▽Astronomy Picture of the Day ●04/09 00:30 2025 April 8Moon Visits Sister StarsImage Credit: Cayetana SaizExplanation: Sometimes, the Moon visits the Pleiades.Technically, this means that the orbit of our Moon takes it directly in front of the famous Pleiades star cluster, which is far in the distance. The technical term for the event is an occultation, and the Moon is famous for its rare occultations of all planets and several well-
▽Sky and Telescope - The Essential Magazine of Astronomy ●04/07 07:42 1–20 of 6,368 resultsCelestial News & EventsThis Week's Sky at a Glance, April 4 – 12The first-quarter Moon joins the Mars-Pollux-Castor trio, which are on their way to lining up straight. When the Moon turns full, it will meet Spica.By: Alan MacRobert April 4, 2025Celestial News & EventsNew Nova in the "Teapot," Algol Blinks, and Uranus Occults a StarA new nova for early risers plus three
▽High Energy Astrophysics Picture Of the Week ●04/02 14:51 Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Technion/N. Keshet et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/SAO/M. WeissThe LeftoversThe evolution of massive stars (stars with more mass than about 10 Suns) in binary systems is much more complex than the evolution of single massive stars. Among other things, evolution of individual stars in binary systems depends on complexities like the masses of the two stars, the amount of ma
