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Everything you can see in the sky this month
Astronomy Magazine· 6 days agoJune’s pre-dawn sky finds six planets strung along the ecliptic, spanning 72° on the 1st. In order of increasing elongation from the Sun, they are...
China’s Chang’e-6 probe successfully lands on far side of the moon
AccuWeather· 4 days agoHong Kong (CNN) — China’s Chang’e-6 lunar lander successfully touched down on the far side of the...
China's lunar probe flies a flag on the far side of the moon, sends samples back toward Earth
CBS News· 3 days agoChina said its lunar spacecraft unfurled the country's red and gold flag for the first time on the...
Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPotentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into...
How we can understand our universe through math
Astronomy Magazine· 7 days agoIn the past quarter century, astronomical observations have led to discoveries that have literally transformed our conception of the universe. One such...
The North Star Has an Age-Defying Secret: Stellar Cannibalism
Scientific American· 7 days agoPolaris, the North Star, is one of the most famous stars in the sky, but it’s also quite an enigma....
Witnessing Cosmic Dawn: Webb Captures Birth of Universe’s Earliest Galaxies for First Time
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoThis illustration shows a galaxy forming only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, when...
NASA’s Space Telescope Uncovers Earliest Galaxies Challenging Formation Theories
HotHardware· 7 days agoAn international team of astronomers announced the two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed were detected by the James Webb Space Telescope. The two galaxies are believed to date ...
A 'new star' could appear in the sky any night now. Here's how to see the Blaze Star ignite.
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe "Blaze Star" T Coronae Borealis will erupt with a magnificent explosion sometime between now and...
‘Dinky’ asteroid has a tiny companion that baffles astronomers
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA solar radiation-triggered quake likely caused the asteroid Dinkinesh to lose material. Some of it...