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Space.com

“The Gateway is the ‘new and next’ for NASA and the space industry,” Therrin Protze, chief operating officer for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, said in an interview with collectSPACE.com. “We really focused on what’s going on now and what’s …

Space.com

You can watch live views of the possible meteor shower overnight Monday and early Tuesday in the livestream above from the Virtual Telescope Project led by astrophysicist Gianluca Masi in Ceccano, Italy. The free webcast will begin at 12 am.

Livescience.com

Given the Amazon flows through three countries (Peru, Colombia and Brazil) and more than 30 million people live in the river’s basin, · When compared with some of the world’s other most recognisable rivers, the Amazon’s lack of bridge crossings is an oddity …

Florida Today

When Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s newest attraction Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex opens on June 15, guests will be immersed in human spaceflight experiences of today and a not-so-distant future.

Newsweek

So, it is perfectly framed by the concrete jungle of this great city,” Jacqueline Faherty, an astrophysicist from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York told Newsweek.

Business Insider

North America might be treated to a starry spectacle late Monday night into Tuesday morning, as the Earth passes through the remnants of a defunct comet. Experts say the meteor shower, known as the Tau Herculids, has the potential to become a rare …

Canton Repository

We are in for a rare sight in our morning sky in June. We will not only see the five planets visible to the human eye – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – but also Uranus and Neptune. Uranus and Neptune can be viewed with binoculars or with a …

pressherald.com

Juno is equated to Hera in Greek mythology, who was the Queen of the gods, a daughter of Saturn, the wife of Jupiter – the god of the sky and thunder and the king of the gods – and the mother of Mars.

Redding Record Searchlight

Memorial Day could wrap up with a spectacular late-night show if Earth passes through a cloud of comet debris. The spring tau Herculid meteor shower peaks Monday night into Tuesday morning. This year’s shower could be a super boss one, according to …

WQOW TV News 18

Ancient volcanic eruptions on the moon could provide an unexpected resource for future lunar explorers: water. Between 2 billion and 4 billion years ago, the moon was a volcanic hotspot. Tens of thousands of volcanoes were erupting on the surface, …