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The 1st 'major lunar standstill' in more than 18 years is about to occur. Here's how to see it.
LiveScience· 4 hours agoThis is possible because the moon doesn't follow the same path as the sun. The moon's orbit is...
New contest lets you name Earth's 1st 'quasi-moon' for free. Here's how to enter.
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA new public competition will allow a lucky astronomy enthusiast to name one of Earth's tiny...
Godspeed, Ed Stone—the Man Who Showed Us the Solar System
Time via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoIt also discovered icy geysers on the Neptunian moon Triton. Voyager 2 remains the only ship to...
Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts
San Francisco Chronicle· 47 minutes agoCosmic rays from distant stars and galaxies and solar energetic particles from the Sun bombard the surface, and exposure to these particles can pose a risk to human health ...
New moon of June 2024 tonight lets Saturn, Mars and Jupiter shine
SPACE.com· 7 days agoThe new moon of June 2024 occurs tonight, making this a great night to get and enjoy a sky free from...
An interstellar cloud may have caused an ice age on Earth. Here's how
SPACE.com· 2 days agoScientists believe Earth may have briefly lost protection from the sun around two million years ago,...
The solar system may have passed through dense interstellar clouds 2 million years ago, altering ...
Science Daily· 3 days agoUniversity and fellow at Harvard Radcliffe Institute -- found evidence that some two million years ago, the solar system encountered an interstellar cloud so dense that it ...
Ed Stone, who led NASA's iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe two spacecraft made many discoveries...cosmic backyard — finding intense volcanism on the...
Is there life out there? NASA spacewalk would take fresh approach
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 18 hours ago"They are organisms that...s important to note that the space microorganisms found on the side of...
Humans emerged thanks to Earth colliding with cold clouds, study suggests
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoEarth passed through a giant interstellar cloud two million years ago which cooled the planet and...