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Today this 6.5 pounds of cosmic knowledge hits bookstores everywhere! Big thanks to @NatGeo team for helping to bring this beauty to life. @NatGeoBooks
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In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
alzresearch.org/giving/
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
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Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
alzresearch.org/giving/
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
alzfdn.org/donate/
Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
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Congratulations to @JAXA_en and partners @NASA, @esa, @CNES, and @DLR_en on the launch of MMX! 🚀
MMX is currently headed to Phobos, the larger of Mars’s two moons. It’ll be the first mission to land on a moon of Mars and the first to bring back samples from Phobos. The at least 10 grams of surface material and bring it home in 2031. It’s also dropping off a rover named Idefix to explore.
And Planetary Society members helped make one of its sample collectors possible!
Our supporters funded PlanetVac’s first full prototype and its rocket test flight. It’s a Honeybee Robotics sampler that blasts the surface with nitrogen gas and catches what flies up. A version called P-Sampler is now mounted on one of the spacecraft’s landing legs, ready to grab a piece of Phobos.
Good luck on your journey MMX! 🔴
MMX is currently headed to Phobos, the larger of Mars’s two moons. It’ll be the first mission to land on a moon of Mars and the first to bring back samples from Phobos. The at least 10 grams of surface material and bring it home in 2031. It’s also dropping off a rover named Idefix to explore.
And Planetary Society members helped make one of its sample collectors possible!
Our supporters funded PlanetVac’s first full prototype and its rocket test flight. It’s a Honeybee Robotics sampler that blasts the surface with nitrogen gas and catches what flies up. A version called P-Sampler is now mounted on one of the spacecraft’s landing legs, ready to grab a piece of Phobos.
Good luck on your journey MMX! 🔴
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The voyage of a thousand years begins with a single day.
sciencenews.org/article/voyage…
sciencenews.org/article/voyage…
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#0896 of The @StuphFile Program features John Djoser, author of "52 Overstandings"; Christopher Michael, author of "The Horror In The Lamplights"; & Andrew Fazekas, @thenightskyguy talking space, including Blue Origin building the next Mars orbiter
youtu.be/LM3E1LluOqc
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From The @StuphFile Program, a 30-second @YouTube clip from a longer interview with, science writer, Andrew Fazekas, @thenightskyguy. He's back to talk about space, including the fact that Blue Origin is slated to build the next Mars orbiter youtube.com/shorts/50uXBGo…
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#0893 of The @StuphFile Program features Evan Buist, Managing Director of Melodie, an independent music library; children's writer Simon Dorey; & science writer, Andrew Fazekas, @thenightskyguy on the possibility Venus could have eaten it's own moon
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youtu.be/wD2p3lxAhYo
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🚨 DON’T MISS THIS WEEK’S BIGGEST SKY SHOWS 🚨
We’ve got a beautiful Moon-Jupiter meetup before sunrise, the darkest skies of the month for Milky Way hunting, and a gorgeous crescent Moon beside Venus to wrap up the week.
We’ve got a beautiful Moon-Jupiter meetup before sunrise, the darkest skies of the month for Milky Way hunting, and a gorgeous crescent Moon beside Venus to wrap up the week.
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From The @StuphFile Program, a plug for my book, "Great Conversation: My Interviews With Two Men On The Moon And A Galaxy Of Stars" youtube.com/shorts/xtphih7…
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🚨 DON’T MISS THIS WEEK’S BIGGEST SKY SHOWS 🚨
Over the next few nights, the sky is serving up 3 fun events...including a dazzling Venus-Spica pairing after sunset, the Moon skimming the Seven Sisters, and a gorgeous crescent Moon beside Mars and the Gemini twins before dawn.
Over the next few nights, the sky is serving up 3 fun events...including a dazzling Venus-Spica pairing after sunset, the Moon skimming the Seven Sisters, and a gorgeous crescent Moon beside Mars and the Gemini twins before dawn.
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#0889 of @StuphFile Program with Matt Grace, author of "God Doesn’t Relapse: Sex, Drugs And The Life That Almost Killed Me"; Bob Patterson, author of "Iconic Moments In Broadcast History"; & science writer, Andrew @thenightskyguy Fazekas on a lunar crash youtu.be/_2-ejXRFAbI
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Comet 10P/Tempel Reaches Perihelion (evening)
Comet 10P/Tempel reaches perihelion today, its closest point to the Sun in its orbit, at a distance of 1.42 astronomical units (AU). As the Sun’s radiation heats the comet’s icy nucleus, its outgassing will peak, making this one of ve its glowing coma.
