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The Gift of Warmth (and Whimsy) Here's an idea to provide warmth and whimsy to the stubborn winter stargazer on your holiday list (especially if it's you!)

A gift idea for the stubborn winter stargazer on your holiday list (especially if it’s you)
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 5 – 14 The Moon, waning away from full, groups up with Jupiter, Castor and Pollux. Later in the week, the Geminid meteors come into full bloom.

The Moon, waning away from full, groups up with Jupiter, Castor and Pollux on two nights. Later in the week the Geminid meteor shower comes into full bloom.
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#astronomy #stargazing #moon #lunargazing #moonwatch #jupiter #gemini

The Sun's Poles Are Different Than We Expected A new analysis of the Solar Orbiter's unique views of the Sun's poles shows how a "conveyor belt" moves within our nearest star.

A new analysis of the Solar Orbiter’s unique views of the Sun’s poles shows how a “conveyor belt” moves within our nearest star.
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#astronomy #solarorbiter #sun #solarobserving

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Celebrates 30 Years in Space The groundbreaking mission designed to observe our Sun and its interactions with Earth celebrates three decades in space this week.

The groundbreaking mission designed to observe our Sun and its interactions with Earth celebrates three decades in space this week.
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#astronomy #sun #solartelescope #solarobserving

Boosting the Gravitational Wave Background Why is the gravitational-wave background — the hum made by supermassive black holes colliding across the universe — stronger than expected?

Why is the gravitational-wave background — the hum made by supermassive black holes colliding across the universe — stronger than expected?
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#astronomy #gravitationalwaves #supermassiveblackhole #blackholecollision

Tiny Sparks of Lightning Detected on Mars for the First Time The microphone on NASA's Perseverance rover unexpectedly heard tiny claps of thunder from sparks caused by colliding dust grains.

The microphone on NASA’s Perseverance rover unexpectedly heard tiny claps of thunder from sparks caused by colliding dust grains.
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First Private Space Telescope Launches Successfully A small space telescope may signal a big new trend, as Blue Skies Space, the company that owns it, provides astronomical data for a price.

A small space telescope may signal a big new trend for modern astronomy.
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During December you can watch for some impressive shooting stars and spend some time with the “Demon Star,” which can’t decide how bright it wants to be. Bundle up, grab your curiosity, and head outdoors for this month’s fun and informative Sky Tour.
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 21 – 30 Saturn's rings are now their closest to edge on. The interstellar comet has become higher and easier for amateur telescopes before dawn.

Saturn's rings are now the closest to edge on that they'll get. The famous interstellar comet has become higher and easier for amateur telescopes before dawn.
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#astronomy #stargazing #comet #interstellarcomet #saturn

Updates on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: NASA Images, Many Tails, and Non-gravitational Forces Now that Comet 3I/ATLAS has emerged from the Sun's glare, its behavior is being monitored by every available observatory.

Now that Comet 3I/ATLAS has emerged from the Sun’s glare, its behavior is being monitored by every available observatory.
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Meet the Seven Sisters’ 3,000 Lost Siblings The Pleiades star cluster is part of a much larger complex that stretches across the entire sky, a new study shows.

The Pleiades star cluster is part of a much larger complex that stretches across the entire sky, a new study shows.
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#astronomy #pleiades #starcluster #cosmology

Comet K1/ATLAS Crumbles, Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Delights Watch an Oort Cloud comet disintegrate before your eyes. Meanwhile, interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS is brighter than expected.

Watch an Oort Cloud comet disintegrate before your eyes. Meanwhile, interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS is brighter than expected.
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#astronomy #comet #interstellarcomet #stargazing

The Sun Left Home in a Hurry By exploring the edge of the solar system, astronomers have estimated how long our star stuck around its siblings after birth.

By exploring the edge of the solar system, astronomers have estimated how long our star stuck around its siblings after birth.
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#astronomy #sun #cosmology

This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 14 – 23 Saturn shines high after dark. Its rings are now turning as edge-on as we'll see them. Low in the dawn, the waning crescent Moon nears Venus.

Saturn's rings are turning as edge-on as we will see them for another 15 years. The planet awaits your scope high in the evening sky. Low in the dawn, the thin Moon approaches Venus.
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#astronomy #stargazing #Saturn #Moon

Have Astronomers Discovered the First Generation of Stars? Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers might have spotted some of the first stars to form after the Big Bang. Just like humans, stars exist in multiple generations. This […]

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers might have spotted some of the first stars to form after the Big Bang.
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#astronomy #jameswebb #JWST #bigbang #cosmology

ESCAPADE Mission Launches for a Long Trip to Mars A small but unique mission to Mars is taking an innovative trajectory to reach the Red Planet in late 2027.

