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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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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.
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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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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.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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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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#astronomy #comet #interstellarcomet
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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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
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Watch an Oort Cloud comet disintegrate before your eyes. Meanwhile, interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS is brighter than expected.
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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.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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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
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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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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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.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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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
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 […]
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November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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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
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.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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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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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
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November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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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 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.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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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
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.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Astronomers have found that star-forming galaxies in the early universe were far messier than modern-day disk galaxies.
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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.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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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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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.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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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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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.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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
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.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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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
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.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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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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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.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Two recent discoveries of black hole mergers add to the evidence that such mergers happen over and over again.
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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.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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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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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.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Astronomers have discovered a ready-to-image super-Earth candidate less than 20 light-years away.
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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.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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The dusty remnants of stellar mergers may orbit the Milky Way’s central, supermassive black hole.
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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.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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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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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.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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In a surprise to researchers, the small, icy bodies beyond Pluto’s orbit tend to rotate opposite the way they move around the Sun, which might say something about how they formed.
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Objects at the Edge of the Solar System Behave in an Unexpected Way
The small, icy bodies beyond Pluto tend to rotate opposite the way they orbit, which might say something about how they formed.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The discovery of a new array of organic molecules spouted from Enceladus indicates new promise for habitability within its frozen-over ocean.
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New Study Identifies Organic Molecules Spewing from Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus
The discovery of a new array of molecules spouted from Enceladus indicates new promise for habitability within its frozen-over ocean.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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The longest-duration burst of gamma rays on record might mark the moment a black hole tunneled through a star and blew it up from within.
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Black Hole Eats through Star, Explodes it from Within
The longest-duration burst of gamma rays on record might mark the moment a black hole tunneled through a star and blew it up from within.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM