Jupiter disappears then returns in a blaze of glory at the Moon's dark rim before dawn.
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The Moon occults Jupiter for much of North America very late Monday night October 5-6, after missing Castor, Pollux, and Mars on previous nights.
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Leaves fall. Frost sparkles. And once again we fall under the magical spell of Saturn, the Lord of the Rings.
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New simulations show that our now-moonless neighbor might once have had a satellite, but the moon crashed back into it.
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The island was the backup site for the giant telescope, whose future remains in limbo.
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Europe’s JUICE mission makes another pass by home, en route to the icy moons of Jupiter.
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NASA has selected a new space probe for development: The PRIMA telescope will explore the far-infrared universe.
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Astronomers have directly imaged a giant planet around a low-mass star — something they didn’t think was possible.
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A baby planet is carving out a gap in the natal disk of its star as it assembles material, providing a rare window into the earliest stages of planet formation.
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Sky & Telescope is proud to announce the release of the 250th episode of our Sky Tour Astronomy podcast! 🎉 This October follow along as Saturn makes its return to the evening sky with a celestial splash and the Moon passes in front of the King of the Planets: Jupiter.
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The stellar nursery IC 348 is forming lots of stars — and some of the puniest brown dwarfs (aka, “failed stars”) we’ve ever seen.
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In his new podcast series Off-World with David Eicher, Dave Eicher chats with current Editor in Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine, Diana Hannikainen.
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The winners of the 18th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest were announced on September 17th. Take a look at the winning photos.
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Every evening the waxing gibbous Moon reveals a wealth of new telescopic detail. Can you still catch Venus low in twilight as it nears conjunction? On the opposite side of the sky, Saturn nears opposition.
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In watching an impact’s aftermath, scientists have confirmed that such large blasts shake up and cool wide swaths of the lunar surface.
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Disconnect from the digital world and reconnect with the universe around you — all you have to do is look up.
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A familiar galaxy in Pegasus hosts a supernova bright enough to see in a 4-inch telescope.
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Two massive stars might’ve been born separately before getting tangled in each other’s orbits, revealing a new way that binaries form.
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New research suggests that the circumplanetary disk surrounding the exoplanet PDS 70c contains a ring of dense dust, and the conditions within this ring may allow baby moons to form.
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The recent detection from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment could point to “heavy” dark matter.
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