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Njengoko singena ngoJanuwari ka-2026, abathandi beenkwenkwezi kunye nabantu abajonga iinkwenkwezi ngokungakhathali banokuninzi abakulindeleyo esibhakabhakeni ebusuku. Esinye seziganeko ezilindelwe kakhulu esibhakabhakeni kule nyanga yiQuadrantid meteor shower, edume ngokukhanya kwayo kunye nenani eliphezulu leemeteor. Ngokwesiqhelo, iiQuadrantids zinokuvelisa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-80 meteors ngeyure xa ziphezulu, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe yenye yezona meteor shower zibalaseleyo zonyaka.

INyanga Epheleleyo kaFebruwari 2026, eyaziwa ngokuba yiNyanga yeSnow, icwangciselwe ukuhombisa isibhakabhaka ebusuku ngeCawa, umhla woku-1 kuFebruwari. Esi siganeko sasezulwini siphawula inyanga yesibini epheleleyo yonyaka kwaye sithembisa umbono omangalisayo kubabukeli beenkwenkwezi kunye nabathandi beenkwenkwezi ngokufanayo. INyanga yeSnow iya kubekwa kwiCancer yeenkwenkwezi, inika ithuba elikhethekileyo lokubona inyanga kufutshane nezinye iindawo ezimangalisayo zasezulwini.

Kwinkqubela enomdla kwisayensi yesithuba, iqela lezazi ngeenkwenkwezi ezingenamava ezinxulumene neNASA lifumanise ii-asteroid ezili-15 ezisebenzayo ezingaqhelekanga, nto leyo eveza ukukhanya okutsha malunga nokwakheka kunye nokuguquka kwenkqubo yethu yelanga. Olu phando lumangalisayo lubonisa igalelo elixabisekileyo elinokwenziwa ngabantu abathanda iinkwenkwezi kuphando lwesayensi kwaye lusenza siziqonde ngakumbi ezi zidalwa zasezulwini zingaqondakaliyo.

Ukususela ekuqalisweni kwayo ngokusesikweni kwemisebenzi yesayensi ngo-2022, iJames Webb Space Telescope (JWST) itshintshe indlela esiqonda ngayo indalo yakudala, isinika ulwazi olungazange lubonwe ngaphambili malunga nokwakheka nokuguquka kweenkwenkwezi, iinkwenkwezi kunye nezakhiwo zendalo. Nangona ezi mpumelelo ziphambili, enye yezona mfihlakalo zinzulu kwi-astrophysics yanamhlanje—uhlobo lwezinto ezimnyama—ayikacaci. Nangona kunjalo, izifundo zakutshanje ezisebenzisa ubuchule obuphambili be-JWST bokuhlalutya imo yeenkwenkwezi zisondeza izazinzulu ngakumbi kunangaphambili ekufumaneni inyaniso malunga nale nxalenye yendalo engabonakaliyo.

Ngomhla wama-413 wokwenziwa kweteleskopu, sicinga ngezinto ezifunyenwe nguGalileo Galilei ezatshintsha indlela esiqonda ngayo indalo yonke. Ngomhla wesi-7 kweyoMqungu ngo-1610, uGalileo wasebenzisa iteleskopu yakhe ayenzileyo ukuze abone iinyanga ezine ezijikeleza iJupiter—u-Io, u-Europa, u-Ganymede, kunye no-Callisto. Olu vumbululo lukhulu lunike ubungqina bokuqala obucacileyo bokuba ayizizo zonke izidalwa zasezulwini ezijikeleza uMhlaba, zichasa ngokuthe ngqo imodeli ye-geocentric ehlala ixesha elide evunyiwe yiCawa kwaye ixhasa ithiyori ye-heliocentric yaseCopernican.

I-Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope enemitha ezingamakhulu amahlanu, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-FAST, imi njengenye yezona zixhobo zesayensi zibalaseleyo kwihlabathi liphela. Ifumaneka eTshayina, i-FAST idume ngobukhulu bayo obukhulu kunye noyilo lwayo olukhethekileyo, oluyenza ikwazi ukubona indalo yonke ngovakalelo olungazange lubonwe ngaphambili.

Kutshanje, ikhomethi entsha i-C/2025 R3 (iPanSTARRS) isondela kancinci kancinci kwinkqubo yelanga yangaphakathi, nto leyo enika izazi ngeenkwenkwezi ithuba elingaqhelekanga lokujonga. Le khomethi yafunyanwa ngoSeptemba 2025 kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ifikelele kwi-perihelion ekupheleni kuka-Epreli 2026, elikwalixesha apho ikufutshane kakhulu nomhlaba. Ngelo xesha, iya kunqumla imijikelo yeVenus neMercury ize ibe yindawo ekhanyayo esibhakabhakeni sasebusuku.

Imakethi yeebhayinokhal ezikrelekrele zehlabathi ikulungele ukukhula okukhulu kwiminyaka elishumi ezayo, kwaye ubungakanani bayo kulindeleke ukuba bukhule ukusuka kwi-$1.2 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2024 ukuya kwi-$2.6 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2034. Oku kubonisa izinga lokukhula eliqinileyo (CAGR) eliyi-8.3%, eliqhutywa yindibaniselwano yophuhliso lwetekhnoloji kunye nokwanda kwemfuno kumacandelo ahlukeneyo.

Njengoko unyaka usondela esiphelweni, ababukeli besibhakabhaka kwihlabathi liphela balungiselela esinye seziganeko ezilindelweyo kakhulu zasezulwini zowama-2025—iGeminid meteor shower. Ezivela minyaka le ngoDisemba, iiGeminid zidume ngeemeteor zazo ezikhanyayo nezinemibala kunye nesantya esiphezulu sokusebenza, nto leyo ezenza zibe zithandwa kakhulu ngabantu abathanda iinkwenkwezi kunye nababukeli abaqhelekileyo ngokufanayo.