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What Are Constellations, and Where Do They Come From?
Scientific American· 13 hours agoIf you go to a very dark site on a moonless night—and I cannot recommend it highly enough that you...
Astronomers witness entire galaxy 'turn on the lights' in real time
Local 12 Cincinnati· 3 days agoAstronomers witnessed an entire galaxy "turn on the lights" in real time. According to Mashable,...
How to observe a ‘moon illusion’ when the strawberry full moon peaks tonight
The Times and Democrat· 2 hours agoDespite its name, June’s full moon will not look like a strawberry. Native American tribes across North America gave the strawberry moon its name to mark the in-season ripeness of strawberries, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
For the First Time Ever, Scientists Witnessed a Black Hole Waking Up
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAfter years of study and crunching the data, a group of researchers published a paper in the journal...
How to observe a ‘moon illusion’ when the strawberry full moon peaks tonight
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 2 hours agoDespite its name, June’s full moon will not look like a strawberry. Dyches said the effect is the result of the moon’s reflected light having to travel a longer distance throughout Earth’s atmosphere ...
How to observe a ‘moon illusion’ when the strawberry full moon peaks tonight
Billings Gazette· 2 hours agoDespite its name, June’s full moon will not look like a strawberry. Native American tribes across North America gave the strawberry moon its name to mark the in-season ripeness of strawberries, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
How We Could Turn The Earth Into A Giant Telescope
IFLScience· 4 days agoLast month, NASA announced development progress of the Pulsed Plasma Rocket, a new type of thruster that could help enable one of the coolest astronomy projects ever dreamt ...
How Indigenous peoples are reclaiming their celebrations of the summer solstice − and using them to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA historian of astronomy writes about the role of astronomical events in Indigenous cultures − and...
Astronomers witness ‘sudden awakening’ of massive black hole in far-away galaxy
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“If so, this would be the first time that we see the activation of a massive black hole in real...
Black hole observed 'awakening' for the first time
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAstronomers have been able to observe a supermassive black hole waking up and setting the heart of its host galaxy alight for the first time, the...