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The Worm Moon will shine before dawn Friday. It’s the last full moon of winter 2022.

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The full moon of March will reach its peak Friday (March 18), just two days before the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. It is, therefore, no surprise that many of the traditional names associated with the March moon have to do with springtime and the infamous storms of March. The most famous one … Read more

February new moon 2022: The moon swings by Jupiter while winter constellations shine

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The new moon occurs Tuesday (Feb. 1), at 12:46 a.m. EST (0546 GMT), a day before the moon makes a close approach to the planet Jupiter in the night sky.  New moons occur when the sun and moon share the same celestial longitude, a projection of the Earth’s own longitude lines on the celestial sphere. … Read more

See Mars shine very close to moon in Saturday’s pre-dawn sky. Here’s where to look.

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Mars and Venus will shine close to the crescent moon 45 minutes before sunrise on Jan. 29, 2022. Look to the southeast on the horizon to see them, weather permitting. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) There’s a cool “close encounter” of worlds happening right against the horizon at sunrise Saturday (Jan. 29). Provided you can see low … Read more

How does the sun shine? Here’s why we are still a little in the dark

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By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein JIRAROJ PRADITCHAROENKUL/Alamy Stock Photo ONE of the best things about being a columnist for New Scientist is the readers. I can tell you read my columns closely because I get fantastic emails asking smart questions about them. Last month, I wrote about how fusion works inside the local plasma gas ball, otherwise … Read more

The Flame Nebula Blazes Like a Cosmic Bonfire in This Stunning New Image

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A new image of the Flame Nebula shows the interstellar cloud as we’ve never seen it before. A team of astronomers using the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope has captured the star-forming region in radio wavelengths, revealing details that we had never seen before.   The Flame Nebula, which is close to the famous Horsehead … Read more