The bright waning gibbous moon will constitute a challenge tonight. It will wash out the faint, diffuse light of the comet.
Your best observing window is during the brief period of complete darkness right after evening twilight ends, just before the moon rises (roughly 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM for mid-northern latitudes).
Use high contrast viewing techniques to improve your experience. These techniques include draping a dark cloth or observing hood over your head to block out ambient glare and relying on “averted vision” — looking slightly to the side of the comet rather than directly at it to engage the highly sensitive peripheral cells in your retina.
Don’t expect a bright, sweeping tail like in the movies. In a small telescope, Comet 10P will look like a faint, grayish smudge or a fuzzy, out-of-focus star. Tap your telescope tube lightly; the slight vibration will help your eye detect the faint, fuzzy patch of the comet against the background stars.
If you are observing while the moon is up, physically block the moonlight. Position your telescope so that a house, garage, or large tree hides the moon from your direct line of sight. Protecting your eyes’ dark adaptation is critical for spotting faint cometary fuzz.
Comet 10P/Tempel reaches perihelion today, its closest point to the Sun in its orbit, at a distance of 1.42 astronomical units (AU). As the Sun’s radiation heats the comet’s icy nucleus, its outgassing will peak, making this one of ve its glowing coma.
The bright waning gibbous moon will constitute a challenge tonight. It will wash out the faint, diffuse light of the comet.
Your best observing window is during the brief period of complete darkness right after evening twilight ends, just before the moon rises (roughly 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM for mid-northern latitudes).
Use high contrast viewing techniques to improve your experience. These techniques include draping a dark cloth or observing hood over your head to block out ambient glare and relying on “averted vision” — looking slightly to the side of the comet rather than directly at it to engage the highly sensitive peripheral cells in your retina.
Don’t expect a bright, sweeping tail like in the movies. In a small telescope, Comet 10P will look like a faint, grayish smudge or a fuzzy, out-of-focus star. Tap your telescope tube lightly; the slight vibration will help your eye detect the faint, fuzzy patch of the comet against the background stars.
If you are observing while the moon is up, physically block the moonlight. Position your telescope so that a house, garage, or large tree hides the moon from your direct line of sight. Protecting your eyes’ dark adaptation is critical for spotting faint cometary fuzz.
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The Ultimate American Astronomy App. Born in California, Moved to Minnesota - Recognized Everywhere.
SkySafariAstronomy.com
SkySafariAstronomy.com
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🤩 Night Sky This Week: June 1–7
✨ Best easy target: Venus & Jupiter after sunset
🔭 Best telescope target: M13 in Hercules
👀 Best family challenge: Big Dipper Eye Test
❓Which one will you try to spot this week?
✨ Best easy target: Venus & Jupiter after sunset
🔭 Best telescope target: M13 in Hercules
👀 Best family challenge: Big Dipper Eye Test
❓Which one will you try to spot this week?
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Blue Origin's New Glenn just blew up at LC-36 while attempting to Static Fire ahead of NG-4.
nsf.live/spacecoast
nsf.live/spacecoast
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On The @StuphFile @MattZWitten author of "51%", @MJPreston1 author of "Windigo Plague"; & science writer, Andrew Fazekas, @thenightskyguy is back to talk about whether or not life on Earth, actually began on Mars. youtu.be/ZZEMh-sCBfo
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🌙✨ Tonight: The Crescent Moon Meets Venus!
Step outside after sunset & look W, a thin crescent Moon will shine close to Venus, one of the prettiest sights of the week.
Tonight, May 18: Moon near Venus
May 19: Moon between Venus & Jupiter
May 20: Moon near Jupiter
Step outside after sunset & look W, a thin crescent Moon will shine close to Venus, one of the prettiest sights of the week.
Tonight, May 18: Moon near Venus
May 19: Moon between Venus & Jupiter
May 20: Moon near Jupiter
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Big thanks to the Artemis II crew who touched down at the Canadian Museum of Nature today to give us a quick tour of the moon — no space suit required.
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Can tiny smart scopes really capture a supernova 50 million light-years away? I put my
@Vaonis_fr Vespera Classic and @dwarf_lab33747
Dwarf 3 to the test on SN 2026kid in the Splinter Galaxy, from my suburban backyard. The results surprised me. shorturl.at/tRTNF
@Vaonis_fr Vespera Classic and @dwarf_lab33747
Dwarf 3 to the test on SN 2026kid in the Splinter Galaxy, from my suburban backyard. The results surprised me. shorturl.at/tRTNF
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