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10 Days of Venus and Jupiter
Venus and Jupiter may have caught your attention lately. The impending close conjunction of the two brightest planets […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on March 4, 2023 by Farzin

RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant
In 185 AD, Chinese astronomers recorded the appearance of a new star in the Nanmen asterism. That part […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on March 3, 2023 by Farzin

Unraveling NGC 3169
Spiral galaxy NGC 3169 looks to be unraveling like a ball of cosmic yarn. It lies some 70 […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on March 2, 2023 by Farzin

Is star AE Aurigae on fire? No. Even though AE Aurigae is named the Flaming Star and the […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on March 1, 2023 by Farzin

Why is a thin crescent moon never seen far from a horizon? Because the only geometry that gives […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on February 28, 2023 by Farzin

What’s causing that unusual ray of light extending from the horizon? Dust orbiting the Sun. At certain times […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on February 27, 2023 by Farzin

What would make a moon look like a walnut? A strange ridge that circles Saturn‘s moon Iapetus‘s equator, […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on February 26, 2023 by Farzin

Crescent Moon Occultation
On February 22, a young Moon shared the western sky at sunset with bright planets Venus and Jupiter […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on February 25, 2023 by Farzin

Jones Emberson 1
Planetary nebula Jones-Emberson 1 is the death shroud of a dying Sun-like star. It lies some 1,600 light-years […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on February 24, 2023 by Farzin

Peculiar spiral galaxy Arp 78 is found within the boundaries of the head strong constellation Aries. Some 100 […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on February 23, 2023 by Farzin