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• 28 Feb 2024 (22 hours away): Saturn at solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 23:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Saturn is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (10 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 23:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• NASA radar images show stadium-sized asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby (photos)

  27-02-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used a powerful Deep Space Network radar antenna to image asteroid 2008 OS7 as it spun harmlessly past Earth on Feb. 2, 2024.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (23 hours away): Saturn at solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 22:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Saturn is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next.
  
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• Apollo astronaut's granddaughter opens immersive moonwalk experience in Dallas

  27-02-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  What do you get when you mix an Apollo astronaut's legacy with a trio of shipping containers, VR technology, the cousin of a 'Star Wars' robot and an escape room? A chance to go to the moon.
  
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• Apollo astronaut's granddaughter opens immersive 'Lunar Light' moonwalk experience in Dallas

  27-02-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  What do you get when you mix an Apollo astronaut's legacy with a trio of shipping containers, VR technology, the cousin of a 'Star Wars' robot and an escape room? A chance to go to the moon.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (11 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 21:55 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Put on your eclipse glasses and look up to see the biggest sunspot in years before it disappears from view

  27-02-2024 21:30 via space.com
  
  The AR3590 solar region has grown to become the is the largest sunspot of the solar cycle and can be seen with eclispe glasses. The region was already a record breaker, responsible for the most powerful solar flare seen since 2017.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (12 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 21:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• NASA's Dana Weigel will be the 1st female ISS program manager

  27-02-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's Dana Weigel will helm the International Space Station program for NASA. She will succeed Joel Montalbano, who will take on an associate administrator position in April.
  
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• Intuitive Machines' Odysseus probe beams home more photos from historic moon landing

  27-02-2024 20:30 via space.com
  
  Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander has beamed home a few selfies snapped during its pioneering descent to the lunar surface last week.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (13 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 20:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope finds 'extremely red' supermassive black hole growing in the early universe

  27-02-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an "extremely red," growing supermassive black hole powering a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (14 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 19:04 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• India completes critical test for Gaganyaan flight crewed by humanoid robot later this year

  27-02-2024 19:00 via space.com
  
  Early last week, ISRO successfully completed the final test to qualify its Gaganyaan rocket engine, approving it to be capable of safely ferrying astronauts to space.
  
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• Computer-simulated moon dust may help lunar robots pass a major hurdle

  27-02-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  Scientists have developed a new computer model that simulates how moon dust behaves in lunar gravity. They hope it will keep future moon exploration robots safe.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (15 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 17:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (16 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 17:20 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Black hole's powerful eruption creates a string of stellar jewelry

  27-02-2024 17:00 via space.com
  
  A powerful jet erupting from a distant supermassive black hole released 100,000 trillion times more energy than the sun will over its entire life, forging a chain of star clusters.
  
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• Radar images reveal damage on Europe's doomed ERS-2 satellite during final orbits

  27-02-2024 16:30 via space.com
  
  As Europe's ERS-2 satellite tumbled through the sky, radar images picked up some of the damage it experienced during its final moments.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (17 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 16:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Radar could help scientists find potentially threatening asteroids. Here's how

  27-02-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  Ground-based radar systems could play a major role in planetary defense, spotting asteroids on a cataclysmic collision course with Earth by bouncing radio waves off them to get position and velocity measurements.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (18 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 15:38 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• SpaceX rolls out rocket, capsule for Crew-8 astronaut launch (photos)

  27-02-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX just rolled out the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that will launch the Crew-8 astronaut mission to the ISS on Friday (March 1).
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (19 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 14:14 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts eager for launch to ISS on March 1: 'Things surprise you, but we're ready'

  27-02-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX Crew-8 is ready to launch to the International Space Station on Feb. 22. The crew shared how their training is preparing them for space.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (20 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 12:53 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (21 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 12:02 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• Cooperation on the moon: Are the Artemis Accords enough?

  27-02-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  The underlying premise of the Accords is promoting 'best practices and norms of responsible behavior' when it comes to lunar exploration. But that's a tall order given the tumult of the times.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (22 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 11:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 28 Feb 2024 (23 hours away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  27-02-2024 10:02 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 03 Mar 2024 (5 days away): Moon at Last Quarter

  27-02-2024 01:41 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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• 27 Feb 2024 (Yesterday): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (9 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (8 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (7 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (6 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (54 minutes ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (5 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (5 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (4 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (4 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (3 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (3 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (23 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (22 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (21 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (20 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (2 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 27 Feb 2024 (2 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  27-02-2024 01:25 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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