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Space.com

Of these, the three with the longest duration of totality, are the eclipses of June 8, 1937, June 20, 1955, and June 30, 1973. Thus, over an interval of almost 1,052 years, the 1973 event ties the 1937 eclipse for second place.”.

Space.com

Euclid’s measurements may put Einstein’s famous theory of general relativity into question. … The new European space telescope Euclid will look for evidence of dark matter and dark energy. Europe’s new space telescope Euclid …

Space.com

Rugged terrain had kept Ingenuity from communicating with its robotic partner, the Perseverance rover. Comments (0). NASA’s Perseverance rover can be seen in the background, while rocks and red Martian soil. A photograph of the Perseverance rover and …

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JWST detected the carbon compound methyl cation (CH3+) in a protoplanetary disk system called d203-506, which lies around 1,350 light-years from Earth in the Orion Nebula. The star at the center of …

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Data collected with the Very Large Telescope shows a vast region of gas and dust resembling a celestial cat with a cluster of young stars right under its nose. Comments (0). A red/orange nebula forms a circle of gasses in the center of the image.

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There’s no need for concern: No dangerous asteroids are predicted to be heading our way. Rather, the United Nations commemorates Asteroid Day every June 30, the anniversary of the famous 1908 Tunguska event, in which an incoming space rock flattened about …

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July’s full moon, also known as the Buck Moon, rises on Monday (July 3) as a supermoon. An exciting event for skywatchers, supermoons see the lunar disk appearing larger and brighter in the night sky, but the Buck Moon of 2023 will be even more …

Astronomy Magazine

As darkness falls this evening, Cassiopeia the Queen is on the upswing in the north. This circumpolar constellation rotates around the North Celestial Pole, marked by Polaris at the end of the Little Dipper’s handle. Many observers can easily find …

Space.com

Three of the visible planets will make for interesting skywatching targets tonight (June 30), though one will require staying up late. Mars and Venus will make a close approach in the night sky tonight and will be visible at sunset.

PBS NewsHour

Albert Einstein theorized that as heavy objects move through space and time, they create ripple effects in the fabric of our universe. Now an international team of scientists have detected new evidence of that. Researchers found new signs of …