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May's Night Sky Notes: Stargazing for Beginners
Were you inspired by the solar eclipse to become an amateur astronomer? If so, here are some high-level tips on how to get started in May's Night Sky Notes!
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April's Night Sky Notes: Participate in Eclipse Science
April is Citizen Science Month at NASA. Here are some projects that you take part in during the eclipse on April 8th, and beyond!
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March's Night Sky Notes: Constant Companions: Circumpolar Constellations, Part II
We're continuing with our series on northern hemisphere constellations that never set with March's Night Sky Notes!
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Monthly Webinar Series - February 2024: Astromycology in Space Exploration
Fungi hold immense promise as cell factories for a sustainable future. Learn from our February webinar speaker why their remarkable versatility makes them indispensable allies in our efforts to address global challenges and create more sustainable processes.
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February's Night Sky Notes: Constant Companions: Circumpolar Constellations, Part I
Some constellations can be as familiar as old friends. Learn about three of them in February's Night Sky Notes!
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NASA's 2024 Winter Astrophoto Challenge
Make Your Own Image of the Crab Nebula!
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January's Night Sky Notes: Connecting the 'Dots' with Asterisms
Have you ever noticed how some stars, when arranged, can form shapes in the night sky? Trace asterisms along with us during this month's Night Sky Notes!
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Monthly Webinar Series - December 2023: Astronomy Picture of the Day
Join us for the last webinar of the year: Astronomy Picture of the Day 2023 with Dr. Robert Nemiroff!
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Monthly Webinar Series - November 2023: Active Galaxies: Monsters of the Deep (Space)
For normal galaxies, we think of the total energy they emit as the sum of the emission from each of the stars found in the galaxy. But what about active galaxies? Learn more with November's Night Sky Network webinar.
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December's Night Sky Notes: A Flame in the Sky - the Orion Nebula
It's that time of year again: winter! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the cold, crisp sky offers spectacular views of the Orion Nebula!
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November's Night Sky Notes: Spy the Seventh Planet, Uranus
Spot this green-blue ice giant mid-November, between the gas giant Jupiter, and the seven sisters of the Pleiades!
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Monthly Webinar Series - October 2023: Life as a Space Weather Analyst
Heliophysics Big Year is here! Learn more about Helio Big Year, and what it takes to study space weather with October's Night Sky Network webinar.
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October's Night Sky Notes: From Galileo to Clipper, Exploring Jupiter's Moons
On January 7, 1610, Galileo famously chronicled the four moving dots near Jupiter and surmised that they were orbiting the distant world. 414 years later, NASA's Europa Clipper mission will take us closer than ever before.
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Looking Beyond the Stars: September's Night Sky Notes
What lies between the stars and why can't we see it?
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Super Blue Sturgeon Moon of August 2023
Follow a full Moon cycle over the month of August and catch a rare blue supermoon at the end of the month.
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July's Night Sky Notes: Find a Ball of Stars - M55
Find the Summer Rose "Star" as it rises in the south. Messier 55 is a special summer treat and Hubble just imaged it beautifully.
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Night Sky Notes: Look Up In the Sky - It's a Swan
Summer skies are great for viewing one of the few constellations to resemble its namesake - Cygnus the swan. Find treasures both visible and invisible in this guidepost to the Milky Way.
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Make Your Own Image of the Phantom Galaxy with NASA's Astrophoto Challenge
What's going on with M74? What causes the eerie shapes we see within this Phantom Galaxy? Learn more about the Phantom Galaxy (M74), the target for this season of NASA's #AstrophotoChallenge
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Solar Eclipses in 2023 and 2024
Have you ever witnessed a total solar eclipse? What about an annular solar eclipse? If not, then you are in luck if you live in North America: the next twelve months will see two solar eclipses darken the skies for observers in the continental United States, Mexico, and Canada!
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Spot the Morning and Evening Star: Observe Venus
Venus is usually the brightest planet in our skies, and is called "Earth's Twin" due to its similar size to Earth and its rocky composition. However, Venus is a nightmare version of our planet, featuring a thick, crushing atmosphere of acidic clouds, greenhouse gasses, howling winds, and intense heat at its surface.
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Help NASA find new worlds with Exoplanet Watch
Find out how you can help NASA discover strange new worlds by participating in their latest citizen science program devoted to exoplanets!
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Binoculars: A Great First Telescope
Do you want to peer deeper into the night sky and dive into astronomy with your first telescope? As it turns out, the best choice for many budding stargazers is something unexpected: a good pair of binoculars!
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Cepheus: A House Fit for a King
The northern constellation of Cepheus contains many notable objects, including the original Cepheid Variable: Delta Cephei! How did observations of stars like Delta Cephei change astronomy? Find out in our latest edition of Night Sky Notes!
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Trick or Treat: Sidewalk Astronomy!
Halloween is a great time some spooky sidewalk astronomy! Find tips and resources to help bring the latest space science to your local community of ghouls and goblins inside!
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Fomalhaut: Not So Lonely After All
Fall evenings bring a prominent visitor to our skies: the bright star Fomalhaut! It appears unusually distant from other bright stars in its section of sky, giving Fomalhaut the nickname "The Loneliest Star." But a closer look reveals that this star isn't as lonely as it appears. Find out more about Fomalhaut's busy neighborhood inside our latest article.
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