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Europe's Hera spacecraft is visiting the Dimorphos-Didymos asteroid system to take a close look at the aftermath of NASA's impact in 2022.

Jupiter and Mars creep through conjunction in the early morning hours. By dawn, Venus and Mercury are up and shining one over the other.

With 30 times more sky surveyed, the European telescope’s latest data release lays the groundwork for cosmology breakthroughs.

The ancient globular cluster VVV CL001 might be almost as old as the universe. But its claim to fame rests on a single star, meaning more work needs to be done.

The stink of hydrogen chloride in Mars’s atmosphere indicates that some form of volcanic activity is still going on on the Red Planet.

Wintry Capella comes into balance with summery Vega. The hairline crescent Moon briefly horns in on Venus and Spica.

A new ultraviolet space telescope will fill a gap in the spectrum, bearing witness to cosmic cataclysms and probing the evolution of the early universe.

Asteroids that come too close to the Sun — half Mercury's distance — don't last long. Now astronomers think they might know why.

NASA’s Swift mission will soon meet a fiery end, after more than two decades of ground-breaking science.

Orbiter and rover data are showing that water may have flowed more recently on the Martian surface, maybe even into the present era.

This episode takes you on a tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during November. During the last half of this month, all five bright planets can be seen before dawn and after sunset.…

Saturn glows for Halloween, the Summer Triangle effect continues, the Taurids tease, and the last-quarter Moon passes Mars, Jupiter, and Regulus in early dawn. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 30 – November 8 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Astronomers have identified more than 1,000 outer solar system objects in data from the Rubin Observatory — including a possible new dwarf planet.

The Rubin Observatory has detected thousands of new asteroids, including several that spin a lot faster than expected for typical rubble piles.

From the Scream Nebula to bobbing for planets in daylight, Halloween offers an ample bag of treats.

The California demonstration by Reflect Orbital used spotlights to imitate sunlight-reflecting satellites.

A team of researchers claims the Hyades star cluster may form the heart of van Gogh's "The Starry Night." Others aren't so sure.

The Moon lights the way to Saturn, then befriends the Pleiades. The Ghost of Summer Suns arrives for Halloween. The Dipper lies low.

Take advantage of these moonless evenings! Make friends with far Cassiopeia clusters in the high-arching Milky Way. Soon the Moon will return.