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April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...
In advance of a star called T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) or the “Blaze Star” exploding in a very rare event, NASA is advising ...
Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...
Arguably, the highlight for astrophotographers this month is comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN)’s brush with the Pleiades open cluster to ...
At 41 degrees south latitude, you would see seasonal changes of all of the southern hemisphere stars. The circumpolar ...
A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the night sky. The crescent moon will appear "wafer thin" through the night ...
A “pink moon” will be shining in the night sky when the April moon of 2025 turns full this weekend. But it won’t actually look pink, and it will appear to be slightly smaller than an average ...
In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...
"Just as blue sunlight scatters in the Earth's atmosphere and makes the sun look slightly less blue, light from a strong blue, rich white street light enters your eyeball, scatters around in your ...