The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

Astronomy

Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 5:10am
In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, our protagonist boards a vessel which can circle the world in a matter of hours – with dangerous consequences for the Earth’s rotation
Categories: Astronomy

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

ESO Top News - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 5:00am

Data from ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission can be used to estimate how much carbon is stored in forests – and a study has improved our understanding of how reliable this proxy is and how long-term datasets from SMOS can help us to monitor this valuable resource.

Categories: Astronomy

This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 1 – 10

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 4:52am

The waxing gibbous Moon of August haunts the low south. Venus and Jupiter are drawing toward a spectacular conjunction in early dawn.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 1 – 10 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Categories: Astronomy

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APOD - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 4:00am

Globular star cluster


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field

ESO Top News - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 4:00am
Image: Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field
Categories: Astronomy

A supernova-rich spiral

ESO Top News - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 3:52am
Image: A supernova-rich spiral
Categories: Astronomy

Ozempic really could turn back the clock on your biological age

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 3:00am
When people were randomised to receive either a placebo or Ozempic, they became biologically younger with the latter drug
Categories: Astronomy

4 Science Book Recommendations We Loved Reading in July

Scientific American.com - Thu, 07/31/2025 - 1:00pm

Check out Scientific American’s fiction and nonfiction book recommendations for July

Categories: Astronomy