mayo 15, 2026

Watch the Moon Dance with the Planets and a Black Hole's Puzzling X-Ray Bursts

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This week in the world of astronomy, watch a black hole's puzzling x-ray bursts and the Moon dancing with the planets. Plus, spot brown dwarf stars masquerading as early galaxies.

Moon and Planets to Gather in Twilight Spectacle on May 18–20

Watch the crescent Moon dance with the planets when it returns next week.

A Black Hole’s Puzzling X-Ray Bursts

In 2019, a supermassive black hole in a galaxy 300 million light-years away woke up. Now, it’s puzzling astronomers with an unexpected slowdown in its X-ray bursts.

Webb Telescope Reveals Brown Dwarfs Masquerading as Early Galaxies

Two objects that appeared to be galaxies residing in a universe about 150 million years old turn out to be brown dwarfs in the Milky Way.

How Did This Peculiar Planet Pair Form?

A planetary odd couple — a mini-Neptune and a hot Jupiter — probably formed much farther away from their star before migrating closer in.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 15 – 24

The Moon, Venus, and Jupiter — the three brightest celestial objects after the Sun — will form up beautifully in twilight this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Live-Stacking the Deep Sky

Latest-generation CMOS cameras make astrophotography easier than ever.

May Podcast: The Delightful Dippers

This month’s episode showcases the Big and Little Dippers, now placed high in the northern evening sky. So grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.

Presented by: Celestron.

Airdrie Observatory Open Evening

Enjoy a warm welcome by astronomers from the Airdrie Astronomical Association to this one of their regular Tuesday night public open evenings of the Airdrie Observatory.

This Was Captured in 2022. Imagine What's Possible Now.

Larry Alverez photographed this extraordinary loop filament through a Lunt LS130MT in 2022 — with our previous generation etalon. Today every Lunt telescope ships with new generation etalons! We want to see what you're capturing with the new spec: Submit your solar image at the link below for a chance to be featured in S&T's Solar Image of the Month presented by Lunt Solar Systems and win a $500 Lunt store gift card. A new winner will be selected every month through October.

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