Happy New Year!!! Hopefully you had a joyous holiday season filled with lots of clear skies! In this episode, we’ll discuss the planets, a meteor shower, a comet, then we’ll explore what is considered the brightest feature on the moon, before taking a sneak peek at some great astronomical events that will be happening in 2025. If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe, comment, and share, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. Carpe Noctem!

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March 13-14 Mars Occultation: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250114_16_100

Blue Ghost CLIPs Mission info: https://fireflyspace.com/blue-ghost/

SPHEREx info: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/

Europa Clipper info: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/

March 14th Lunar Eclipes Maps and Timings: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250314_09_100

March 29th Partial Solar Eclipse info: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250329_09_100 Asteroid Day info: https://asteroidday.org/

JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer info: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice

JUNO info: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/juno/

September 7th Lunar Eclipse info: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250907_09_100

September 21st Partial Solar Eclipse info: https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250921_09_100

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This December sure has been interesting! Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve likely heard about the myriad of mysterious drone sightings that began in New Jersey in November. In this episode, we tell the story of the drong sightings, explain what a drone is, what they’re used for, along with tips to identify that what you’re seeing is actually a drone and not a plane or helicopter in the distance.

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In this episode, we explore what planets can be seen and when and how to find them. We also discuss a comet, meteor shower, another groundbreaking space mission and then we explore a snow man on the moon. Lastly, we’ll explore some holiday themed wonders in the night sky. It’s going to be a LOT of fun!

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The First Noel

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0:00 Intro

0:15 Planetary Updates

8:03 Comet Update

8:57 Meteor Showers

9:22 Space Mission Updates

9:57 Lunar Feature of the Month

12:15 Deep Sky Tour

17:16 Conclusion