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Earth to get a second moon from September 29: How and where to see?
According to Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 2024 PT5 will be Earth's temporary ‘mini-moon’. Though it can't be seen with the naked eye or binoculars or a home telescope ...
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🔭 The dangerousness for Earth of this swarm of asteroids has been significantly reassessed ☄️
Recent studies provide unexpected insights into the population of potentially dangerous asteroids orbiting near Earth. A team ...
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U.S. Gets Ready For The ‘Great North American Eclipse’
“There is no such thing as a 99% total eclipse—it’s a 99% partial eclipse,” said Dr. Rick Fienberg at the American Astronomical Society’s Solar Eclipse Task Force. “Just like there’s ...
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: Wobbling and shrinking like never before!
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) has long been a mystery to astronomers. This massive storm, larger than Earth, has swirled in ...
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A Giant Structure in Space Challenges Our Understanding of The Universe
"Cosmologists calculate the current theoretical size limit of structures to be 1.2 billion light-years, yet both of these structures are much larger – the Giant Arc is almost three times bigger and ...
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Best times to see the Taurid meteor shower
The Taurid meteor shower could be visible starting around midnight on Tuesday, according to the American Meteorological ...
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Jamie Carter
He received the 2023 Popular Media Award from the American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division and is the author of A Are the Northern Lights dangerous? Solar storms in May and October ...
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Astronomical Notes
The computations and some of the observations in the following notes are from students in the astronomical department. The times of risings and settings of planets are approximate, but ...