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Why Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatchers for yearsA solar eclipse, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, Venus at dichotomy and the Milky Way at its annual best will create one of 2026's best days for skywatching.
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Catch an orange 'Buck Moon' rise tonight before a month of solar and lunar eclipsesJuly's full moon will be at its best on the night of July 29. It's the last regular full moon before a total solar eclipse and partial lunar eclipse in August.
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2 meteor showers peak on the same night this week — when to get the best viewsThe Delta Aquariids peak on July 30-31, kicking off "meteor season," though bright moonlight will likely limit views.
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Scientists discover chunk of the universe's missing matter hiding between galaxiesThe total amount of ordinary matter in our universe adds up to roughly one-tenth of what's expected. Now, scientists think they may have found some of it between galaxies.
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'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first timeAstronomers have detected helium escaping from the super-Earth LHS 1140 b, providing the strongest evidence yet that a rocky planet in another star's habitable zone has retained an atmosphere for billions of years.
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James Webb telescope uses trippy Einstein prediction to probe the farthest reaches of the universeSpace photo of the week The James Webb telescope peers through a warped bubble of space-time to study galaxies from the first billion years after the Big Bang.
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'Fireball' meteorite that smashed into New Jersey home contains ingredients of life from ancient proto-planetAmino acids and other "pre-biotic" molecules were spotted in a meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024.
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'Shared cosmic experience': 90% of the world's population may see 'once-in-a-millennium' asteroid fly by Earth in 2029Researchers predict that up to 7.6 billion people will be able to see the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis fly past Earth on April 13, 2029. The skyscraper-size space rock will come closer than some satellites, making it clearly visible to the naked eye.
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Sugar found in raspberries discovered near the center of the Milky WayErythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries, was spotted in a gas and dust cloud near the center of the Milky Way.
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