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2GYKRJN The waxing crescent Moon near the stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini, with Mars below, as the last of the winter stars set into the western twilight on

Space

How to spot Mars travelling through Gemini this week

No matter where you live, Mars is currently taking a little stroll through Gemini, so it is a great time to get to know this constellation with its twin stars, Castor and Pollux, and take a look at the Red Planet too, says Abby Beall

Regulars

HA6GE7 departmentofenergy 8056998030 The Daya Bay Antineutrino Detector

Space

What was the universe's first second like? These particles can tell us

Features

Shooting stars and Starlink stellites leaving streaks in photographs of the night sky

Space

SpaceX's efforts to make satellites less bright aren't working well

Analysis

Lyrid meteor shower

Space

How to watch the Lyrids meteor shower peak this weekend

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Distant world breaks record for heaviest element on an exoplanet

Space

Distant world breaks record for heaviest element on an exoplanet

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Tonight is your best chance to see Mercury in the night sky

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A composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays (blue and white), optical data (purple), and infrared data (pink)

Space

X-ray map of the Crab nebula reveals strange pockets of turbulence

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FGGJAF M44 - Praesepe also known as the Beehive Cluster - an open star cluster in the constellation of Cancer

Space

How to spot the Beehive cluster in the constellation of Cancer

Regulars

GRB 221009A surrounded by dust rings

Space

The most powerful space explosion ever seen keeps baffling astronomers

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Space

How to see the moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars line up tonight

Tonight, after sunset, it will be possible to see three planets line up with the crescent moon – and a fourth, if you have binoculars and a dark sky

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Space

Spring equinox 2023: Why day and night aren't actually equal in length

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Humans

Anaximander review: Did Anaximander create science, asks Carlo Rovelli

Culture

Space

Galaxies’ missing matter may be found – but now there’s too much of it

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Space

What is the Venus-Jupiter conjunction and how can you view it?

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