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★Stargazing: June 15
In western culture, the stars of the Big Dipper and those around it form the great bear, Ursa Major. The...More »
▶StarDate Radio: June 15 — Valuable Rocks II
You might think that asteroids are a dime a dozen. After all, astronomers have discovered more than one-and-a-quarter million of...More »
★Stargazing: June 14
The star cluster Messier 5 stands far to the lower left of Arcturus, a bright yellow-orange star that’s high in...More »
▶StarDate Radio: June 14 — Valuable Rocks
A space rock the size of a small boulder exploded above New Mexico 25 years ago this week. Fragments of...More »
▶StarDate Radio: June 13 — Portales Meteorites
Nelda Wallace was drinking coffee on her porch in Portales, New Mexico, when an unexpected visitor dropped in: a 37-pound...More »
★Stargazing: June 13
Hercules and Ophiuchus are in the east this evening. Hercules is named for the Greek hero, while Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer,...More »
★Stargazing: June 12
Pollux and Castor, the twins of Gemini, are getting ready to vanish in the evening twilight. They stand side by...More »
▶StarDate Radio: June 12 — Magnetic Blemishes
Stars produce their own “acne” — blemishes on the surface. It’s more common on young stars than old ones. In...More »
▶StarDate Radio: June 11 — Venus and the Beehive
Venus is moving past a “beehive” of stars over the next few nights. The “evening star” will pass as close...More »
★Stargazing: June 11
Venus is moving past a “beehive” of stars over the next few nights. The Evening Star will pass close to...More »
▶StarDate Radio: June 10 — Dubhe
When we look into the sky, we see one big, blinding star — the Sun. All the other stars are...More »
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2023 Sky Almanac
This year marks the golden anniversary of StarDate magazine, so we’re celebrating by describing the progress and discoveries of the past 50 years of astronomy, along with some tidbits about our own history.
