JWST Just Unlocks Secret of 10 BY old Comet ie 3i/Atlas

 

An extraordinary piece of cosmological history just zoomed through our backyard, and astronomers used the world’s premier space observatory to read its chemical diary.

According to a groundbreaking study published today in Nature, researchers turned NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope toward 3I/ATLAS—the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected—as it began its departure from the Sun in December 2025. What they found doesn't just rewrite our understanding of alien planetary systems; it takes us on a time-traveling journey back to the universe's "cosmic noon."

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Eadsy Astronomy Newsletter Week of June 21st to 27th 2026

 Lots going on this week with the Moon moving from First Quarter to almost full by the end of the week. I share plenty of craters to look at; I've updated the Double Star lists and these will be your prime objects this week. I share info on the Planets and Mighty Jupiter and tiny Mercury begin their dance out of the night sky this week.  Come learn more! 

Lunar Progression 

Recommended Lunar Craters for this Week: 

Planetary Highlights for this week:

Double Stars Recomended for this Week: 

Comets 

Deep Sky Objects 

Supernovae Remnants IC 443 and G189.6+3.3 in Gemini Are Related!

 

Sketch and image of IC 443 a Supernova Remnant in Gemini. If you have followed me you know I love supernova and supernova remnants. I often am found returning to SNR's to observe, sketch and image.  Anyway, two of these SNR's, both in Gemini and both in our line of site, IC 443 or Sharples 248 (Sh2-248) and SNR G189.6+3.3 are now proven not to be just in our line of sight, but they are actually related! Come leaarn more! 

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Watch the Waxing Crescent Moon meet The Beehive; Messier 44 in Raw Video

 

A quick video taken on my iPhone 14 with a 100mm Skywatcher Evostar ED telescope and a 40mm Pentax XW eyepiece. 

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Dying Stars are Kicking Themselves to Pieces! How a Red Giant Becomes a White Dwarf

 When we look through the eyepiece at a planetary nebula and its faint, fading white dwarf, we tend to think of stellar death as a peaceful, uniform shedding of a star's outer layers. The star grows old, it sighs its gas into space, and leaves behind a quiet core.

But what if I told you that a star’s final death throes are actually a violent, chaotic boxing match where the star literally kicks itself across the galaxy—and breaks up its own family in the process?

A fascinating new study just presented at the 248th meeting of the American Astronomical Society by Caltech’s Jim Fuller changes everything we know about how Sun-like stars die. It turns out, white dwarfs get a definitive kick at birth. Let’s break down the physics of why the universe is full of lonely, drifting stellar remnant.

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Eadsy Astronomy Weekly Report for June 14th through the 20th 2026

 

Lunar Highlights

Lunar Craters To Observe

How to Observe the Apollo 11 Landing Area 

Planetary Highlights

Jupiter/Mercury and Pollux with the Moon in the Middle evening of June 16th

Venus, Waxing Crescent Moon and The Beehive or Messier 44 Together evening of June 17th

Double Stars for June 14th to the 20th 2026

I've left the double stars alone for this week and will do a complete update next week on them. Enjoy!

Comets:

220P/McNaught

Comet 10P/Tempel 2

Comet 88P/Howell A Challenge

Deep Sky Objects

Eye Candy in Bootes

Eye Candy Hercules

Eye Candy in Draco 

Challegning objects

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