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Tonight
Visible planets and night sky guide for December
Visible planets and night sky guide. This evening, look for bright Jupiter near the moon, the Pleiades star cluster and fiery orange star Aldebaran.
December 12, 2024
Space
Odd, slowly repeating radio bursts traced to red dwarf star
Astronomers have finally pinpointed the source of slowly repeating radio bursts: a red dwarf star with a possible white dwarf binary companion.
December 12, 2024
Earth
Sun
Sun news for December 12: Large M flare brings high activity
Sun news for December 12, 2024: Sun activity is high thanks to an isolated M6.7 flare. However, the number of flares in the past day dropped from 27 to 9.
December 12, 2024
Space
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft skimming Earth’s atmosphere today!
The Lucy spacecraft will make a close approach to Earth today. Its 6-year mission will carry it through the main asteroid belt and into the orbit of Jupiter.
December 12, 2024
Brightest Stars
Orange Aldebaran is Taurus the Bull’s fiery eye
Aldebaran, the brightest star in Taurus the Bull, is at one tip of a V-shaped cluster. If placed where our sun is, its surface would pass the orbit of Mercury.
December 12, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
LIVE TODAY: Geminid meteor shower 2024 prospects and tips
The 2024 Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight December 13-14 in a moonlit sky. You may see up to 120 meteors per hour under ideal conditions.
December 11, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Space
Mysterious 3200 Phaethon: Parent to the Geminids
3200 Phaethon is the weird comet-like asteroid that spawns the Geminid meteor shower. New research reveals more answers ... and questions.
December 11, 2024
Space
Are Geminid meteors striking the moon? See videos
Last week, Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii captured videos of bright flashes on the moon. Could they be Geminid meteors striking the moon? See the videos here.
December 10, 2024
Space
Oceans on Venus never existed, new study suggests
Researchers at the University of Cambridge say that it's likely there were never any oceans on Venus. The planet might have always been as hot as it is now.
December 10, 2024
Earth
Human World
Storm alert Indian Ocean. Will Chido strike Madagascar?
Chido - now a severe tropical storm and still intensifying - is moving toward Madagascar, off southeast Africa. It should sweep past Friday, December 13.
December 10, 2024
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