own. Highlights include a close encounter between the Moon and Mars, a subtle meteor shower, and a dazzling pre-dawn lineup of planets.
In the second half of the show, we check out some of the most fascinating space news of the season, including:
- An asteroid that could impact the Moon in 2028The largest comet ever discovered, already active far beyond SaturnA distant spiral galaxy challenging our ideas about how galaxies formAnd a breakthrough in the decades-long search for the universe’s missing matter
Then, we zoom in on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which just released its first images from the largest astronomical camera ever built. From new asteroids to deep galaxy clusters, Rubin is poised to change everything we know about the dynamic sky.
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