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• 01 Mar 2025 (9 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Mercury

  01-03-2025 05:22 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Mercury, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Solomon Islands amongst others.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (7 hours away): The Moon at aphelion

  29-06-2026 23:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (11 hours away): Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii

  29-06-2026 23:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Peru and New Zealand amongst others.
  
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• 29 Jun 2026 (2 hours away): Full Moon

  29-06-2026 23:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• It's been 25 years since'A.I. Artificial Intelligence', and we think this was Spielberg at the top of his sci-fi game

  29-06-2026 23:00 via space.com
  
  On the occasion of its 25th anniversary today, it’s worth noting a certain sense of irony that Steven Spielberg's "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" seems oddly prescient into today’s AI-obsessed environment, especially when compared to the master director’s recently released "Disclosure Day," which sadly feels three decades late to the whole governmental cover-up UFO/UAP party."A.I. Artificial Intelligence's" path to the silver screen is a strange odyssey, one that includes two of
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (8 hours away): The Moon at aphelion

  29-06-2026 22:17 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (12 hours away): Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii

  29-06-2026 22:17 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Peru and New Zealand amongst others.
  
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• 29 Jun 2026 (3 hours away): Full Moon

  29-06-2026 22:17 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• Watch 2 NASA astronauts fix ISS' huge robotic arm during June 30 spacewalk

  29-06-2026 22:00 via space.com
  
  Two NASA astronauts will fix the International Space Station's big robotic arm during a spacewalk on Tuesday (June 30), and you can watch the action live.Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will perform a roughly 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) today, starting at about 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 GMT).You can watch it live via NASA; Space.com will air the stream as well, if the agency makes it available. Coverage will begin at 7:00 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT).Williams and Meir will
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (9 hours away): The Moon at aphelion

  29-06-2026 21:16 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (13 hours away): Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii

  29-06-2026 21:16 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Peru and New Zealand amongst others.
  
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• 29 Jun 2026 (4 hours away): Full Moon

  29-06-2026 21:16 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• 'Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions' takes space exploration in a different (and friendlier) direction, and we chatted with System Era's creative director about it (interview)

  29-06-2026 21:00 via space.com
  
  Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions might look like a direct sequel to Astroneer on the surface, but it's a space exploration game with very different objectives. While its predecessor focuses (it continues to get updates and content packs) on base-building and creative tools, this second title instead takes players on shorter, breezier trips all about discovery and mission-based tasks.Even in its early access state, Starseeker has the bones to eventually become one of the best cozy sci-fi games a
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (14 hours away): Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii

  29-06-2026 20:14 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Peru and New Zealand amongst others.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (10 hours away): The Moon at aphelion

  29-06-2026 20:14 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon.
  
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• 29 Jun 2026 (5 hours away): Full Moon

  29-06-2026 20:14 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• NASA to launch rescue mission June 30 to save Swift space telescope from burning up in Earth's atmosphere

  29-06-2026 20:00 via space.com
  
  An air-launched Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket is scheduled to fly for the very last time early Tuesday morning (June 30), sending a private spacecraft on a rescue mission to save one of NASA's most iconic space telescopes from falling back to Earth. The Swift Boost mission will send the LINK satellite, built by Arizona-based Katalyst Space Technologies, to grapple NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and tow it to a stable orbit, saving it from impending destruction as its trajectory dips
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (15 hours away): Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii

  29-06-2026 19:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Peru and New Zealand amongst others.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (11 hours away): The Moon at aphelion

  29-06-2026 19:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon.
  
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• 29 Jun 2026 (6 hours away): Full Moon

  29-06-2026 19:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• This star's light has been crossing space since the American Revolution. Here's how to find it

  29-06-2026 19:00 via space.com
  
  The United States' 250th birthday is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate than by looking for a star whose light began its journey to Earth around the time the Declaration of Independence was signed? Starlight travels through the near-perfect vacuum of space at a staggering 186,282 miles (299,791 kilometers) per second— or the speed of light. Even at this pace, it can take hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years for starlight to reach its destination, rendering e
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (16 hours away): Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii

  29-06-2026 18:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Peru and New Zealand amongst others.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (12 hours away): The Moon at aphelion

  29-06-2026 18:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon.
  
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• 29 Jun 2026 (7 hours away): Full Moon

  29-06-2026 18:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (17 hours away): Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii

  29-06-2026 17:17 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Peru and New Zealand amongst others.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (13 hours away): The Moon at aphelion

  29-06-2026 17:17 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon.
  
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• 29 Jun 2026 (8 hours away): Full Moon

  29-06-2026 17:17 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• Light pollution may be erasing millions of dollars in value at US dark-sky parks

  29-06-2026 17:00 via space.com
  
  Every year, millions of people travel to remote, protected "dark-sky parks" in search of experiences that depend on true darkness — photographing the Milky Way's heart arcing overhead, observing nocturnal wildlife in its natural rhythm, or simply standing beneath an ink-black sea of stars unblurred by artificial light.Scientists have long warned that rising levels of artificial light — increasingly amplified by satellite megaconstellations orbiting our planet — are steadily ero
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (18 hours away): Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii

  29-06-2026 16:13 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Peru and New Zealand amongst others.
  
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• 30 Jun 2026 (14 hours away): The Moon at aphelion

  29-06-2026 16:13 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon.
  
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