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43rd annual Deep South Star Gaze event


Wednesday, October 8, 2025 by

The Deep South Star Gaze, one of the oldest continuous star parties in the United States, is preparing for its 43rd consecutive gathering. Since its first event in 1983, the star gaze has brought together amateur astronomers and enthusiasts for a week of dark skies, shared observations, and community. It has not missed a year, making it the nation’s longest-runnin...


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Night Sky Festival 2025 event details


Thursday, October 2, 2025 by

The Night Sky Festival is an annual celebration at Joshua Tree National Park organized by Sky’s The Limit Observatory and Nature Center (STL) in partnership with the Joshua Tree National Park Association. The event raises funds for both nonprofits and provides an opportunity for the public to experience astronomy, natural science, and desert culture through lectur...


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Hidden Hollow Star Party 2025


Monday, August 18, 2025 by

The Hidden Hollow Star Party returns in 2025 with another weekend of stargazing, education, and astronomy activities. Set in the woods near Bellville, Ohio, the event runs from Friday, September 19 through Sunday, September 21. It takes place at Hidden Hollow Camp, home to the Warren Rupp Observatory and the Richland Astronomical Society. The event has built a reputa...


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Black Forest Star Party 2025


Monday, May 5, 2025 by

The Black Forest Star Party (BFSP) 2025, set to unfold from September 19 through September 21, will take place under the dark skies of Cherry Springs State Park near Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Hosted by the Central Pennsylvania Observers astronomy club, this annual gathering remains a cornerstone event in the northeastern U.S. for both amateur astronomers and those simp...


Astronomy Picture of the Day

2026-04-03
Caught in the Web: Visualization of a Black Hole Merger in the Tarantula Nebula
Caught in the Web: Visualization of a Black Hole Merger in the Tarantula Nebula - 2026-04-03 - Image by Carl Knox (NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day)
Image Credit: Carl Knox
How can we see what is invisible? Black holes are not easy to see in the dark cosmic night, but astronomers can find them by analyzing their gravitational effects on matter, light and spacetime. The featured image shows an illustration that combines a simulation of a black hole binary system in its final "death-dance" with an astrophotography image of the Tarantula Nebula in the background. Even though black holes don't emit light, they distort the path of light rays, acting like a gravitational lens. As a result, the nebula appears extremely distorted, forming Einstein rings and multiple images. Tarantula Nebula lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that is one of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, 160,000 light-years away. That is more than 1,000 times closer than any of the binary black hole mergers detected so far. We'll probably never detect a merger so close to home!

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