3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (357+ words) By: Jan Hattenbach June 23, 2026 0 Exploding stars have left their radioactive mark on our planet. Now scientists have found more evidence of a particularly violent event in Earth's more ancient past. Do you find the thought of radioactive plutonium raining down…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (414+ words) By: Govert Schilling June 22, 2026 0 New analysis reveals a tight relationship between two supernova remnants in the outer Milky Way. Astronomers have identified the first known binary supernova remnant. According to a team led by Miltiadis Michailidis (Stanford University), IC 443 and…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (218+ words) By: Emily Lakdawalla June 20, 2026 0 The neck that joins the lobes, however, is younger than that. Its surface is much smoother and bears far fewer craters. The Lucy team estimates it's less than 20 million years old. How can the two lobes…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1762+ words) By: Alan Mac Robert June 19, 2026 0 The Moon is a thick crescent in the west, left of Regulus. A telescope this evening shows the Moon's terminator crossing, from north to south, Mare Frigoris, Lacus Somniorum, Mare Tranquillitatis, and Mare Nectaris, as…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (728+ words) By: Govert Schilling June 18, 2026 0 A star-forming galaxy in the early universe might have sent a ghostly particle known as a neutrino crashing into the ice at Earth's South Pole, after an 11 billion-year journey through space. Astronomers say they've traced a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (199+ words) On June 17th, much of North America can watch the Moon occult Venus in the daytime sky. All you need are binoculars. Fresh from its dance with Jupiter earlier this month, Venus finds itself at the center of attention again. On…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago  (482+ words) A rare meteorite recovered from the Sahara Desert could be a fragment of a Moon-size body that met an early, violent end. Did A Moon-Size Planet Grow Fast and Die Young in the Early Solar System? A rare meteorite recovered…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (406+ words) Australia's Molonglo Observatory was saved from retirement; now, it holds the promise of future radio observations. The venerable Molonglo radio telescope in Australia, one of the first large radio observatories in the Southern Hemisphere, has received a new lease on…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (20+ words) Sky & Telescope Astronomy Pictures: Sky & Telescope's Online Gallery...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (214+ words) We bring Astronomy, Space and Science to Ventura County monthly. We meet the 2nd Friday night of every month at 403 W. Hillcrest Thousand Oaks, CA. at 7: 00pm Our guest [] As a service to our community, Sky & Telescope lists astronomy-related events, including star parties,…...