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The Sky Today on Thursday, January 29: Open cluster M50

January 29 Skywatch: Open Cluster M50 Shines Near Sirius

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A Cluster Bursting with Stellar Variety (Image Credits: Upload.wikimedia.org) Amateur astronomers tonight can target the open cluster M50 in the ...

2026 Full Moon calendar: When to see the Full Moon and phases

2026’s 13 Full Moons: Dates, Traditional Names, Supermoons and Eclipses

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Supermoons Steal the Show Three Times (Image Credits: Unsplash) Stargazers mark their calendars for 2026, a year packed with 13 ...

Did Earth’s water really come from meteorites?

Moon’s Ancient Soil Upends Theory of Meteorite-Delivered Oceans

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Lunar Regolith Holds Billions of Years of Impact History (Image Credits: Flickr) Planetary scientists once widely accepted that water-rich meteorites ...

James Webb Space Telescope reveals new origin story for the universe's 1st supermassive black holes

Direct Collapse: JWST Illuminates Starless Origins of Cosmic Black Hole Giants

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Early Universe Behemoths Defy Expectations (Image Credits: Unsplash) Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have strengthened evidence for ...

Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life

Beyond Goldilocks: Scientists Redefine Boundaries for Alien Life Searches

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JWST Detections Upend Conventional Wisdom (Image Credits: Pixabay) Astronomers challenge long-held assumptions about where extraterrestrial life might exist, proposing that ...

Satellite sees river flow across the globe | Space photo of the day for Jan. 29, 2025

Earth’s Rivers Unveiled: NASA’s SWOT Satellite Tracks Global Water Flows

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A Milestone in Hydrological Mapping (Image Credits: Upload.wikimedia.org) A captivating satellite visualization illuminates the dynamic paths of rivers winding through ...

NASA's Artemis 2 crewed mission to the moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China's closed program

Artemis II: US Lunar Strategy Evolves Toward Open Collaboration Against China’s Steady Solo Push

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Apollo’s High-Stakes Spectacle Gives Way to Calculated Progress (Image Credits: Upload.wikimedia.org) NASA’s Artemis II mission, set for launch no earlier ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft spots the largest volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io

Juno Detects Io’s Fiercest Volcanic Outburst: A Hotspot Outpacing Earth’s Global Power

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A Detection That Overwhelmed Instruments (Image Credits: Upload.wikimedia.org) NASA’s Juno spacecraft revealed the solar system’s most intense volcanic event during ...

January 29th, 2026: Mercury Conjunct Venus

Mercury-Venus Conjunction in Aquarius: A Day of Charm, Clarity, and Creative Flow

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Words That Enchant: The Magic of Harmonious Communication (Image Credits: Unsplash) On January 29, 2026, Mercury aligns precisely with Venus ...

Aries Feb 2026 Astrology Predictions - A Turning Point

Aries February 2026: Eclipses Herald Swift Transformations and New Beginnings

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Celestial Catalysts Reshape Aries’ Path (Image Credits: Unsplash) February 2026 delivers a potent cosmic charge for Aries, marked by a ...