Happy New Year!! If you're a Martian, that is. The ol' calendar is flipping over from 37 to 38 next Tuesday, November 12! So yeah, um… why 38 and why November 12? Because astronomers, that's why.
Scientific American
Happy New Year! (If You’re a Martian)
The Martian new year arrives with the Red Planet’s vernal equinox. Explaining why requires a deep dive into celestial mechanics and Earth’s cal...
LOOK AT THIS NEW JWST IMAGE! LOOK AT IT!
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Mind-vaporizing image from JWST may show first-ever brown dwarfs seen in another galaxy!
LOOK AT THIS IMAGE! LOOK AT IT!!
 Then click that link and READ ABOUT IT! Because it's even more awesome than you think.
Goodbye Earth, goodbye Moon. I *love* photos of Earth taken from spacecraft on their way out to deep space, especially when you can see the Moon, too! Read this for more, including a weird thermal shot:
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Earth and Moon from Space, from Hera
Goodbye photos from an asteroid-bound spacecraft, plus the Sun is at its activity peak now
C'mon, T Coronae Borealis, you're starting to embarrass us!
Scientific American
We’re Overdue for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Naked-Eye Nova
The famous exploding star T Coronae Borealis is due to detonate any day now, but it’s running a little late
HOLY HIGH-ENERGY SOLAR WIND PARTICLES! I can see the aurora by eye! MY FIRST TIME EVER!!! The bright star in the middle is Deneb. The glow shows up way better in photos. Holy wow. Wow. image
Big news! The closest single star to the Sun has a planet! The galaxy must be *filled* with planets.
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A planet for Barnard’s Star! This time for real.
The second closest star system to Earth has at least one planet.
As of yesterday afternoon, Earth has two natural moons! Kinda! And not for long!
Bad Astronomy Newsletter
Earth has a second moon! Sorta!
The asteroid 2024 PT5 will orbit Earth for about two months before unmooning us
Heads up! A new comet is already bright enough to see naked eye and may be a show stopper in a couple of weeks!
Scientific American
Will Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Be the Brightest of the Year?
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could soon shine very bright in Earth’s skies
So let's say astronomers see a big ol' asteroid heading right for Earth. What can we do? DON'T PANIC. I mean, first off. Also: nuke it. Seriously. But not for the reason you think!
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Nuking an asteroid might actually work
Preventing an impact could rely on bombing it...but to deflect it, not destroy it
In the past, maps of solar eclipse paths assumed Earth and the Moon were spheres. But they're not! And when you take that into account, eclipses get a *whole* lot more complicated.
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Total eclipses from the imperfect Moon
New software can make maps of solar eclipse paths that include effects of lunar craters and mountains