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Astronomy for beginners, Observing

Michael’s Miscellany: All About Orion

Deep-Sky Objects

Deep-Sky Dreams: Open cluster NGC 225

A breathtaking cosmic field filled with bright stars and galaxies, showcasing arcs and streaks of light caused by gravitational lensing. A variety of colors, from red and orange glows to bright white spots, create a mesmerizing, warped effect around a massive galaxy cluster.

JWST gazes into the distant past through gravitational lens

President Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office holding a black folder, speaking near a display board showing a glowing shield-like graphic labeled "GOLDEN DOME FOR AMERICA" over a map of the United States. Behind him are military decorations, a portrait of Ronald Reagan, and shelves with books and golden decorative items.

Here’s how Trump’s Golden Dome would work — and why some call it “a fantasy”

Dr. Fred Espenak

Farewell, Mr. Eclipse: Fred Espenak dies at 71

Observing, Planets, This Week in Astronomy

This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: Venus in the Morning Sky

Black-and-white illustration of a sailing ship silhouetted against the Full Moon

‘Astronomical Dream’: Johannes Kepler wrote the first science-fiction story

Science, Space Exploration

Trump withdraws nomination of Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

Image of a densely populated star field showing the open star cluster NGC 7789, also known as Caroline’s Rose Cluster, situated in the constellation Cassiopeia. The image is filled with countless small stars, and the central cluster appears as a slightly more concentrated region of stars forming a subtle rose-like pattern. The background is a deep black space with thousands of bright and faint stars of varying colors, including white, blue, and yellow hues.

Deep-Sky Objects

Deep-Sky Dreams: NGC 7789

Observing Basics

Michael’s Miscellany: Universal Time

A collection of blue and orange and white stars against a deep black background

Deep-Sky Objects

Deep-Sky Dreams: The Owl Cluster

Telescopes and Equipment

Review: DwarfLab’s DWARF 3 Smart Telescope

Lobster Claw and Bubble nebulae

Deep-Sky Objects

Deep-Sky Dreams: Sharpless 2–157

Space Exploration

SpaceX Starship reaches orbit but misses key targets

Robotic Spaceflight

Tianwen-2 is voyaging to an asteroid and a comet

Bubble Nebula

Deep-Sky Objects

Deep-Sky Dreams: The Bubble Nebula

Space Exploration

SpaceX Starship set for ninth test flight

Space Exploration

Landing on the Moon is an incredibly difficult feat — here’s how 2025 is shaping up

The New Shepard booster touching down April14

Human Spaceflight

Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement — a tourism scholar explains

An astronaut stands by a cliff on Mars, looking up at a drone

Solar System, Space Exploration

How close are we to ‘The Martian’? A planetary scientist checks in

Kemble's Cascade

Deep-Sky Objects

Deep-Sky Dreams: Kemble’s Cascade

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This artist’s conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known (central black dot) at the core of a young, star-rich galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have uncovered two of these early objects, dating back to about 13 billion years ago. The monstrous black holes are among the most distant known, and appear to be in the very earliest stages of formation, earlier than any observed so far. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Science

Explore the science of space, from the astrophysics of stars to the ultimate fate of the universe.

Credit: Tim Doucette.

Observing

Learn about upcoming observing events such as eclipses, meteor showers, comets, conjunctions, and more.

This 2016 Curiosity rover selfie shows the vehicle at the “Okoruso” drilling site on Mount Sharp’s Naukluft Plateau. The Martian scene is a mosaic of images taken with the arm-mounted Mars Hands Lens Imager (MAHLI). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

Space Exploration

Human and robotic missions are helping humanity explore our solar system and beyond.

Sky This Week

Venus near dichotomy

Sky This Week, The Sky This Week

The Sky This Week from May 30 to June 6: All eyes on Venus

Sky This Month

Titan and its shadow transit Saturn

June 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Mercury meets with Jupiter in the evening

Picture of the Day

Nebulous quartet

Bob Fera/Steeve Body/Steve Mandel

Emission nebulae NGC 3576, 3603, 3572, and 3503 all feature in this wide-field vista of nebulae in Carina. The imagers captured Hα/OIII/RGB exposures of 380, 380, 100, 100, and 100 minutes respectively with a 4.2-inch scope.

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