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• 22 Jul 2023 (14 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 23:47 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• 2 Women's World Cup stadiums spied from space (satellite photos)

  21-07-2023 23:00 via space.com
  
  The FIFA Women's World Cup is underway, and satellites have given us a birds-eye view of two of the stadiums that are hosting the soccer action.
  
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• 22 Jul 2023 (15 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 22:30 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• NASA searches for climate solutions as global temperatures reach record highs

  21-07-2023 22:00 via space.com
  
  Scientists with NASA discussed the urgency of climate change mitigation and the innovations that can help us reach our environmental goals.
  
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• 22 Jul 2023 (16 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 21:46 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• SpaceX rolls Starship Super Heavy booster back to the pad ahead of next launch (photos)

  21-07-2023 21:00 via space.com
  
  See these gorgeous photos of SpaceX rolling its Starship Super Heavy booster to the launch pad for testing.
  
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• Climate change may be changing the color of Earth's oceans

  21-07-2023 20:30 via space.com
  
  Climate change is affecting the color of the oceans, a shift in hue showing changes to marine ecosystems, and threatening Earth's status as a "pale blue dot."
  
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• 22 Jul 2023 (17 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 20:29 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts complete 1st spacewalk (video)

  21-07-2023 20:00 via space.com
  
  Two Chinese astronauts completed an approximately eight-hour spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station on Thursday (July 20).
  
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• Over 100 space rocks collected by meteorite hunter Geoffrey Notkin are up for action today

  21-07-2023 19:32 via space.com
  
  Over 100 different meteorite fragments collected by famed space rock hunter Geoffrey Notkin are currently up for bidding from Heritage Auctions.
  
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• 22 Jul 2023 (18 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 19:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• How California museum is protecting space shuttle Endeavour against earthquakes

  21-07-2023 19:00 via space.com
  
  Even before it opened, the exhibit of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour in Los Angeles elicited one question perhaps more than any other: Can it survive an earthquake?
  
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• 22 Jul 2023 (19 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 18:47 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• Artemis 2 moon astronauts visit splashdown zone for their Orion spacecraft (photo)

  21-07-2023 18:30 via space.com
  
  The Artemis 2 moon crew was in San Diego for the 54th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing where they met the people who will recover the Orion spacecraft after an ocean splashdown.
  
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• Lego Disney Lightyear XL-15 Spaceship review

  21-07-2023 18:00 via space.com
  
  Go to infinity and beyond with this wonderful Lego recreation of Buzz Lightyear's ship.
  
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• 'Go for Stack': 1st parts of space shuttle Endeavour vertical display lifted into place at California Science Center

  21-07-2023 18:00 via space.com
  
  For the first time in 12 years, the stacking of a NASA space shuttle has begun again. The aft skirts for Endeavour's solid rocket boosters were moved into place at the California Science Center.
  
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• 22 Jul 2023 (20 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 17:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• 22 Jul 2023 (21 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 17:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• China launches 4 commercial weather satellites to orbit (video)

  21-07-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  A Chinese solid rocket launched a new batch of commercial satellites from the Gobi Desert on Wednesday (July 19).
  
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• Hubble telescope captures a brave star trying to outshine a huge galaxy (photo)

  21-07-2023 16:00 via space.com
  
  The Hubble Space Telescope tried to capture an image of a weirdly shaped galaxy. A bright star almost got in the way.
  
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• 22 Jul 2023 (22 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 15:29 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• GPS satellites may be able to detect earthquakes before they happen

  21-07-2023 15:00 via space.com
  
  Earthquakes may make their presence known through GPS measurements several hours before their main events.
  
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• 22 Jul 2023 (23 hours away): 134340 Pluto at opposition

  21-07-2023 14:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night.
  
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• 'Oppenheimer' featurette offers an explosive look behind 'the most important story of our time' (video)

  21-07-2023 14:00 via space.com
  
  Universal Pictures released a new featurette for director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" released on July 21.
  
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• Was Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, also the father of black holes?

  21-07-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  The name Oppenheimer will always be synonymous with the power and destruction of the atomic bomb, but the physicist also played an essential role in the study of black holes.
  
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• Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits

  21-07-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  Recovery teams are gearing up for the Sept. 24 landing of OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample in the Utah desert.
  
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• 29 Jul 2023 (8 days away): Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2023

  21-07-2023 09:27 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Piscis Austrinid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (Yesterday): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (9 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (8 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (8 days ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (7 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (7 days ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (6 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (6 days ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (55 minutes ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (5 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (5 days ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (4 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (4 days ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (30 minutes ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (3 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (3 days ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (23 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (22 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (21 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (20 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (2 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (2 days ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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• 21 Jul 2023 (19 hours ago): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  21-07-2023 08:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass within 2°57' of each other.
  
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