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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 2d

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 2d

Astrophysicist Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, whose work has been key to understanding the changing infrared sky, is guiding Palomar Observatory into its next chapter.
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Palomar's First Woman Director Leads Historic Observatory to New Era in Transient Astronomy

Astrophysicist Mansi Manoj Kasliwal, whose work has been key to understanding the changing infrared sky, is guiding Palomar Observatory into its next chapter.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 2d

Astronomers discovered a small, free-floating object that’s accreting matter at a breakneck pace, suggesting that some planet-size worlds could form similar to stars.
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Rogue World Found Gobbling Material at Unprecedented Rate

Astronomers discovered a small, free-floating object that’s accreting matter at a breakneck pace, suggesting that some planet-size worlds could form similar to stars.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine experiencing a total solar eclipse in the same spot where the ancient Egyptians did! Archaeological Paths is offering an amazing VIP tour that will witness one of the longest total solar eclipses of this century from the Lost Golden City of Luxor!
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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 5d

No, they will not.

Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 8d

While civil servants are furloughed or working without pay, funding for NASA remains uncertain.
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#astronomy #NASA #federalbudget #fundscience #NASAFunding

NASA Faces Government Shutdown, Funding Fears Rise

While civil servants are furloughed or working without pay, funding for NASA remains uncertain.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 8d

In tonight's sky Vega is the brightest star very high toward the west. It's still almost overhead at nightfall. When you look at Vega while facing west, to its right you'll find Eltanin, the nose of Draco the Dragon.
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#astronomy #stargazing #vega #eltanin #moon

This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 3 – 12

It's Harvest Moon week, when the Moon shines low and bright at nightfall for many days running. Along the way it passes edge-on Saturn.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 8d

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet will aim a suite of instruments at Comet 3I/ATLAS to capture details about this enigmatic object.
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#astronomy #Mars #MarsOrbiter #RedPlanet #comet #3I/ATLAS #InterstellarComet

Mars Orbiters Will Have Front-row Seats to Interstellar Comet

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet will aim a suite of instruments at Comet 3I/ATLAS to capture details about this enigmatic object.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 10d

After a dearth of bright comets earlier this year, we look forward to an exciting month ahead.
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#comet #astronomy #stargazing

Two Bright Comets Converge on Northern Hemisphere Skies

After a dearth of bright comets earlier this year, we look forward to an exciting month ahead.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 10d

This month's Sky Tour astronomy podcast is here! Pegasus is a large, distinctive constellation that’s easy to spot. You can use it to find amazing celestial sights. Presented by @Celestron
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October Podcast: Pegasus Leads the Way

Pegasus is a large, distinctive constellation that’s easy to spot. During October, you can use it — along with Saturn — to find some amazing celestial sights in their vicinity. Get all the details and...

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 10d

A fight against conventionality has driven cosmologist Stephon Alexander on a groundbreaking journey through theoretical physics.
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#astronomy #BlackinAstro #physics #theoreticalphysics #music

Music and Science Unite in the Work of Cosmologist Stephon Alexander

A fight against conventionality has driven cosmologist Stephon Alexander on a groundbreaking journey through theoretical physics.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 10d

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 15d

The low waxing Moon passes the head of Scorpius. The best view will actually be in a darker sky than this, near the end of twilight: maybe 75 minutes after sunset. But you'll need a clear horizon in this direction.
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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 16d

Three new heliophysics missions seek to unlock the secrets space weather, the region where the solar wind collides with cosmic radiation and more.
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NASA Launches Three Missions to Observe the Sun

A new heliophysics mission seeks to unlock the secrets of the region where the solar wind collides with cosmic radiation.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 16d

An Australian amateur has discovered a binocular nova on the first day of fall, visible to viewers in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Australian Amateur Discovers Back-to-back Novae!

An Australian amateur has discovered a binocular nova on the first day of fall, visible to viewers in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 18d

The discovery of a rare Einstein Cross — five images of the same galaxy — reveals a trillion-solar-mass dark matter clump.
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Astronomers Spot Rare Einstein Cross — and a Massive Clump of Dark Matter

The discovery of an Einstein Cross — five images of the same galaxy — reveals an intervening dark matter clump with trillions of solar masses.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 22d

On these dark evenings the Perseus Double Cluster and the Andromeda Galaxy, M31, await in the northeast. They're only two fist-widths apart.
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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 24d

Titan joins its shadow for a “grand finale” this October.
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Last Call for a Remarkable Titan Shadow Transit

Titan joins its shadow for a "grand finale" this October.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 24d

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 25d

A surge of asteroids might have peppered the inner solar system some 800 million years ago, in a short-lived shower that left its mark — literally — on Earth and its neighbors.
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#astronomy #moon #asteroids #craters

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations to amateur astronomer Vladimir Bezugly of Ukraine! He discovered a bright new comet on September 11th around 1:45 UT in publicly posted images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
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#astronomy #comet #stargazing

New Comet SWAN25B Pops Out from Behind the Sun

Watch out for the new Comet Swan25 as it climbs ever higher in the Northern Hemisphere sky as the nights pass.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 29d

In eight days Saturn will be at opposition. So now's the time to carefully examine the brightness of Saturn's nearly edge-on rings — to compare with how they bright they will appear right around opposition date.
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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 29d

See the images that won the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year award.
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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 29d

The LIGO gravitational-wave detector celebrates its 10th birthday with the clearest signal yet from a pair of merging black holes.
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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 29d

The Perseverance has found compounds associated with life on Earth. But whether they indicate life on Mars awaits sample return.
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#astronomy #mars #perseverancerover #marsrover #lifeonmars

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