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Pleiades star cluster meets Supermoon in the night sky
Thursday, November 6, 2025 by Richard Harris
You can observe a unique celestial pairing as the Pleiades star cluster aligns closely with the full Moon, commonly referred to as a supermoon. This alignment offers a distinctive visual contrast between the bright lunar surface and the faint blue stars of the cluster. The event provides a natural o...
Andromeda galaxy survey unveiled
Saturday, January 25, 2025 by Richard Harris
On a clear autumn night, the farthest object visible to the naked eye can be seen without a telescope or binoculars. Located just northeast of the Great Square of Pegasus, it appears as a spindle-shaped haze with a bright center. This object is the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest galaxy to the Milky W...
Ring Nebula structure revealed
Thursday, January 23, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
The Ring Nebula, one of the most photographed objects in the night sky since its first image was captured in 1886, has had its intrinsic structure debated for over a century. Now, a research team led by Professor Joel Kastner from Rochester Institute of Technology’s Chester F. Carlson Center f...
Watch star erupting as spotted by Hubble
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 by Richard Harris
Roughly 700 light-years away, R Aquarii is one of the closest stars known to undergo violent eruptions, ejecting large amounts of processed nuclear material into space. This system, classified as symbiotic, is part of a group of 150 known variable stars. Symbiotic stars are composed of two vastly di...