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• 09 Jul 2023 (21 hours away): Venus at greatest brightness

  08-07-2023 21:50 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus reaches its greatest brightness in the evening sky.
  
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• Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch for record-breaking 16th time Sunday morning

  08-07-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to set a new reusability record early Sunday morning (July 9), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch for record-breaking 16th time Sunday evening

  08-07-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to set a new reusability record Sunday evening (July 9), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch for record-breaking 16th time tonight

  08-07-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to set a new reusability record Sunday evening (July 9), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for record-breaking 16th time, lands on ship at sea

  08-07-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on its record-breaking 16th mission Sunday night (July 9), sending 22 of the company's Starlink 'V2 Mini' satellites to orbit.
  
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• Yes, solar storms are increasing, but don't lose sleep over an 'internet apocalypse.'

  08-07-2023 14:28 via space.com
  
  Unfounded claims about a major solar storm in 2025 triggering widespread internet blackouts have been circulating online.
  
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• Swirls of liquid iron may be trapped inside Earth's 'solid' core

  08-07-2023 14:00 via space.com
  
  Though Earth's innermost core is solid, new research suggests that it hosts a lot of variation.
  
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• Catastrophic climate 'doom loops' could start in just 15 years, new study warns

  08-07-2023 13:00 via space.com
  
  Climate "tipping points," such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest or the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet, could come within a human lifetime, scientists have said.
  
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• Stay up late and see the half-lit moon in its last quarter phase tonight

  08-07-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  The moon reaches its third-quarter phase on July 9, appearing half-lit in the morning skies before setting shortly after midday.
  
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• SpaceX, FAA seek to dismiss environmental groups' Starship lawsuit

  08-07-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX and the FAA aim to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a coalition of environmental groups, which seeks a more stringent assessment of SpaceX's huge Starship rocket.
  
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• 12 Jul 2023 (4 days away): Comet 185P/Petriew passes perihelion

  08-07-2023 03:43 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Comet 185P/Petriew makes its closest approach to the Sun.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (Yesterday): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (9 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (7 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (5 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (4 days ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (3 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (3 days ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (22 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (2 days ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (19 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (17 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (15 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (13 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (11 hours ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (1 hour ago): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 11 Jul 2023 (3 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  08-07-2023 01:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°13'.
  
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• 11 Jul 2023 (3 days away): Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter

  08-07-2023 01:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter pass within 2°03' of each other.
  
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• 10 Jul 2023 (3 days away): The Great Peacock Globular Cluster is well placed

  08-07-2023 01:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The bright globular cluster NGC 6752 (mag 5.4) in Pavo culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 10 Jul 2023 (2 days away): Moon at Last Quarter

  08-07-2023 01:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 09 Jul 2023 (Tomorrow): Venus at greatest brightness

  08-07-2023 01:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus reaches its greatest brightness in the evening sky.
  
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• 07 Jul 2023 (3 minutes away): Asteroid 15 Eunomia at opposition

  08-07-2023 01:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 15 Eunomia makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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