Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News [Unofficial]Annular solar eclipse 2027: everything you need to know about the 'ring of fire' on Feb. 6
Don't miss the moon and Saturn put on a spectacular show before sunrise June 10
Hacker NewsA giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the rarest explosions
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-giant-star-destroyed-universe-rarest.html
#HackerNews #giantstar #supernova #astrophysics #rareevents #cosmicexplosions #stargazing
A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the universe's rarest explosions
Astronomers may have discovered one of the clearest examples yet of a rare "pair-instability" supernova. It is a catastrophic explosion thought to completely destroy some of the most massive stars in the universe, leaving behind no remnant. The paper outlining the properties of this rare explosion was posted to the arXiv preprint server on May 15.
Watch the Jupiter-Venus conjunction unfold live online today
C.If you can, get outside tonight and look to the west. Jupiter and Venus are in conjunction, very close together.
Mankind has been looking at the stars since before it tamed fire. I love that it can still impress us evolved apes.
Why do Venus and Jupiter meet up in the sky so often? It's a symptom of a solar system that supports life on Earth
Don't miss Jupiter and Venus meet in a dazzling conjunction on June 9: Here's where and when to look
Rare daytime meteor shower peak this week — here's how to see (and even hear) them
Incoming CME could spark impressive northern lights over the northern US tonight
RRI have 2 options for stargazing with my #Seestar. Option 1 is a platform of off my back porch for when I have to work the next day. Option 2 on top of my container when I have more time the next morning.
#container #stargazing
Oh & it's also good for storage
#container #stargazing
Oh & it's also good for storage
