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China Just Reached Earth’s Strange “Mini-Moon

Earth has one big, beautiful Moon that lights up our nights. But did you know our planet also has a strange little companion hiding nearby? It is called Kamoʻoalewa, and this week China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft arrived beside it, giving us one of our first close-up looks at one of the weirdest objects in Earth’s neighbourhood. Kamoʻoalewa is often […]
5 days ago

Watch a Giant Asteroid Slip Past Earth

A rare visitor from deep space is making a safe flyby of Earth today — and backyard skywatchers with telescopes may be able to see it move in real time. Tonight, a large near-Earth asteroid known as 152637 (1997 NC1) is sweeping past our planet. There is absolutely no danger to Earth, but this is still a sky event […]
2 weeks ago

Noctilucent Clouds 2026: How to See Rare Night-Shining Clouds This Summer

Every summer, one of the most ghostly sights in the sky quietly returns. They’re called noctilucent clouds — literally, “night-shining clouds” — and they can look like glowing blue-white ripples, waves, or delicate brushstrokes suspended low in the twilight sky. They are not auroras. They are not ordinary weather clouds. And they are not something you can […]
1 month ago

Tonight: Bits of Halley’s Comet streak across our sky! My Observing Guide.

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks overnight, with the best chance to see meteors in the dark hours before dawn. 👀 What to look for: fast, graceful shooting stars that may leave glowing trails. 🌙 The challenge: the bright Moon will hide the faint ones — so stand in the shadow of a building, tree, or hill and keep the Moon out […]
2 months ago

iPhone Astrophotography: Apple’s 4-Year Roadmap to DSLR-Quality Star Shots?

If you’ve been following the rumor mill today, the folks over at MacRumors just dropped a bombshell regarding Apple’s possible “four-part plan” for the iPhone camera.  If true, Apple is playing the long game, rolling out these features over the next several years. Let’s look at the roadmap for how the iPhone could evolve into a legitimate […]
3 months ago