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Manhattanhenge 2026 is coming this month: Here's when and where to see the sunset spectacle

May 19, 2026
Twice each year, New Yorkers gather along Manhattan’s cross streets to watch the setting sun perfectly align with the city’s grid, creating one of the most striking urban skywatching events in the world: Manhattanhenge. In 2026, Manhattanhenge will occur on May 28-29 and on July 11-12. The best views are typically along 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd and 57th Streets looking west toward New…
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4 bright stars form a giant 'diamond' in the May night sky: Here's how to find it

May 18, 2026
With the evening moon appearing as a crescent phase for much of this upcoming week, we now have an opportunity to view some of the fainter sky objects that now occupy our spring evening sky. Looking high overhead and toward the south just after nightfall, there is a broad star pattern formed by four stars. The near-third magnitude star, Cor Caroli (in the constellation of Canes Venatici the…
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We still can't see dark matter. But what if we can hear it?

May 18, 2026
The most mysterious and yet ubiquitous stuff in the cosmos, dark matter is effectively invisible. This is simply because it doesn’t interact with light. But what if instead of trying to see dark matter, scientists attempted to hear it instead? New research suggests dark…
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That bright light after sunset? Venus is starting a summer show that's impossible to miss

May 15, 2026
“What’s that bright light in the sky?” a friend messaged me the other evening. “Venus,” I replied, without thinking about it. There was a pause, then: “How can you tell? And why is it suddenly so bright?” People always notice Venus by accident. When it’s low on the horizon after dark, but just high enough and bright enough, it suddenly becomes obvious. It’s why Venus has a…
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30-mile-high clouds of acid on Venus are made by the largest 'hydraulic jump' in the solar system

May 14, 2026
A monstrous bank of cloud 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) long that sweeps around Venus every few days is being generated by rising sulfuric acid vapor pushed high into the atmosphere by what is essentially the same phenomenon that describes how water from a running tap spreads out in the basin of your kitchen sink. In 2016, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s Akatsuki mission to…
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