Explore Dark Matter in Our Galactic Neighborhood and Euclid's Cosmic Treasure Trove

Read news from the world of astronomy for the week of March 21, 2025.

Having trouble viewing this email? {Click here to read it on the Web.} Read news from the world of astronomy for the week of March 21, 2025. This week in the world of astronomy, explore Euclid's cosmic treasure trove and dark matter in our galactic neighborhood. Plus, learn all about the EZIE mission that will study the mechanisms behind aurorae. Pulsars Yield Dark Matter Density in Our Galactic Neighborhood A new technique to measure the motions of pulsars for the first time enables more precise estimates of dark matter density. Read More EZIE Mission Launches to Study the Aurora EZIE has launched successfully, poised to probe a poorly understood aspect linking space weather to dazzling aurora. Read More Euclid Observatory Opens Cosmic Treasure Trove A new Hubble Space Telescope survey shows intriguing patterns of star formation in dwarf galaxies aligned in a plane around the Andromeda Galaxy. Read More Observing Highlights This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 21 – 30 The evening is moonless, and the southern constellation Puppis, backgrounded by the winter Milky Way, is now, for a brief while, at its highest shortly after dark. Puppis is the stern of the legendary Greek ship Argo. Read More Sunrise Solar Eclipse on March 29th for Eastern North America The March 29th partial solar eclipse offers unique opportunities for photography and viewing alike. Read More March Podcast: Planets, Stars, and Eclipses! This month we’ll mark two seasonal transitions, watch eclipses, track down Mercury, and trace out the Winter Hexagon. Presented by: Celestron. Read More Community M Dwarf Starspots and Transiting Exoplanets In this free, virtual talk, Will Waalkes discusses the challenges of understanding planets transiting spotted stars. Read More Sky & Telescope Is an Official Sponsor of NEAF Stop by NEAF and make sure to visit the Sky & Telescope booth, where you can meet S&T's new Editor in Chief, Diana Hannikainen! Read More   Sky & Telescope | American Astronomical Society | Privacy Policy

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