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Moon Meets the Seven Sisters: A Pre-Dawn Sky Treat on November 6

If you’re up before sunrise on November 6, take a few minutes to step outside and look toward the western sky — you’ll be treated to a serene celestial meetup between the nearly full moon and one of the most famous star clusters in the heavens: the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters. In the early morning hours, the 94%-illuminated […]
4 months ago

Stuph File Interview: Sept 2025

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Skyand National Geographic’s Stargazer Atlas: The Ultimate Guide To The Night Sky, is back to talk about among other things, how the “Devil Comet” contains the strongest evidence yet that comets delivered water to Earth; Bennu contains stardust that’s older than the solar […]
5 months ago

Get Ready for Comet SWAN

A brand new comet has been spotted, and it’s officially known as C/2025 R2 (SWAN), and it’s getting brighter by the day. This cosmic wanderer was first discovered by the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) instrument on a spacecraft called SOHO. It’s already shining at a magnitude of 7, which means you can spot it with […]
6 months ago

Star Explosion Coming to a Sky Near You!

Get ready for a rare cosmic explosion about to light up the sky- here’s how you can catch the sky show! The T Coronae Borealis star, also known as the ‘Blaze Star’ will be visible to the naked eye for perhaps only for a few hours and up to a couple of days, and those […]
2 years ago

June 3 ‘Planet Parade’ Reality Check

Patient skywatchers offered a better sequel at end of the month The upcoming June 3 planet parade, where multiple neighbouring worlds in our solar system will align in the early morning sky, has received a lot of media buzz. However, the excitement is unfortunately exaggerated for a few reasons. First the facts of what this […]
2 years ago

Earth’s Evil Exoplanet Twin Found

(Press Release) The discovery of a planet similar in size to Venus that’s orbiting a star in the neighborhood of our solar system raises hopes that astronomers may someday unlock the secret to why life appeared on Earth. An international team of scientists led by the Astrobiology Center (ABC) in Japan, the University of Tokyo, […]
2 years ago

A Giant Cosmic Butterfly Discovered

(Press Release) Astronomers have found what is likely the largest planet-forming disk ever seen, which appears like a giant, cosmic butterfly in the night sky. This discovery offers new insight into the environments where planets form. Officially known as IRAS 23077+6707 (IRAS 23077, for short), this giant cosmic butterfly is about 1000 light-years from Earth […]
2 years ago

Webb Snaps Amazing Details in Horsehead Nebula and Background Galaxies

Credit: The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. These observations show a part of the iconic nebula in a whole new light, capturing its complexity with unprecedented spatial resolution. The first image (left), released in […]
2 years ago