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An Evaporating Exoplanet?
January 20, 2012 | Brief, variable dips in the light from a low-mass star have left astronomers wondering what strange object could be periodically blocking the starlight. Their hypothesis? A closely-orbiting planet is disintegrating before their eyes. > read more
Vast New Trove of Variable Stars
January 20, 2012 | Newly online: light curves for 198 million stars. The latest great mass of variable-star data comes from the Catalina Sky Survey — which is actually looking for asteroids. > read more
Sky & Telescope March 2012
January 17, 2012 | Sky & Telescope‘s March 2012 issue is now available to digital subscribers. > read more
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A Rare Flyby of Asteroid Eros
January 13, 2012 | The grandaddy of near-Earth asteroids brightens to magnitude 8.6 as it flies by Earth in late January and early February. > read more
New Supernova in Leo
January 9, 2012 | Along with the usual galaxies, dark matter, and exoplanets, the American Astronomical Society’s January meeting is abuzz with the discovery of a supernova by a team of amateurs. Astronomers are rushing to observe the explosion before it fades. > read more
Tour January’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
December 30, 2011 | With every New Year, millions of us resolve to do something, anything, different or better in the coming year. So let’s resolve to get outside and enjoy the night sky more. Venus, Jupiter, and a host of winter stars await you. > read more
Jupiter: Big, Bright, and Beautiful
September 23, 2011 | The “King of Planets,” which will dominate the evening sky from late 2011 through early 2012, is a captivating sight no matter how you look at it. > read more
Meteor Showers in 2012
December 25, 2011 | Sky & Telescope predicts that 2012’s best meteor shower should be the Quadrantids in January, but this will also be a good year for the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December. > read more
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
January 20, 2012 | Jupiter is shrinking, Mars is growing, Orion stands high, and the waxing crescent Moon will soon pass Venus. > read more
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Make the Effort for “Globe at Night”
January 19, 2012 | This week marks the kickoff for a worldwide campaign to measure the darkness of night skies everywhere. It’s a fun, easy, and worthwhile activity for you and your family. > read more
BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS 