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August's full moon is, somehow, a Blue Moon. Here's why. Back in the July 1943 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine, in a question and answer column, there was a reference made to the term "Blue Moon." The unusual term was cited from a copy of the 1937 edition of the now-defunct Maine Farmers' Almanac.
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Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest this week Jupiter arrives at opposition on Thursday (Aug. 19) at approximately 8 p.m. EDT (0000 Aug. 20 GMT). Since Earth will be positioned between the sun and the gas giant, Jupiter will rise at sunset, remain visible all night long and set at sunrise. (Image credit: ...
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SpaceX's giant Super Heavy rocket spotted from space in satellite photo On Aug. 9, Maxar Technologies' WorldView-3 satellite snapped a great shot of SpaceX's "Starbase" facility in South Texas, where the company is building and testing its Starship deep-space transportation system.
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Russian Space Junk Hit a Chinese Satellite in March, Evidence Suggests The mysterious breakdown of the Yunhai 1-02 satellite in March has likely been solved. The discarded remnants of an old Russian rocket appear to have smashed into the Chinese satellite, in what is an ominous sign of things to come in our increasingly ...
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My Lifelong Wait To Visit Space, Step-By-Step, Over Five Decades A few minutes later, a ghostly figure emerged from the tiny spacecraft, climbed backwards down a ladder, then stepped onto the bright-white virgin lunar surface ...
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A tiny town on the Tibetan Plateau could be the new global hub for space telescopes Known as 'the roof of the world,' the Plateau boasts clear skies and predictable weather—ideal conditions for the next powerhouse in space research. By Charlie Wood | Published Aug 19 ...
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See some of the most intriguing photos from NASA's Perseverance rover so far And what Perseverance is finding isn't exactly what scientists expected. "The crater floor is super interesting," says planetary scientist Briony Horgan of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., one of the mission's long-term science planners. "We didn't really ...
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Japan aims to bring back soil samples from Mars moon by 2029 TOKYO — Japanese space agency scientists said Thursday they plan to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the United States and China, which started Mars missions last year, in hopes of finding clues to the planet's origin and traces of ...
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A UK study finds that Pfizer's vaccine is less effective against Delta 90 days after full vaccination Vaccines against COVID-19 are less effective against the delta variant, a large U.K. study showed in results that may fuel a push for booster shots for fully vaccinated people. Pfizer Inc. and ...
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Paleontologists have discovered 3 new mammals in Wyoming. Here's what they found The discovery of the new mammals — what scientists identified as a type of condylarths, or the small ancestors of modern hoofed animals likes horses and hippos — are helping scientists understand mammalian evolution after the extinction of dinosaurs, ...
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