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In 2026, humanity will return to lunar space with NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed journey beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The ten-day flight will send four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on a free-return…
The James Webb Space Telescope has identified a rapidly growing supermassive black hole dating back to an era known as cosmic noon, roughly four billion years after the Big Bang. Nicknamed BiRD (Big Red Dot), the object belongs to a…
A Growing Problem for Astronomy: Bright Satellite Trails in Space-Based Images A new peer-reviewed study published in Nature warns that rapidly expanding satellite megaconstellations pose a major and escalating threat—not just to ground-based observatories, but to space telescopes in Low…
Overview: A Big Month for Skywatchers December 2025 brings three major celestial events: These events offer some of the best opportunities of the year for backyard observers and telescope users alike. Comet 3I/ATLAS Makes Its Closest Approach — Dec 19…
A Dramatic Hubble View of NGC 1792 A tilted spiral galaxy fills the scene with chaotic beauty—patchy arms, bright blue star clusters, glowing red nebulae, and thick dust lanes winding through the disc. Light from NGC 1792 extends into the…
