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• 20 Oct 2023 (8 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 23:22 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Snake-like magnetic fields on the sun bring scientists closer to solving a major solar mystery

  19-10-2023 23:00 via space.com
  
  Magnetic snake-like energy patterns could bring scientists a step closer to solving a lingering solar mystery: how the outer atmosphere of the sun can be tremendously hotter than its lower layers.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (9 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 21:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• The search for extraterrestrial intelligence gets a new home at Oxford

  19-10-2023 21:00 via space.com
  
  The Breakthrough Listen initiative has moved its headquarters to the U.K. to take advantage of the reams of data set to come from the Square Kilometer Array.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (10 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 20:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Record-breaking radio burst could help us find the universe's missing matter

  19-10-2023 20:00 via space.com
  
  An 8 billion-year-old Fast Radio Burst could help astronomers solve the mystery of the universe's missing matter.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (11 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 19:59 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope spots jet stream on Jupiter stronger than a Category 5 hurricane

  19-10-2023 19:34 via space.com
  
  The JWST's perspective on our solar system has offered us the 1st evidence of a superfast Jovian jet stream.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (12 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 19:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Astronauts embark on a surreal survival odyssey in new series 'Scavengers Reign' (exclusive)

  19-10-2023 18:30 via space.com
  
  An exclusive interview with Joe Bennet, co-creator and director of the new animated series "Scavengers Reign" that follows a group of astronauts stranded on a strange alien world.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (13 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 18:20 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Could Neptune's largest moon swing a spacecraft into the planet's orbit?

  19-10-2023 18:00 via space.com
  
  Researchers have shared a radical new idea for how to put a spacecraft in orbit around Neptune: Use the thin atmosphere of Triton, Neptune's largest moon, to capture it.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (14 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 17:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Ultra-powerful plasma 'blades' could slice entire stars in half, new paper suggests

  19-10-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  Stars could be sliced in half by "relativistic blades," or ultra-powerful outflows of plasma shaped by extremely strong magnetic fields, an unpublished paper claims.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (15 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 16:35 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' creator shares how to find humor in Starfleet

  19-10-2023 16:00 via space.com
  
  Space.com met with Mike McMahan, creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks at New York Comic Con 2023. He shared his approach to finding comedy in a setting that's often serious and professional.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (16 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 15:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• '99% totality' does not exist! Why you need to get to the path for April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse

  19-10-2023 15:00 via space.com
  
  On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will come to the Americas. Only those on the path of totality will experience the phenomenon to the fullest.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (17 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 14:13 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Virgin Galactic sets date, announces crew for 5th commercial spaceflight

  19-10-2023 14:00 via space.com
  
  Virgin Galactic's next trip to the edge of space will include some familiar names, such as planetary scientist Alan Stern and science communicator Kellie Gerardi.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (18 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 13:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (19 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 12:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Wildfires burned a staggering 30% of Brazil's Pantanal wetlands in 2020, satellite data shows

  19-10-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  High-quality satellite images show that the 2020 wildfires burned at least 2.2 million more acres (890,000 hectares) of the Pantanal wetlands than previously estimated.
  
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• Burned-up space junk pollutes Earth's upper atmosphere, NASA planes find

  19-10-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  Scientists have detected the presence of air pollutants from burning space junk in the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (20 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 10:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (21 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 10:02 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (22 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 09:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (23 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 07:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 24 Oct 2023 (5 days away): Venus at greatest elongation west

  19-10-2023 01:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus is bright and well placed in the dawn sky.
  
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• 18 Oct 2023 (5 days ago): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2023

  19-10-2023 01:38 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 18 Oct 2023 (4 days ago): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2023

  19-10-2023 01:38 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 18 Oct 2023 (3 days ago): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2023

  19-10-2023 01:38 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 18 Oct 2023 (2 days ago): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2023

  19-10-2023 01:38 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 22 Oct 2023 (3 days away): Venus at dichotomy

  19-10-2023 01:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus reaches half phase in the dawn sky.
  
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• 22 Oct 2023 (3 days away): Orionid meteor shower 2023

  19-10-2023 01:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 22 Oct 2023 (3 days away): Moon at First Quarter

  19-10-2023 01:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches first quarter phase – appearing high in the sky at sunset and setting in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 22 Oct 2023 (3 days away): Comet 2P/Encke passes perihelion

  19-10-2023 01:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Comet 2P/Encke makes its closest approach to the Sun.
  
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• 20 Oct 2023 (Tomorrow): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  19-10-2023 01:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 18 Oct 2023 (Today): ε-Geminid meteor shower 2023

  19-10-2023 01:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• Queen guitar legend Brian May helps analyze NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples

  19-10-2023 00:00 via space.com
  
  Music legend Brian May has spoken about his role in the historic NASA OSIRIS-REx mission, which in September returned a sample of the space rock Bennu to Earth.
  
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