Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, Hera Mission, and Draco

Read news from the world of astronomy for the week of October 11, 2024.

Having trouble viewing this email? {Click here to read it on the Web.} Read news from the world of astronomy for the week of October 11, 2024. The European Agency's Hera mission has launched for asteroid Didymos. Plus, Barnard's Star finally has a confirmed exoplanet. And don't miss Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS at dusk this week. Hera Mission Launches The European Agency’s Hera mission has launched, following up on the destructive impact of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test on the asteroid Didymos. Read More Barnard’s Star Has a Confirmed Planet — At Last! Astronomers have found a sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard’s star, just six light-years away — for real this time. Read More Webb Telescope Images Planet-Shaping Winds Astronomers have obtained the first sharp images of winds blowing from gaseous disks around young stars, paving the way for improved models of planet formation. Read More Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Shimmies to a Beat Hubble observations reveal that the storm’s size and shape change in a cyclic pattern. Read More Observing Highlights This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 11 – 20 Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2003 A3) swung through perihelion on September 27th. Now, it emerges low into the Northern Hemisphere's evening-twilight sky. If you're up before dawn, watch Mars moving farther east (left) across Gemini. Read More Get Ready for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — The Best Is Yet to Come! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has delighted observers for the past two weeks, but its morning run was only a warm-up. Read More Meet the Draco Constellation: The Dragon Between the Dippers Meet Draco, the Dragon, a constellation that lurks between the Dippers and circles ’round the northern sky. Read More Should We Expect a Second Bright Comet This Month? Newfound Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) could dazzle – or fizzle. Read More October Podcast: The Moon’s Waxing and Waning Come along on a guided tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during October. Presented by: Celestron. Read More Community Nightfall This autumn star party is unique among star parties because it takes place at a desert resort that creates a dark sky environment throughout the property for at least three nights, yet there’s a hardware store, grocery store, and restaurants just down the street. Read More   Sky & Telescope | American Astronomical Society | Privacy Policy

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