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January new moon 2025: The young moon visits Venus and Saturn

The young January moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster together in the evening sky.

Space

The rare 'black moon' of December 30 rises tonight

December 2024 will see a rare "black moon," a term for the second new moon in a calendar month.

Space

Stars get ripped open like Christmas presents to create strange 'JuMBO' worlds

What did you get fot X-mas? Scientists may have been gifted with a solution to the mystery of juMBOs, strange celestial bodies that seem to be neither planets nor stars.

Space

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New moon December 2024: A young moon passes Venus

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November's new moon makes a close pass to Venus

The new moon of November 2024 occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.

Space

Can 'failed stars' have planets? James Webb Space Telescopes offers clues

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered brown dwarfs at the heart of planet-forming disks in the Orion nebula. The discovery could help reveal if these "failed stars" can have planets.

Space

Orionid meteor shower to light up night sky

The display will produce up to 25 fast meteors with fine trains per hour.

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Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to see bits of Halley's comet burn up in the night sky

The Orionid meteor shower 2024 reaches its peak in the pre-dawn hours on Monday, Oct. 21, but this year a bright moon could make it difficult to see these shooting stars.

Space

Orionid meteor shower 2024: When to see 'shooting stars' from Halley's comet next week

The Orionid meteor shower will peak this week as Earth busts through a stream of meteoroids left in the inner solar system by the famous Halley's comet.

LiveScience

Starwatch: Gibbous moon will wash fainter Orionid meteors from view

Shower will still be worth watching due to bright, fast-moving meteors

The Guardian - UK

Orionid meteor shower 2024: when and where to see it in the UK this October

The annual celestial event occurs when Earth passes through the debris left behind by Halley's Comet

Evening Standard

Astrophotography meets music as Orion takes center stage at Glastonbury

The inside info on Josh Dury’s ‘Starstruck’ shot, taken at Glastonbury

Digital Camera World

Road trip! Tour the universe with these gorgeous images from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope

Newly released images from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope capture a cloud complex called Rho Ophiuchi, the Orion Nebula, a spiral galaxy named NGC 3627 and a galaxy cluster known as MACS J0416.

Space

Euclid telescope spies rogue planets floating free in Milky Way

Wandering worlds are seen deep inside Orion nebula, a giant cloud of dust and gas 1,500 light years away

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James Webb Space Telescope sees Orion Nebula in a stunning new light (images)

The Orion Nebula may be a familiar astronomical sight over Earth but that hasn't stopped the James Webb Space Telescope from seeing this star-forming region in a stunning new light.

Space

Astronomers close in on the mystery of the erupting Orion star system (video)

An erupting star system in Orion has finally provided an answer to the mystery of how stars fed for over 100 years, something that has puzzled astronomers for almost as long.

LiveScience

James Webb telescope reveals fiery 'mane' of the Horsehead Nebula in spectacular new images

Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the star-forming Horsehead Nebula is located 1,300 light-years away in the Orion Constellation.

Space

The mystery of how strange cosmic objects called 'JuMBOs' went rogue

Scientists may have discovered how JuMBOs, strangle binary objects found in Orion, may have gone rogue while staying gravitationally bound. The discovery may shake up theories of planet formation.

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Radio signals from Orion nebula reveal new data about strange celestial objects: 'JuMBOS'

Astronomers have discovered a radio signal from a 'JuMBO' in the Orion nebula, a weird celestial object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope that defy star and planet formation models.

TechRadar

This luxury smart telescope will have you in awe of stars, solar systems, galaxies and nebulae in minutes

The flawless Unistellar Odyssey Pro is the versatile choice for the stargazing newbies who can afford it.

The Conversation

Meteors, supermoons, a comet and more: your guide to the southern sky in 2024

What exciting events will we see in the southern sky in 2024? Meteor showers, Saturn covered by the Moon, close approaches of bright planets to each other, supermoons – and, if we’re lucky, a comet visible to the naked eye.

The Guardian - UK

Starwatch: A twinkling jewel in the northern winter sky, Sirius

It is half the apparent brightness of Jupiter at the moment and is part of one of Orion’s hunting dogs

Space

December's new moon allows the Geminid meteor shower to shine tonight

The new moon of December 2023 offers skywatchers dark skies for catching the Geminid meteor shower, one of the year's best celestial spectacles.

Inverse

What’s Happening To Betelgeuse? The Supergiant Star Is About to Go Dark

One of Orion's most famous stars will disappear in a few days. Here's why.

Digital Camera World

Astrophotography in December 2023: what to shoot in the night sky next month

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night skies above this month

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