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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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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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#astronomy #galaxies #cosmology
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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#astronomy #stargazing #podcast
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
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Circumstances are ideal for watching debris from Halley’s Comet set the morning sky ablaze.
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Dip a Toe in the Orionid Meteor Stream on Oct. 20-21
Circumstances are ideal for watching debris from Halley's Comet set the morning sky ablaze.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Sky & Telescope’s 2025 “Galileo’s Italy” tour offered much more than sightseeing, as participants enjoyed multiple opportunities to stand on astronomical hallowed ground.
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In the Footsteps of Galileo
Sky & Telescope’s 2025 “Galileo’s Italy” tour offered much more than sightseeing, as participants enjoyed multiple opportunities to stand on astronomical hallowed ground.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Precise measurements of stars’ motions show that a wave is propagating outward from our galaxy’s center — perhaps from a long-ago collision with another galaxy.
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#astronomy #galaxy #milkyway #cosmology
A “Great Wave” Is Crashing through the Milky Way
Precise measurements of stars’ motions show that a wave is propagating outward from our galaxy’s center — perhaps from a long-ago collision with another galaxy.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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This week Comets C/2025 A6 Lemmon and C/2025 R2 SWAN will both be passing their closest to Earth and will probably be at their brightest. Lemmon should be about 5th magnitude, SWAN about 6th. Both are in binocular range in a good sky.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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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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October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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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October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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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October 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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While civil servants are furloughed or working without pay, funding for NASA remains uncertain.
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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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October 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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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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October 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM