Sky Telescope Noticas recientes

1. This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 24 – August 2

   The waxing gibbous Moon passes Antares. Turn the Summer Triangle into the Summer Diamond. And as you snuggle into bed, would Vega land on your roof if it dropped out of the sky?

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2. New Jersey Meteorite Offers Early Solar System Clues

   When a meteorite tore through a New Jersey home, the homeowner quickly preserved the fragments. Now, they're giving scientists a look at Earth's early history.

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3. Comet 10P/Tempel Brightens, Sets Sail South

   This periodic visitor is now bright enough to see in binoculars from a dark sky. We also report on a bright supernova in Ursa Major.

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4. Exoplanet or Exomoon? New Contender Elicits Skepticism

   Astronomers have found a Jupiter-mass world orbiting a brown dwarf that orbits a star.

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5. Gamma-Ray Bursts Size Up the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms

   Observations of remote cosmic explosions reveal that the outer spiral arms of the Milky Way might extend farther out than previously thought.

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6. This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 17 – 26

   The crescent Moon visits Venus in twilight. After dark, we're in the peak month for "the Orion of Summer" with its Cat's Eyes. And cold-weather Cassiopeia is already poking up.

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7. First Atmosphere Detected on a Terrestrial World

   A team of astronomers have discovered helium escaping from a rocky planet, marking the first detection of an atmosphere on a rocky world.

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8. Famous System Has a Third Planet: Beta Pictoris d

   Two teams of astronomers independently discovered a third giant gas planet orbiting in the famous Beta Pictoris system.

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9. Observers Beware: Reflect Orbital’s Space Mirrors Approved for Launch

   The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the launch of Reflect Orbital's Earendil 1 satellite — a space mirror 18 meters wide designed to reflect sunlight to the ground.

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10. "Rogue" Neptunes Are Detached But Not Alone

    "Rogue" Neptune-size worlds might not roam the galaxy totally on their own, just very far away from their parent stars.

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