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An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for possible camping locations in Quebec ended up spotting something far more unusual: evidence of a previously unrecognized impact crater.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

While Amazon has 392 satellites in space, according to data from astronomer Jonathan McDowell, only 315 are in the proper operational orbit.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Among the higher-profile entries are “Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes,” a portrait of the Who guitarist and songwriter, and Nanette Burstein’s “Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff,” about the astronomer and science communicator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“When you have that level of anxiety over the clouds, it juices the experience,” Elliot Borgman, a 77-year-old retired astronomer from Lansdowne, Penn., told me over breakfast the morning after August’s eclipse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The astronomer Halton Arp has found enigmatic and disturbing cases where a galaxy and a quasar, or a pair of galaxies, that are in apparent physical association have very different red shifts.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Those changes in visibility produce the distinctive pattern of brightening and dimming that the astronomers had struggled to understand.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Einstein Probe's wide-field soft X-ray monitoring has now exposed this previously unseen stage, giving astronomers a direct look at the opening moments of a short GRB.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

To determine their intrinsic brightness, astronomers use other standard candles, such as Cepheid stars, in the galaxies nearby.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

A group of amateur astronomers have been given permission to set up a mini-observatory at a village hall.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Then, to the astonishment of many, including many astronomers, evidence was actually found for the existence of black holes in space.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan