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See more stars than ever (and the Milky Way!) from the dark of a national park
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoAnnual Star Parties Several National Parks hold annual astronomy festivals that are casually...
Planet where it's sunny every day spotted 280 light-years away
Newsweek· 4 days agoThis far-off mapping of the planet's weather was made possible thanks to the power of the James Webb...
Astronomers still haven’t decided if Planet 9 is real
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile—currently scheduled to begin operations in early 2025 and...
James Webb telescope spots wind blowing faster than a bullet on '2-faced planet' with eternal night
LiveScience· 17 hours agoScientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have mapped the weather on a planet 280 light-years from Earth — a hot gas giant with one side permanently facing its ...
Rogue Planets, Abundant Asteroids: Space Is More Crowded Than We Thought
Forbes· 4 days agoToday the Asteroid Institute announced it has used advanced computational methods to discover 27,500...
May meteor shower to create shooting stars linked to Halley’s comet
NJ.com· 2 days agoAnother good viewing time will be in the pre-dawn hours on Monday, May 6, says EarthSky.org. The......
China launches rocket to bring back pieces of the far side of the moon
The Independent US via AOL· 15 hours agoThe area is hard to explore, because it is cut off from radio communications with Earth – but it...
Astronomers Solve the 1936 Mystery of FU Orionis’ Dramatic Outburst
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoALMA observations of FU Orionis reveal how gravitational accretion from a past gas stream causes...
The Sky This Week from May 3 to 10: The Eta Aquariids’ time to shine
Astronomy Magazine· 1 day agoThe Moon moves down an early-morning line of planets while Eta Aquariid meteors streak through the...
JWST Spots Planet With Temps Hot Enough To Melt Lead And Blustering 5000 MPH Winds
HotHardware· 2 days agoWASP-43 b, as it's called, is similar in size to Jupiter and made primarily of hydrogen and helium, making it much hotter than any planet in Earth’s solar system. While the ...