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Diana Hannikainen posted the thread Sky & Scope International Observe the Moon Night 2021 in RSS Feeds.

Join fellow lunar enthusiasts all over the world in celebrating the Moon this weekend. The post International Observe the Moon Night...

Yesterday at 10:46 AM
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Alan MacRobert posted the thread Sky & Scope This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 15 – 23 in RSS Feeds.

The gibbous Moon shines under Jupiter and Saturn, then waxes to full under the Great Square of Pegasus. Cassiopeia stands on end high in...

Yesterday at 4:06 AM
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Asa Stahl posted the thread Sky & Scope Two Impacts, Not Just One, May Have Formed The Moon in RSS Feeds.

The Moon may have formed in a one-two punch, new simulations suggest. The post Two Impacts, Not Just One, May Have Formed The Moon...

Thursday at 9:53 AM
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Bob King posted the thread Sky & Scope How Bright Will Comet Leonard Get? in RSS Feeds.

We examine circumstances and expectations for the current apparition of Comet Leonard, which may become the year's brightest comet. The...

Wednesday at 12:11 PM
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Jamie Carter posted the thread Sky & Scope Pittsburgh Goes Dark: Could This New Dark-Sky Ordinance Begin a Trend? in RSS Feeds.

The city's parks, facilities, and streetlights will all get dark-sky-friendly lighting, but is it too early for amateur astronomers to...

Tuesday at 2:19 PM
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Mark Armstrong posted the thread Astronomy Now Return to the Deep: Five sights to get you back in the deep-sky swing in RSS Feeds.

With autumn beckoning, our lengthening nights will thankfully soon be blessed again with twilight-free skies. Provided you’re observing...

October 9, 2021
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David Dickinson posted the thread Sky & Scope New Horizons Discovers Kuiper Belt "Twins" in RSS Feeds.

New Horizons has spotted two asteroid pairs in the outer solar system. Their existence sheds light on how planets formed. The post New...

October 8, 2021
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Scott Levine posted the thread Sky & Scope Celebrate Fall Astronomy Day This Weekend in RSS Feeds.

Saturday, October 9, 2021, is this fall’s Astronomy Day! The post Celebrate Fall Astronomy Day This Weekend appeared first on Sky &...

October 8, 2021
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Alan MacRobert posted the thread Sky & Scope This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 8 – 16 in RSS Feeds.

The crescent Moon returns to the evening sky, passing Venus, then the Saturn and Jupiter pair. Venus itself passes Delta Sco and then...

October 8, 2021
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Andrew Jones posted the thread Sky & Scope China's Lunar Samples Confirm Late Volcanism, Pose New Questions in RSS Feeds.

China's Chang'e 5 mission returned pieces of the Moon in a technological feat last year. Now, scientists are publishing the first...

October 7, 2021
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Camille M. Carlisle posted the thread Sky & Scope Plutonian Mounts Aren’t Ice Volcanoes in RSS Feeds.

Careful study of data from the New Horizons mission indicates that an iconic, caldera-looking feature isn’t an eruption site. The post...

October 6, 2021
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Astronomy Now posted the thread Astronomy Now Study shows nukes a viable last resort for asteroid defence in RSS Feeds.

The asteroid Bennu, as photographed by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Researchers analyzed what would happen if an asteroid 100 metres...

October 6, 2021
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Jennifer Willis posted the thread Sky & Scope Don't Postpone Joy: Why We Stargaze in RSS Feeds.

Why do you stargaze? Amateur astronomer Jennifer Willis explores reconnection via the night sky. The post Don't Postpone Joy: Why We...

October 5, 2021
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Stephen Clark posted the thread Astronomy Now BepiColombo gets first glimpse of Mercury in RSS Feeds.

The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft swept past Mercury on Friday, 1 October, in the first of six high-speed flybys to gradually...

October 5, 2021
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Monica Young posted the thread Sky & Scope Did Astronomers See a Distant, Dying Star? Or an Earth-bound Satellite? in RSS Feeds.

What seemed a lucky break — the discovery of a gamma-ray burst in the most distant known galaxy — might instead be the flash of passing...

October 4, 2021

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