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Overview: A Tiny Visitor Whizzes Past Earth In a surprising cosmic near-mance, a small asteroid—roughly the size of a giraffe—passed just 265 miles (428 kilometers)…
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From Portlaoise to the Cosmos: A Backyard Mission In Portlaoise, a town tucked away in Ireland’s midlands, an aspiring cosmologist is turning a familiar suburban…
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Australia’s Harvest Supermoon Season: What to Expect Australia is set to enjoy a remarkable sequence of supermoons this autumn and early winter. The October harvest…
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Overview: The Harvest Moon Goes Super in 2025 The October full moon, traditionally known as the Harvest Moon or Hunter’s Moon, lights up the sky…
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How the first exoplanet was found On October 6, 1995, a pivotal discovery reshaped our view of the cosmos. Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and his…
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What makes a telescope mirror so critical—and so finicky? In the world of high-precision astronomy, the surface of a telescope mirror is everything. The 25-ton…
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Overview: A luminous start to autumn Tomorrow, October 6, stargazers will be treated to the first supermoon of 2025, a dazzling Harvest Moon that signals…
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Introduction A new algorithm named ImageMM promises to close the gap between ground-based telescope images and space-based photos by removing the blurring effects of Earth’s…
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From Teacher to Astronomer: A Practical Path Many educators find themselves dreaming of the night sky beyond the classroom chalkboard. The journey from teacher to…
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Introduction to the Stargazing Trail In the heart of the Australian outback, a remarkable collaboration has emerged between the Woomera Baker Observatory and the nearby…
