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• Buzz Aldrin's moon-flown Apollo 11 jacket sells for record $2.8M at Sotheby's

  26-07-2022 23:14 via space.com
  
  A jacket worn by Buzz Aldrin set a new record for the most-ever paid at auction for a flown-in-space artifact, while Aldrin's pen credited with saving the Apollo 11 mission failed to sell.
  
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• Titan Books celebrates 20 years of 'Firefly' with novel 'What Makes Us Mighty'

  26-07-2022 23:00 via space.com
  
  Titan Books expands the "Firefly" 'Verse with a seventh tie-in novel, "What Makes Us Mighty."
  
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• Big Chinese rocket body will fall to Earth around July 31, experts predict

  26-07-2022 22:13 via space.com
  
  The newest piece of big Chinese space junk will fall back to Earth around the end of the month, experts predict.
  
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• Scientists discover places on the moon where it's always 'sweater weather'

  26-07-2022 22:02
  A team led by planetary scientists has discovered shady locations within pits on the moon that always hover around a comfortable 63 degrees Fahrenheit. The pits, and caves to which they may lead, would make safer, more thermally stable base camps for lunar exploration and long-term habitation than the rest of the moon's surface, which heats up to 260 degrees during the day and drops to 280 degrees below zero at night.
  
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• Exclusive: Astronaut Dan Tani delivers realism to new moon base board game, 'Lunar Outpost'

  26-07-2022 22:00 via space.com
  
  Ex-astronaut Dan Tani discusses his role in designing the new co-op board game, "Lunar Outpost."
  
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• What is today's moon? Moon phases 2022

  26-07-2022 21:22 via space.com
  
  Learn about the today's moon phase and the rest of the moon phases for 2022, and when you can see them.
  
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• Space study offers clearest understanding yet of the life cycle of supermassive black holes

  26-07-2022 19:25
  Supermassive black holes with varying light signatures are actually in different stages of the life cycle.
  
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• Radioactive decay: Discovery, process and causes

  26-07-2022 19:19 via space.com
  
  Radioactive decay is the strange and almost mystical ability for one element to naturally and spontaneously transmute into another one.
  
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• Asteroid Bennu is old before its time thanks to the sun

  26-07-2022 18:00 via space.com
  
  Cracks and fractures in Bennu's surface seem to have been caused by heat from the sun, stunning images from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have shown.
  
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• Does the sun rotate?

  26-07-2022 17:42 via space.com
  
  Does the sun rotate? At the center of our solar system, it's tempting to think of the sun as unmoving. Yet, it undergoes a complex form of rotation.
  
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• Blue Origin space tourist launches: Live NS-22 mission updates

  26-07-2022 17:38 via space.com
  
  Blue Origin's will launch 6 passengers on space tourist mission NS-22, with launch date to come. Here are live updates of the launch.
  
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• Russia says it will leave the International Space Station after 2024

  26-07-2022 17:37 via space.com
  
  The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos has announced that Russia will leave the International Space Station after 2024 following multiple controversies.
  
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• 30 Jul 2022 (4 days away): Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2022

  26-07-2022 16:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• Perseid meteor shower 2022: When, where & how to see it

  26-07-2022 16:32 via space.com
  
  The Perseid meteor shower will peak between Aug. 11 and 12. Here we explore what the Perseids are, where they occur and how you can see them for yourself.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (Yesterday): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (9 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (8 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (7 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (6 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (50 minutes ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (5 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (4 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (4 days ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (36 minutes ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (3 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (3 days ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (23 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (22 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (21 minutes ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (21 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (20 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (2 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (2 days ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (19 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (18 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (17 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (16 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (15 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (14 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (13 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (12 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (11 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (10 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (1 hour ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (11 minutes away): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 16:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• Interstellar probe: Has its time finally come?

  26-07-2022 16:00 via space.com
  
  Launching an interstellar probe sounds exceedingly lofty, ambitious, and tough to do. But there's no need to wait for new technology, say advocates.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (20 minutes away): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 15:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (36 minutes away): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 15:36 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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• Heaviest neutron star to date is a 'black widow' eating its mate

  26-07-2022 15:36
  Millisecond pulsars spin far more rapidly than expected for a collapsed star. The best chance to study these neutron stars is to find a black widow system where the pulsar has evaporated and eaten much of its companion star. The Keck I telescope was just able to capture spectra of one such companion, allowing astronomers to weigh its pulsar. It's the heaviest found to date, and perhaps near the upper limit for a neutron star.
  
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• 26 Jul 2022 (56 minutes away): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  26-07-2022 15:16 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°10'.
  
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