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• 21 Jun 2022 (15 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  20-06-2022 23:46 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (5 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 23:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (11 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 23:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (16 hours away): Mars at perihelion

  20-06-2022 23:04 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (16 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  20-06-2022 22:45 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'.
  
  Read more

• 21 Jun 2022 (6 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 22:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (12 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 22:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• Planned space station boost by Cygnus freighter cuts off 5 seconds into burn

  20-06-2022 22:19 via space.com
  
  A planned reboost maneuver of the International Space Station ended after just 5 seconds for reasons currently unknown.
  
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• Review: 'Lightyear' sputters upon liftoff in Pixar's new Buzz Lightyear origin movie

  20-06-2022 22:14 via space.com
  
  Pixar Studios' new Buzz Lightyear origin story, "Lightyear," fails to ignite the imagination.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (17 hours away): Mars at perihelion

  20-06-2022 22:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (17 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  20-06-2022 21:47 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'.
  
  Read more

• 21 Jun 2022 (7 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 21:27 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (13 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 21:27 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (18 hours away): Mars at perihelion

  20-06-2022 21:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (8 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 20:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (18 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  20-06-2022 20:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (14 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 20:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (19 hours away): Mars at perihelion

  20-06-2022 20:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• Scientists find remains of cannibalized baby planets in Jupiter's cloud-covered belly

  20-06-2022 19:46 via space.com
  
  Jupiter's innards are full of the remains of baby planets that the gas giant gobbled up as it expanded to become the behemoth we see today, scientists have found.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (19 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  20-06-2022 19:44 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (9 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 19:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (15 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 19:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (20 hours away): Mars at perihelion

  20-06-2022 19:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (20 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  20-06-2022 18:46 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (16 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 18:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (10 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 18:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope is about halfway through its instrument checks

  20-06-2022 18:22 via space.com
  
  NASA says the $10 billion observatory checked out 7 of its 17 instrument modes for science operations.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (21 hours away): Mars at perihelion

  20-06-2022 18:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (21 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  20-06-2022 17:46 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (22 hours away): Mars at perihelion

  20-06-2022 17:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (17 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 17:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (11 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 17:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (22 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  20-06-2022 16:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (18 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 16:21 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (12 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 16:21 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (23 hours away): Mars at perihelion

  20-06-2022 16:02 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (23 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  20-06-2022 15:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°44'.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (19 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 15:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (13 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 15:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (14 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 14:35 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• NASA channeled its inner Buzz Lightyear with this wild Z-1 spacesuit concept

  20-06-2022 14:30 via space.com
  
  The project is no longer active, but may assist with future lunar spacesuit development.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (20 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 14:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• Solar System Gets its Ducks in a Row

  20-06-2022 14:00
  
  We'll have not one but many opportunities to enjoy a rare lineup of the bright planets over the next few weeks. Amazingly, they'll be aligned in order of their distance from the Sun.
  The post Solar System Gets its Ducks in a Row appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
  
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• The moon will cozy up to Jupiter early Tuesday morning as it continues its planetary tour

  20-06-2022 13:56 via space.com
  
  The moon will approach Jupiter in the early hours of Tuesday morning (June 21) on the summer solstice. The duo will be visible to the naked eye or through a pair of binoculars.
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope shows 5,000 ancient galaxies sparkling like confetti

  20-06-2022 13:50 via space.com
  
  Thousands of distant galaxies in different shapes and sizes glow in infrared light in a newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
  
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• 'Betelgeuse on steroids' sheds light on how rare massive stars die

  20-06-2022 13:50 via space.com
  
  Astronomers are watching a red hypergiant star's final era to better understand what happens at the end of a stellar life cycle.
  
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• Andromeda galaxy bears scars of a catastrophic collision

  20-06-2022 13:50 via space.com
  
  Astronomers have traced the violent and catastrophic evolution of Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbor, by analyzing the makeup and motion of more than 500 stars within the nearby galaxy.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (21 hours away): June solstice

  20-06-2022 13:47 via in-the-sky.org
  
  21 June will be the longest day of 2022 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 21 Jun 2022 (15 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  20-06-2022 13:47 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• Watch NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket fueling test live on the launch pad for free

  20-06-2022 13:23 via space.com
  
  NASA's new SLS megarocket for Artemis 1 is back on the launch pad and you can hear commentary for free.
  
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