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• Two Bright Supernovae Light Up Nearby Galaxies

  Two bright new supernovae — 2020nlb in M85 and 2020nvb in NGC 4457 — are now within the range of amateur telescopes in the western sky at nightfall.

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• Alignment of a Star and a Planet

  Unlike in our solar system, not all planets orbit in the same direction as their stars rotate. A nearby planetary system may reveal how these orbits form.

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• Close Encounters in the Milky Way — and What They Mean for Planets

  New research shows stellar flybys are common in our galaxy’s crowded center. That could have both good and bad (but mostly bad) effects on growing planets.

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• Anticipation Grows for Comets NEOWISE and Lemmon

  Two comets spark excitement for the coming week — NEOWISE might reach naked-eye visibility at dawn, while Lemmon will be visible in binoculars at dusk.

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• July 2020: Welcome Jupiter & Saturn

  July's 11-minute Sky Tour astronomy podcast describes what to see in the summer sky in a casual, engaging way that your whole family can enjoy.

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• Venus Passes in Front of the Solar Corona (VIDEO)

  Two astronomers captured the silhouette of Venus as it passed in front of the solar corona.

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• Photographers “Capture the Dark” with Stunning Images of the Night

  Stunning images of the night remind us why we need to protect dark skies. See the photos that won the International Dark-sky Association's contest.

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• NASA to Use Pulsar Navigation for Deep Space Missions

  NICER and SEXTANT demonstrate XNAV pulsar navigation system that may be used on Artemis.

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• Black Hole Collision May Have Caused Burst of Light

  Astronomers think they’ve detected a flash created by the merger of two black holes.

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• New Evidence for Nanoflares?

  Astronomers have spotted weak bursts of low-frequency radio emission coming from all over the Sun.

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