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Overview: What to expect from the Southern Taurid peak The Southern Taurid meteor shower is nearing its peak, with the best viewing opportunities expected overnight…

What is a supermoon—and why is this one special? A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with perigee, the point in its orbit closest…

What makes this supermoon the biggest of 2025? The full moon scheduled for November 5, 2025, is being billed by scientists as the largest and…

Introduction: A Simple Question, A Vast Universe How far is that star? It’s a question that invites wonder and invites the scientific mind to step…

Overview: Webb’s View of a Cosmic Starburst The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has turned its infrared eye toward one of the Milky Way’s closest…

Introduction: A celestial parade unfolds in November November offers stargazers a rich tapestry of astronomical events, from luminous lunar phases to meteor showers and planetary…

November’s Skywatching Spotlight: What to Expect November offers a rich slate of astronomical happenings, drawing skywatchers outdoors as the nights grow longer and darker. From…

What to expect from this week’s fireball-rich Taurid peak Skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere are in for a memorable celestial show this week as the…

Halloween Surprise: A Bat-Shaped Nebula Emerges in the Night Sky As Halloween approaches, astronomers have delivered a celestial treat: a vast nebula whose glowing outline…

New Clues from Historical Sky Photographs A recent study by researchers affiliated with the Vanishing and Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations (VASCO) project…
