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Photography Lessons from Comet NEOWISE
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Comet Alert!
Two comets are coming through in October…
Lets Take a Hike, March 2025: Comet
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS). Photo © Yuri Beletsky Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) sets beside the dome of the 6.5-m Magellan Telescope at Carnegie’s Las Campanas...
End of the Trail, March 2025: Comet
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS. Photo © Kevin Shank. Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS photographed in Rockingham County, Virginia, January 15, 2025,in full daylight four...
Covers, February 2025
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A Close Look at a Comet’s Nucleus
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive The size of this comet is approximately 2.7 x 2.5 miles (4.3 km x 4.1 km). Photo © CC BY-SA 4.0 The photo above is is a true-color photograph of the...
End of the Trail, February 2025: Comet
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This cliff is one kilometer high. Photo © ESA, Rosetta, NAVCAMProcessing: Stuart Arkinson
Fun Facts About Gravity
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Gravity seems fairly straightforward and predictable. If you throw a ball up and then catch it, the speed at which it falls back into your hand will be...
Covers, December 2024
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End of the Trail, December 2024: Comets
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Study Guide Puzzles, December 2024
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Let’s Take a Hike, November 2024: Comet
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), as it was seen from the International Space Station on September 23, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Matthew...
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan—ATLAS) Is (Hopefully) Here!
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Am I crazy…walking out the lane at 3:00 a.m. just to try to see a comet? When I got to the mailbox, I looked up. There was the comet, all right, just...
In Our Skies, January 2024
View the January 2024 Nature Friend Magazine January starts off with a bang. The Quadrantid meteor shower, often considered one of the best showers of the year, peaks the night of 3/4. The best...