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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New observations reveal that permanently shadowed regions at the lunar poles might contain less water ice than astronauts were hoping for.
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NASA’s Artemis 2 mission has departed Earth, as humans return to cis-lunar space after more than 50 years.
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This month’s episode showcases the stars and planets visible on April evenings. We’ll explore full-Moon quirks; spot Venus and Jupiter after sunset; learn about Gemini, the celestial twins; and hunt for meteors toward month’s end. So grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.
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Striking images from Hubble, Webb, and the Very Large Telescope dive into Saturn's atmosphere, capture the Crab Nebula's expansion, and reveal a newborn planet.
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The Hubble Space Telescope caught a long-period comet breaking up just after it passed the Sun.
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Winter's gone, but the Winter Triangle remains (for now). Trace out this gigantic asterism right after dark before it sinks. Jupiter glares inside its top.
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New analysis shows alkaline and acidic water may have mixed beneath the Martian surface, creating an environment that could theoretically have supported life.
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Two brown dwarfs are whipping around each other in a tight tango — an unexpected dance for objects that are not-quite-stars and not-quite-planets.
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A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu has solved a long-standing mystery: Cracks in the boulders strewn across its surface masquerade as sand.
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The Rubin Observatory has detected thousands of new asteroids, including several that spin a lot faster than expected for typical rubble piles.
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Astronomers have used 40 years’ worth of data to peer inside the Sun, revealing that the solar cycle can leave a distinct fingerprint beneath the visible surface.
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When Andy Weir published Project Hail Mary, he based his novel on two worlds. We explore these planet candidates — and why they probably don’t exist.
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The waxing Moon grows along the horns of Taurus, then passes first-quarter phase amid Jupiter and the heads of the Gemini twins.
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Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing our world — and how we interpret the heavens above us.
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A rare, near perfect young-Moon challenge awaits North Americans after sunset on March 19th. Jupiter rules the evening from on high in central Gemini.
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As the comet prepares for its perilous perihelion passage, we look at what to expect.
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Samples returned from Ryugu contain all five nucleobases, just like from asteroid Bennu. The find suggests life’s ingredients could have come from outside Earth.
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The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way, is undergoing a complete galactic transformation after a recent collision with its nearest neighbor.
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Just 35 light-years away, in the southern constellation Volans, the Flying Fish, is a world unlike any other. The weird, low-density planet, known as L98-59 d, appears tohave a deep […]
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The disk of gas that spirals onto a newborn magnetar wobbles, creating "bumps" in the brightness of the supernova that accompanied this object's birth.
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