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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>This Week&#039;s Sky at a Glance, December 26 – January 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jupiter nears opposition. The waxing Moon pairs with Saturn, then guides the way to the fine telescopic double star Gamma Arietis. Later it passes the Pleiades.</p>
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		<title>How To Start with Your New Telescope</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>How to start sky exploring with that new telescope. How to set it up right, other key things to know -- and great cosmic immensities to start finding tonight.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/stargazing-basics/how-to-start-out-with-your-new-telescope/">How To Start with Your New Telescope</a> appeared first on <a href="https://skyandtelescope.org">Sky &amp; Telescope</a>.</p>
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		<title>Did Astronomers See a Star Explode Twice?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Astronomers are trying to determine if they've witnessed a complex stellar explosion or a relatively ordinary supernova.</p>
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		<title>Explore Orion&#039;s Massive New Stars with Binoculars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Waves of recent star formation have made Orion winter's most scintillating constellation. You can see how it all came to be.</p>
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		<title>This Week&#039;s Sky at a Glance, December 19 – 28</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan MacRobert]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 03:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We greet the winter solstice. Jupiter nears opposition. Will the two Dog Stars balance for you? And meet the House in the Hyades.</p>
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		<title>Glowing Arc by Andromeda Might Be Remnants of a Dying Star</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arielle Frommer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Discovered by amateur astronomers, a mysterious arc of gas might be the ghostly remains of a star shedding its outer layers. However, astronomers haven’t reached a consensus yet.</p>
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		<title>New Radar Data Chills Prospects of a Subglacial Lake on Mars</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Javier Barbuzano]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>There could be liquid water trapped under the southern polar cap of Mars. But new observations suggest otherwise. </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/new-radar-data-chills-prospects-of-a-subglacial-lake-on-mars/">New Radar Data Chills Prospects of a Subglacial Lake on Mars</a> appeared first on <a href="https://skyandtelescope.org">Sky &amp; Telescope</a>.</p>
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		<title>Scientists Map the Sun’s Magnetic “Surface”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Stuart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Where does the Sun end and the solar wind begin? Scientists have mapped the dynamic magnetic edge that bounds our star.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/scientists-map-the-suns-magnetic-surface/">Scientists Map the Sun’s Magnetic “Surface”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://skyandtelescope.org">Sky &amp; Telescope</a>.</p>
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