Discover Priceless Magnetar Flares and a Unique Mini-Neptune

Read news from the world of astronomy for the week of May 9, 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 May 9, 2025. This week in the world of astronomy, discover priceless magnetar flares and a unique Mini-Neptune. Plus, visit the Texas Star Party with S&T Contributing Editor Scott Harrington. Are Proposed Science Cuts a Call-to-Arms? Or Armageddon? Deep cuts to NASA, the National Science Foundation, and other science-funding institutions are causing grave concerns in the community. Read More Priceless Flares: Magnetars Can Make Gold and Platinum An almost forgotten observation made 20 years ago provides evidence that magnetars create some of the heaviest nuclei. Read More Metal Shards Shed Light on the Origin of Asteroid Kalliope Small relatives of the much-larger Kalliope, a metallic main-belt asteroid shed light on their mutual origin early in solar system history. Read More JWST Sees a Unique Mini-Neptune The sub-Neptune TOI-421b is made of much the same stuff as its star — matching predictions. Read More Observing Highlights This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 9 – 18 Three zero-magnitude stars shine after dark in May: Arcturus, Vega, and Capella. Spica, one magnitude fainter than Arcturus, shines a couple degrees lower left of the Moon this evening. Read More "Cassini's Bright Spot" Beams at Full Moon Rayed craters pepper the Moon especially around full. Cassini's Bright Spot is one of the most striking. Read More Galaxy Season: The Season of Wonder During this season — the one in which galaxies are most abundant in the sky — galactic pursuits can bring us to a state of wonder. Read More May Podcast: What to Call a Star? This month we’ll look for tiny bits of Halley’s Comet; track down four planets; and take stock of bright stars in the late-spring sky. Presented by: Celestron. Read More Community The Summer Sky Kris Hudson-Lee will present a review of what will be available for viewing in the night sky over the months of June, July, August and into September. Read More A First-timer’s Trip to the Big Ol’ Texas Star Party I came for the stars, but I’ll be returning for the people. Read More Adventures in Astronomy Check out this virtual astronomy class for all ages, Tuesday evenings 7:30-0:00 p.m. A message from a trusted S&T Partner Read More   Get Your Own S&T Swag today! Sky & Telescope | American Astronomical Society | Privacy Policy

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