night view of changes in light pollution.

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Amazing Views From Artemis 2’s Historic Lunar Flyby

The Artemis 2 crew set records and provided amazing views — with more to come — as they journeyed around the Moon.

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When Astronomy Is In Your Blood

A glimpse of a stellar cluster ties generations together.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 3 – 12

Arcturus, the Spring Star, is on its way up in the east. Vega, the Summer Star, rises later in the evening. Jupiter shines high toward the southwest.

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