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6 hours ago · Astronomers spot seven stars that may sport alien megastructures — but many are skeptical of aliens. Matthew Rozsa. Sat, July 6, 2024, 5:30 AM EDT · 5 min read. Dyson Sphere Getty Images/Love ...
The next Full Moon in 2024 is at 6:17 a.m. on Sunday, July 21, and is called the Buck Moon. It's the seventh Full Moon of the year.
16 hours ago · By Lydia Amazouz Published on July 6, 2024 09:30. A star that appeared in the sky 840 years ago and then vanished has recently shown new activity, providing astronomers with valuable insights into ...
16 hours ago · The primary purpose of a telescope is to collect much more light from any astronomical object than it can collect the pupil of the eye. The light collector can be a lens, usually glass, or a mirror. The James Webb Space Telescope finds the oldest galaxy in the Universe: JADES-GS-Z6
6 hours ago · Scientists have found evidence for the so-called Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis that a comet exploded in Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago, causing temperatures on Earth to dip. A paper ...
16 hours ago · All in all a wonderful morning of observing. Oh what a beautiful morning - posted in General Observing and Astronomy: Woke up this morning around 2:30 cdst after a restless night to clear skies. Grabbed the Twilight I and ATED80 a 7-21mm zoom and an ES 30mm 52° . Set up on the back porch so I could see over the houses garages and trees.
16 hours ago · Additionally, astronomers have found 6 white dwarfs (stars that have exhausted all fusible hydrogen), 21 brown dwarfs, as well as 1 sub-brown dwarf, WISE 0855−0714 (possibly a rogue planet ). The closest system is Alpha Centauri, with Proxima Centauri as the closest star in that system, at 4.2465 light-years from Earth.
