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Space photo of the week: Hubble spots a stellar 'H-bomb' exploding in Aquarius at 1 million mphA pulsating red star and its spectacular nebula have been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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Space photo of the week: Webb telescope spies 'super star cluster'Once blocked from view, the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way has finally been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Orionid meteor shower 2024: When to see 'shooting stars' from Halley's comet next weekThe Orionid meteor shower will peak this week as Earth busts through a stream of meteoroids left in the inner solar system by the famous Halley's comet.
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The biggest supermoon of the year is about to rise: When to see the 'Hunter's Moon' at its best and brightestThe Hunter's Moon will be the first full moon of autumn when it rises on Oct. 17. It will also be the third and closest supermoon of the year.
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Space photo of the week: See the gorgeous Rosette Nebula — before it destroys itselfThe Dark Energy Camera imaged the Rosette Nebula, capturing a kaleidoscope of color created by the star cluster born within it.
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Draconid meteor shower 2024: How to see dozens of 'shooting stars' fall from the dragon's tail this weekHow to watch the Draconid meteor shower peak on Oct. 8 and 9 in the tail of a cosmic dragon.
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Space photo of the week: Easter Island's last 'ring of fire' eclipse for 320 yearsOct. 2's annular solar eclipse saw a small-looking new moon cross the face of the sun to create a perfect circle for about six minutes.
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Space photo of the week: Hot young suns glow blue, white and orange in the Lobster NebulaThe massive star-forming complex known as the Lobster Nebula is part of the biggest infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever created.
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Bright comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS could be visible without a telescope for the 1st time in 80,000 years. Here's how to see it this week.During late September and mid-October, the much-anticipated comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could become visible to the naked-eye for skywatchers around the world.
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Space photo of the week: Entangled galaxies form cosmic smiley face in new James Webb telescope imageA new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows Arp 107, home to two merging galaxies, with two bright cores and a "bridge" of dust and gas forming a cosmic smiley face.
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Fall equinox 2024: When it is, why it happens and what to look forOn Sunday, Sept. 22, day and night will be nearly equal in length as Earth spins side-on to the sun and autumn officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere.
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How to watch the 'Harvest Supermoon' get eclipsed by Earth tonightSeptember's full Harvest Moon will drift into Earth's shadow for a partial eclipse on Sept. 17. It is also the second of four consecutive supermoons this year, making our natural satellite look bigger and brighter than usual.
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Space photo of the week: The 1st image of an alien planetThe Very Large Telescope in northern Chile imaged a "super-Jupiter" exoplanet called 2M1207b, precisely 20 years ago this week. This was the first direct visual confirmation of a world beyond our solar system.
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A particularly active 'aurora season' could be just weeks awaySeptember could be a prime time to see vibrant auroras, thanks to a quirk of Earth's tilt that leads to more intense geomagnetic activity around the equinox.
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Space photo of the week: Milky Way's galactic twin captured by Dark Energy CameraNGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy bigger than, but otherwise very similar to, our own. NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the Milky Way’s ‘big brother’.
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Space photo of the week: 1st-ever close-up of Neptune is Voyager 2's final portrait of a planetVoyager 2, NASA's longest-running mission, explored Neptune during a historic encounter on Aug. 25, 1989, sending back humanity's first close-ups of the planet.
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Tonight's 'Sturgeon Moon' will be the 1st 'blue supermoon' of 2024: Here's how to see it at its biggest and bestThe year's first supermoon is also the third full moon in a summer that includes four, making it a 'blue supermoon'. Here's how to see August's full Sturgeon Moon rise.
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope catches baby stars roaring to lifeA new image of the Serpens Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope shows that when clouds collapse to form stars, all of those stars spin in the same direction.
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Jupiter Mars conjunction: How to see 2 planets 'kiss' in the sky before sunrise on WednesdayLook east before dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 14, to see the giant planet and the Red Planet just a third of a degree from one another in a rare planetary conjunction.
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The Perseid meteor shower is peaking NOW! Here's how to see the most 'shooting stars'.Up to 75 'shooting stars' per hour may be visible in the night sky this evening as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on Monday (Aug. 12). The annual shower is linked to debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle.
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Space photo of the week: Stunning sand dunes slash across Mars' polar ice capThis stunning image of dune fields near Mars' north polar ice cap, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, showcases the impact of polar winds on the Red Planet's landscape.
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Space photo of the week: A cosmic butterfly emerges from a star's slow deathA Hawaii telescope just captured a sun-like star's glowing gas layers as it expands. The resulting butterfly-shaped nebula is a sight to behold.
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Perseid meteor shower 2024: What it is, where to see it, and how to watchEverything you need to know about August's prolific display of "shooting stars."
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The 1st week of August is a stargazer's delight. Here's why.With its moonless sky, the first week of August is one of the best times all year to see the Milky Way and meteor showers without a telescope. Here's how to be in the right place at the right time for the best view.
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