Lunar eclipse, meteor showers and more: Seattle-area guide to stargazing
To map out the best nights for skywatching, we turned to three seasoned stargazers to tell us about the best nights of the ...
These 7 Wild Concepts Are in the Running For NASA’s Next Big Mission
The document builds on the academies' decadal survey, outlining recommended missions for NASA's next New Frontiers program.
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...
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Many stars could have sent us 'Oumuamua
A white dwarf, encircled by a belt of distant comet-like objects, similar to the sun's Oort cloud, could spawn 'Oumuamua ...
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February 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Venus, Jupiter, and Mars continue to dominate the sky, and the Moon occults the Pleiades
Jupiter has many satellite transits visible ... When you swing over to the comet’s position, you’ll have an outburst if it’s brighter than NGC 2916. Sometimes a small comet comes out of ...
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February’s Night Sky: See The Planet Parade, A ‘False Dusk’ And A ‘Ramadan Moon’
Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...
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NASA supercomputer finds billions of comets mimicking the Milky Way's shape: 'The universe seems to like spirals!'
Astronomers have discovered that billions of comets in an icy shell around the solar system called the Oort Cloud mimic the spiral structure of the Milky Way.
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This Comet Explosion Was 300 Million Times Stronger Than an Atomic Bomb
What happens when a comet collides with a gas giant? In July 1994, Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter in a spectacular series of 21 explosions, creating fireballs bigger than Earth itself.
China’s Tianwen-2 mission probe arrives at launch center, set for asteroid sample return mission in first half of year
China's major short-video platform Douyin removed a total of 585 micro-dramas in January due to their violations of ...
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Tucsonan David Levy publishes new book about passion for the night sky
Well he should, because those few brief seconds — in July of 1956 — gave young David Levy a star to wish upon for the rest of ...