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Messier 108
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Messier 108 & 109: View the Great Bear’s contrasting spiral galaxies

24 February 2025 Astronomy Now

Messier 108 (NGC 3556) and Messier 109 (NGC 3992) may not receive as much attention as the stunning Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101) or the famous duo of Messier 81 and 82. However, this contrasting pair of spiral galaxies deserves more recognition.

Artist impression of asteroid 2024 YR4
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NASA Downgrades the Risk of 2024 YR4 to Below 1%

23 February 2025 Astronomy Now

NASA astronomers are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4. Earth impact risk dropped to 0.28%, while lunar impact probability increased to 1%. Observations continue.

The Omegon Advanced X N Dobsonian
Reviews

Omegon’s Advanced X N 152mm Dobsonian

13 February 2025 Steve Ringwood

A new series of Dobsonians are now available from Omegon. Steve Ringwood took the 152mm-aperture model for a spin, and found that as an all-rounder, it handled expertly.

Einstein Ring close up
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Euclid Unveils a Breathtaking Einstein Ring

13 February 2025 Astronomy Now

The ESA’s Euclid telescope captured a stunning Einstein ring around NGC 6505’s core, formed as the galaxy bends and magnifies light from a distant background galaxy through gravitational lensing.

Sunspots
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The Sun’s magnetic field is about to flip

11 February 2025 Astronomy Now

The Sun’s magnetic field flips every 11 years, marking solar maximum, its most active phase, with intensified solar events, unlike Earth’s relatively stable magnetic field.

NGC 2419
Observing

Globular NGC 2419 is far out!

11 February 2025 Mark Armstrong

NGC 2419 appears as a faint globular cluster in Lynx, though in reality it’s a massive and luminous object that’s a distant outlier of our Milky Way Galaxy.

HD 20794d
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‘Half-Goldilocks’ world found going in and out of its habitable zone

11 February 2025 Keith Cooper

A bizarre exoplanet whose orbit takes it from the frozen wastelands of its planetary system to the inner edge of its habitable zone is challenging astronomers’ concepts of what kinds of planets can potentially support life.

Andromeda Galaxy
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Hubble traces hidden history of Andromeda Galaxy

24 January 2025 Keith Cooper

Though the Milky Way and Andromeda formed billions of years ago, evidence shows they have very different evolutionary histories despite sharing the same cosmological neighbourhood.

moon_venus_saturn_feb25
Observing

Watch the Moon buzz Venus and Saturn

24 January 2025 Mark Armstrong

There’s a picturesque early evening scene at the start of February as the Moon passes dazzling Venus and fading Saturn.

main_belt_of_orion
Observing

Belt up for a journey to the heart of Orion and the Horsehead Nebula

23 January 2025 Mark Armstrong

The Horsehead Nebula is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. Resembling a horse’s head is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion’s Belt. Nearby, the Flame Nebula appears like its name in astrophotos.

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