October Skywatching Brings Planets, Meteors, and Stars
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
People can see events in the sky.
- A2
People can see many events in the October sky.
- B1
On 4 October, Saturn reached opposition.
- B2
In September 2026, observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope showed a growing ten-sided atmospheric wave around the south pole of Saturn.
- C1
Skywatching events offer regular opportunities for people to observe planets, stars, and meteor showers without specialized equipment.
- C2
Skywatching events offer regular opportunities for people to observe planets, stars, and meteor showers without specialized equipment.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- opposition
- The position of a planet when it is exactly opposite the sun as seen from Earth.
- crescent
- The curved shape of the moon when it is less than half full.
- peak
- The highest, strongest, or best point, value, or level of skill.
- debris
- Broken or torn pieces of something larger.
- dawn
- The period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky.
- cluster
- A group of similar things that are close together.
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.