Astronomy Magazine

Informing, entertaining, and inspiring people who are interested in the science and hobby of astronomy.

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Over billions of years, a planet will have encountered all the small bodies in its vicinity enough times to clear its orbit of them. https://t.co/OvBOcgWl0L

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Sky Today: July 19
Planetary nebula 6563 is a worthy challenge for larger scopes, floating near the base of the Teapot asterism in Sagittarius late tonight.

Image credit: ESO/P. Weilbacher

Read more:
https://t.co/4Pp00DQJt6

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

JWST has weighed a monster black hole in the early universe — and it's forcing astronomers to rethink how quickly these giants formed. https://t.co/kku0mfMzTm

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Sky Today: July 18
Catch an edge-on comet as Tempel 2 plunges below the plane of our planet's orbit, heading toward perihelion.

Image credit: Chris Schur

Read more:
https://t.co/ZMC5JHgb9b

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

We caught up with Blue Skies Space CEO Marcell Tessenyi at the 248th AAS meeting to learn how Mauve went from launching on a Falcon 9 last year to sending back its first data this year — and why the papers shouldn't be far behind. https://t.co/SCXGjlNWi7

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Today in the history of astronomy, an astronaut and a cosmonaut shake hands in space. https://t.co/aU7QltDqk4

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Sky This Week: July 17 to 24
See the Moon as it looked on July 20, 1969. Plus, check out Comet Tempel 2 as planet Mercury stands still in the sky this week.

Image credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Read more:
https://t.co/Z7IMqWX3UQ

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Sky Today: July 17
The crescent Moon slides south of Venus this afternoon and stands side by side with the bright planet in the post-sunset sky.

Image credit: Stellarium/USGS/Celestia/Clementine

Read more:
https://t.co/KheRBXUV4z

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Today in the history of astronomy, a star is captured in an astrophotography first. https://t.co/HN7VCyevo8

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Sky Today: July 16
Earth's satellite sits near Regulus in the heart of Leo the Lion this evening, with blazing Venus nearby in the western sky after sunset.

Image credit: Stellarium/USGS/Celestia/Clementine

Read more:
https://t.co/tka8jSlyWB

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

A hidden gamma-ray source near the Jellyfish Nebula may be remnants of the progenitor star’s long-lost sibling. https://t.co/F4n8EN7o2u

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

China's asteroid sample-return probe has closed to within 20 kilometers of 469219 Kamoʻoalewa, kicking off its science campaign — just as new evidence complicates the leading theory of the rock's origin. https://t.co/9JZ88wvzgV

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Today in the history of astronomy, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the astrophysicist who discovered pulsars, was born.

Read more: https://t.co/W37Zx7ol9j

Image credit: Jean-Philippe Escard of UNCTAD

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Sky Today: July 15
Look up this evening to find the season's most famous asterism, the Summer Triangle, with the plane of the Milky Way running through it.

Image credit: Giuseppe Donatiello

Read more:
https://t.co/3cTpPCG129

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Mauve, built by Blue Skies Space, has delivered its first datasets to researchers around the globe — the moment it's been building toward since launch. https://t.co/H08RlIjcbY

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Over billions of years, a planet will have encountered all the small bodies in its vicinity enough times to clear its orbit of them. https://t.co/aQYAB6Xfa9

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Today in the history of astronomy, a nine-year journey pays off. https://t.co/MaulxtQo1f

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Sky Today: July 14
The Red Planet passes due north of red giant star Aldebaran in Taurus the Bull. Catch the lovely early-morning view if you're up before dawn.

Image credit: Stellarium

Read more:
https://t.co/WSOSI55kF1

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

Here's what's launching July 13–19: Starship's 13th flight test targets a Thursday liftoff, a crewed Soyuz heads for the International Space Station, and Skyroot Aerospace attempts India's first private orbital launch. https://t.co/DuidL31oKj

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

JWST has weighed a monster black hole in the early universe — and it's forcing astronomers to rethink how quickly these giants formed. https://t.co/4I81GdyfNC