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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Watch Regulus disappear and reappear before your eyes during its last North American occultation in the current cycle.
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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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Astronomers have uncovered evidence that two planets collided around a young star, revealing how giant impacts sculpt baby solar systems.
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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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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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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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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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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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The Artemis 2 crew set records and provided amazing views — with more to come — as they journeyed around the Moon.
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A glimpse of a stellar cluster ties generations together.
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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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