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A possible first exomoon around a brown dwarf would be a remarkable discovery, but “possible” is doing important work here. Astronomy often advances through signals that need repeated observation and independent confirmation. The exciting part is not just fin...
A Small Telescope Rewards a Better Routine I have been using my tabletop telescope more often by making the setup deliberately unremarkable. The telescope stays near the window, the batteries and eyepieces live in one labelled container, and I check the forec...
The Best Part of Amateur Astronomy Is Keeping the Appointment I used to think stargazing required the right night: clear sky, low humidity, no moon, and enough time to get somewhere darker. In New York City, that standard would mean missing most opportunities...
A senior researcher once told me that careful questions are not a sign that you are behind. They are part of the work. In astronomy, asking how a measurement was made can matter as much as understanding the result. I still think about that when supporting stu...
SKA-Low Will Turn Western Australia Into a Vast Radio Instrument At the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, SKA-Low is being built from 131,072 antennas arranged across 512 stations. It will not look like a conventional dish. The instrument is closer to a...
The ISS Is Entering Its Maintenance-and-Departure Chapter NASA is planning three U.S. spacewalks aboard the International Space Station in August 2026: August 6, August 13, and August 25. The work is practical rather than dramatic, which is often what keeps a...
What does a spacecraft mission sound like when the data comes first? ESA’s Expedition Sound Episode 2 follows BepiColombo, the ESA/JAXA mission travelling towards Mercury, through the people who turn scientific measurements into sound. I like this framing bec...
A Good First Night Under Arizona’s Dark Sky For someone learning the sky, the hardest part is often not finding a telescope. It is knowing what to look at once the telescope is pointed upward. A guided observing night can solve that problem better than anothe...
खगोल विज्ञान सीखना केवल तारों के नाम याद करना नहीं है कक्षा में जब कोई छात्र पूछता है, “सर, ब्लैक होल दिखता कैसा है?”, तो असली काम सुंदर चित्र दिखाना नहीं, बल्कि यह पूछना है: हम किसी अदृश्य वस्तु का पता किस आधार पर लगाते हैं? 1. कक्षा की गति से द्रव्यमान का अ...
INJAO 2026 की राह में पाँच चरण हैं - जूनियर विज्ञान परीक्षा, प्रशिक्षण और रात के आकाश का अवलोकन भी। 25 विद्यार्थियों के कोलकाता कैंप तक पहुँचने की बात है। किताब का बना तारामंडल रटकर असली आकाश नहीं समझ आता। पहले अनुमान लगाइए कि आज रात क्या दिखेगा, फिर सिर उठाक...