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The Perseids are one of the two strongest and most dependable annual meteor showers (the Geminids of December being the other). Earth’s orbit carries us through the densest part of the Perseid meteoroid stream every year around Aug. 12, so these “shooting …

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The enormous galaxy cluster, El Gordo, has been imaged by Hubble in the past — now, the JWST has offered us a fresh new view. Comments (0). Various warped galaxies are seen as elongated lines, loops, arcs and smudges against the.

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Superfast changes to the intensity of a jet blasting out from a small black hole have been detected for the first time.

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Glowing green and gold, NGC 6822, could teach us a lot about the ancient, metal-poor universe.

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The close approach makes for a great opportunity to locate and observe the ringed gas giant in the night sky. Comments (0). night sky august 2023. An illustration of the night sky on Aug. 2, 2023 showing the moon and Saturn close together in the …

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The oldest examples of swimming jellyfish, which lived in Earth’s oceans 505 million years ago, have been discovered high within the Canadian Rockies. Researchers found 182 fossils encased within the rock of the famed Burgess Shale fossil site.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and loft the Intelsat G-37 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit during a two-hour launch window that begins at 12:15 a.m. ET (0415 GMT) on Thursday ( …

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August’s full sturgeon supermoon rising behind ancient ruins. August full moon and the Temple of Poseidon. (Image credit: Costas Baltas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images).

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The partial skeleton of Perucetus, consisting of 13 vertebrae, four ribs and one hip bone, is estimated to be 17 to 20 meters (55.8 to 65.6 feet) long. The fossil specimen is shorter than …

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It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere, when ice typically forms around Antarctica. But this year, that growth has been stunted, hitting a record low by a wide margin. The sharp drop in sea ice is alarming scientists and raising concerns about its …