A small but unique mission to Mars is taking an innovative path to reach the Red Planet in late 2027.
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#astronomy #mars #spacemission #marsexploration #rocket #rocketlaunch #redplanet

See Saturn's Rings at Their Thinnest Saturn's as edgy as it'll get for the next 13 years. With special visual treats in store, here's what to keep eyes on the planet this month

Saturn’s as edgy as it’ll get for the next 13 years. With special visual treats in store, here’s what to keep eyes on the planet this month
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#astronomy #stargazing #saturn #planetaryobserving

Astronomy Heaven: Sky & Telescope Tours Chile Sky & Telescope's Chile tour offered magnificent views of the southern sky, professional observatories, and one of the world’s most remarkable deserts.

Sky & Telescope’s Chile tour offered magnificent views of the southern sky, professional observatories, and one of the world’s most remarkable deserts.
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#astronomy #astrotourism #chile

This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 7 – 16 When the Great Square of Pegasus is high and level, Saturn and Fomalhaut hang below it, and low in the north the Pointers point straight up.

We're now at the time of year when Orion is nicely up in the east-southeast as early as 10 p.m. Late this evening you'll find it lower right of the Moon. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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#astronomy #stargazing #gemini #moon #orion

Early Galaxies Were Messy, New Study Finds Astronomers have found that star-forming galaxies in the early universe were far messier than modern-day disk galaxies.

Astronomers have found that star-forming galaxies in the early universe were far messier than modern-day disk galaxies.
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#astronomy #galaxies #cosmology

Near-Earth Asteroids Spin Faster Than We Thought The fast spin of small near-Earth asteroids suggests scientists need to revise their ideas about what holds these rocky bodies together.

The fast spin of small near-Earth asteroids suggests scientists need to revise their ideas about what holds these rocky bodies together.
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November Podcast: Five Fascinating Stars In this month’s Sky Tour astronomy podcast, we’ll watch two sets of shooting stars, spot some bright planets, point out a few late-autumn constellations, and put a spotlight on five fascinating stars.

In this month’s Sky Tour astronomy podcast, we’ll watch two sets of shooting stars, spot some bright planets, point out a few late-autumn constellations, and put a spotlight on five interesting stars.
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#astronomy #stargazing #podcast

This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 30 –November 9 Saturn is high now. In a telescope Saturn's rings, nearly edge-on, look like a needle piercing its big yellow globe. Venus is low at dawn.

Saturn is in excellent view all evening. In a telescope its rings look like a thin needle piercing the big yellow globe. Soon the rings will turn exactly edge-on.
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#astronomy #stargazing #Corvus #saturn #spica #venus

Maya 260-day Calendar Provides Key to Solar Eclipse Predictions A new study has found that the 260-day ritual calendar is the key to understanding how the Maya predicted solar eclipses.

A new study has found that the 260-day ritual calendar is the key to understanding how the Maya predicted solar eclipses.
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#astronomy #MayanCalendar #eclipse #solareclipse #maya #mayanpeoples

All Eyes on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon exit the Sun's glare to enter the morning sky. Get ready for the observing opportunity of a lifetime.

An alien comet will soon depart from the Sun’s glare and enter the morning sky. Get ready for the observing opportunity of a lifetime.
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Gravitational Wave Detectors Spot Merging Black Holes That Have Merged Before Two recent discoveries of black hole mergers add to the evidence that such mergers happen over and over again.

Two recent discoveries of black hole mergers add to the evidence that such mergers happen over and over again.
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#astronomy #blackhole #blackholemergers

Al Nagler (1935–2025) Albert H. Nagler, a pioneer of telescope optics, passed away at the office of his company Tele Vue Optics on Monday, October 27th.

Albert H. Nagler, a pioneer of telescope optics, passed away at the office of his company Tele Vue Optics on Monday, October 27th. He was 90 years old.
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#astronomy #TeleVue

A Super-Earth Candidate Less Than 20 Light-Years Away Astronomers have discovered a ready-to-image super-Earth candidate, named GJ 251c, less than 20 light-years away.

Astronomers have discovered a ready-to-image super-Earth candidate less than 20 light-years away.
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#astronomy #exoplanet #superearth

Merged Stellar Pairs May Orbit the Milky Way’s Black Hole The dusty remnants of stellar mergers may be what orbits the Milky Way’s central, supermassive black hole.

The dusty remnants of stellar mergers may orbit the Milky Way’s central, supermassive black hole.
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#astronomy #milkyway #blackhole

Newly Discovered Asteroid Circles the Sun Inside Venus’s Orbit Astronomers have discovered a second asteroid in the inner solar system, circling the Sun almost entirely within the orbit of Venus.

Astronomers have discovered a second asteroid in the inner solar system, circling the Sun almost entirely within the orbit of Venus.
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#astronomy #venus #asteroid