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In 2026, the stars will feel closer, not because they have moved, but because we are learning how to listen better. New space telescopes will keep mapping ancient light and showing us galaxies as they were billions of years ago, while here on Earth people continue using the stars the old way, for orientation, hope, and timing.
It is a year where old light meets new eyes. The stars remind us that progress is not always about speed. Sometimes it is about patience. Every star we see in 2026 is a message from the past, still arriving and still relevant. In a noisy world, that quiet persistence matters.
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Astronomers have spotted a tiny galaxy from the universe’s first 800 million years that’s somehow churning out new stars over a hundred times faster than the Milky Way.
The galaxy, nicknamed Y1, sits deep in the southern sky and its dust is unexpectedly warm, a sign that star formation there is in full overdrive.
A reminder that the early universe wasn’t quiet at all; it was building stars at a breakneck pace.
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Comet Lemmon’s in the morning sky, a one-in-a-millennium visitor flaring near Virgo.
Closest to Earth: Oct 21, 2025.
Perihelion (closest to Sun): Nov 8, 2025.
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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory spotted a supermassive black hole (quasar RACS J0320-35), ~12.8 billion light-years away, that's growing at a rate exceeding its standard theoretical growth limit (the Eddington limit). This helps explain how some black holes can reach enormous masses in the early universe.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just flew closer to the Sun than ever only 3.8 million miles away at a record speed of 430,000 mph! 🌞 Its camera captured stunning footage of solar winds and colliding CMEs, offering new insight into space weather.
https://youtu.be/k1dTwEyuD44
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A new star appeared in the sky in mid June, actually a classical nova in the constellation Lupus. First spotted on June 12, 2025 it brightened to naked-eye visibility by June 18. It’s best viewed from the Southern Hemisphere, though some reports came from North America too.
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Proxima Centauri the closest known star to the Sun. About 4.24 light-years away. It's curious that it has an exoplanet in what's known as the habitable zone.
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Neutron stars are incredibly dense - a sugar-cube-sized piece of a neutron star would weigh about a billion tons on Earth.
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Stars can “sing” - they produce sound waves inside themselves.
While space is a vacuum and we can’t hear sound in it directly, stars generate acoustic waves through internal pressure fluctuations, kind of like musical instruments. These vibrations cause subtle changes in brightness and surface motion, which astronomers study in a field called asteroseismology. By “listening” to these stellar vibrations, scientists can learn about a star’s age, composition, and internal structure-much like an ultrasound of a star.
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Angelica Mesit is an Australian artist whose recent work, 'The Rites of When,' explores themes of seasonal renewal and humanity's connection to the cosmos. This seven-channel video and sound installation delves into the significance of the Pleiades star cluster, reflecting on collective modes of celebration and their relevance in the 21st century. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_mwKXKzk2Y
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