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Tonight’s Aptly-Named ‘Cold Moon’ is Final Supermoon of the Year

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Tonight’s Aptly-Named ‘Cold Moon’ is Final Supermoon of the Year

A side-by-side comparison of two different moons – credit, Marco Langbroek, the Netherlands, using a Canon EOS 450D + Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar MC 180mm lens / Marcoaliaslama, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 2025 has been blessed with three consecutive supermoons in the autumn skies, with the final one of the trio visible tonight … Read more

Stunning Photo Captures Gaseous Wings of Butterfly Nebula from the Gemini Telescope (LOOK)

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Stunning Photo Captures Gaseous Wings of Butterfly Nebula from the Gemini Telescope (LOOK)

The Butterfly Nebula, taken by the Gemini South Telescope – credit, Noirlab / NSF There are a lot of nebulae in the universe, and they often get given catchy names like the Crab Nebula or Cat’s Paw Nebula. There needs no explaining the name of this nebula—seen in an image taken from the Gemini South … Read more