Abergavenny Astronomy Society

15/08/2025

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August 12, 2025 Did you watch the Sturgeon Moon rise over the weekend of 8–9 August? The full Sturgeon Moon marked the beginning of the Moon's meeting with 6 Solar System planets, which kicks off this week. Because the Moon tracks eastwards across the sky night after night, over the coming weeks i...

13/08/2025

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09/08/2025

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The very first stars in the universe may have been much smaller than scientists thought — potentially explaining why we can't find evidence of them today.

09/08/2025

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The techniques used to target the asteroids could also be employed in tracking hazardous asteroids and interstellar objects.

09/08/2025

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A beam of particles speeding away from a monstrous black hole is severely kinked, suggesting that the black hole is actually part of the most extreme binary system known.

08/08/2025

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August 7, 2025 The search for signs of life on Mars is one of the most exciting fields in planetary science. No other planet has been visited by humanity's robotic rovers and spacecraft to the extent that Mars has. More on Mars Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ...

06/08/2025

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This week, NASA marks the 13th anniversary of the landing of its Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. Curiosity has now driven more than 22 miles across the cold and dry planet, over the course of 4,620 Martian days, making countless observations and discoveries.

06/08/2025

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Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business.

05/08/2025

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Red rover, red rover, can Curiosity come over to the Martian boxwork and snap photos at the same time?

05/08/2025

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August 5, 2025 Get the key facts from this story in our 1-minute read Co‑orbital rocks: Earth has several tiny co‑orbital bodies – objects orbiting the Sun but influenced by Earth’s gravity – some in horseshoe, tadpole, or quasi‑satellite orbits Lunar Origin? One of these, the 40 m wide ...

03/08/2025

TRETOWER COURT - PLANETARIUM

For those interested the Society will be at Tretower Court, near Crickhowell with the planetarium for the coming Thursdays in August.
Admission is charged to the site but the planetarium is included in the admission price. Tickets for the planetarium can be booked online. This is just to control numbers so visitors know when to turn up. You can book tickets on the CADW from the link below.
https://cadw.gov.wales/planetarium

Have a great summer,

Join the Usk Astronomical Society with the state-of-the-art Bannau Brycheiniog Planetarium, for a fascinating and fully immersive trip around the solar system. Be amazed by the view of the Milky Way and constellations from outer space. The Planetarium will be upstairs in the house, so is accessed vi...