#Astronomy

#Astronomy

Big energetic shifts are in the air, as September not only coincides with the powerful magic of eclipse season, but it also heralds in the autumnal equinox, which is the first official day of fall here in the Northern hemisphere. In 2025, this celestial event takes place on Sept. 22, and it serves as the exact midpoint between the summer and winter solstices.

Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until they run out of fuel. The most massive ones go out with a bang in an explosion called a supernova. Using telescopes that peer deep into space, researchers have observed many such explosions. The cosmic outbursts tend to jumble up a dying star's layers, making it hard for scientists to observe the inner structure.

A black moon occurs when there is a second new moon in a calendar month, or when there is a third new moon in a season of four new moons.

"Everything else disappeared," she told Giz, "even the bright central black hole, and only this little dot remained."

In the summer of 1999, I was a 19-year-old with an interest in astronomy, but no real idea of what I wanted to do with my life - then I saw my first total solar eclipse.

Light echoes occur when a massive star detonates, creating a flash of light that expands rapidly. This light defines a spherical shell around the explosion.

A rare planetary alignment will occur on August 10, involving Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune visible in an arc in the night sky.

The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service has predicted that July 22 could come out about a millisecond short of a standard 24-hour spin.

We've captured a direct glimpse of the hot region where rocky planets like Earth are born around young protostars. For the first time, we can conclusively say that the first steps of planet formation are happening right now.

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was detected by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope on July 1 while traveling at 137,000 miles per hour from another star system.