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• Big news! 'The Orville' is getting a 4th season, actor confirms

  08-08-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  At the annual 'Star Trek' Las Vegas convention, the actor who plays Lt. Malloy in 'The Orville' made the announcement to a small crowd of very lucky show aficionados.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (4 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 22:31 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Mars Express orbiter takes a deep dive into ancient Red Planet lake (images)

  08-08-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  The Mars Express spacecraft has taken a "deep dive" into Caralis Chaos, an ancient lake on the Red Planet believed to have been larger than any body of water on Earth.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (5 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 21:40 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• These nearby star systems could be good targets in the search for alien life

  08-08-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope, scientists have investigated if nearby exoplanets could support life, or if their stars are blasting them with too much deadly high-energy radiation.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (6 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 20:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• The spaceships of the Alien movies

  08-08-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  Alien: Romulus is almost here, so we're diving back into all things Alien, including the coolest spaceships the movies have had so far. These are our favorites.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (7 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 19:50 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Over 350 asteroids have hidden moons, Gaia space telescope finds

  08-08-2024 19:00 via space.com
  
  By precisely tracking the orbit of over 156,000 asteroids, the ESA star-surveying satellite Gaia has potentially found over 350 previously undiscovered asteroid-moon binaries.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (8 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 18:59 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (9 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 18:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Astronaut Jon McBride, early NASA space shuttle pilot, dies at 80

  08-08-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was the pilot on the first mission to launch seven people into space, has died at the age of 80. McBride flew on STS-41G, Challenger's sixth flight, in 1984.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (10 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 17:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could see northern lights alongside Perseid meteor shower this weekend

  08-08-2024 17:07 via space.com
  
  Northern lights could be visible over some northern and upper Midwest states on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10. A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.
  
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• 'World's oldest calendar' discovered carved into ancient monument

  08-08-2024 16:58 via space.com
  
  A controversial comet strike theory has been circulating for 20 years. Now a group of researchers say they have found new evidence for it in ancient carvings at Göbekli Tepe, in Turkey.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (11 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 16:09 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• How to watch the Perseid meteor shower live online this weekend

  08-08-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  Find out where and when you can watch the peak of the Perseid meteor shower online for free.
  
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• On this day in space! Aug. 8, 1931: Happy birthday to a black hole pioneer!

  08-08-2024 15:58 via space.com
  
  OnAug. 8, 1931, British theoretical physicist and black hole pioneer Sir Roger Penrose was born.
  
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• US Space Force will make history when SpaceX's Crew-9 mission launches in September

  08-08-2024 15:17 via space.com
  
  When Crew-9 lifts off no earlier than Sept. 24, Space Force will be launching one of their own active servicemembers from their own launch complex for the first time ever.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (12 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 15:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (13 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 14:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Astronaut captures gorgeous green aurora shining behind Russian spacecraft docked at ISS (photo)

  08-08-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has once again delivered an incredible space picture. His latest shows a Russian Soyuz spacecraft poised in front of a green auroral storm.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (14 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 13:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (15 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 12:18 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Newborn moon may have had many mini-siblings in Earth orbit long ago

  08-08-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  When Earth and our moon were much closer together than they are now, the duo could have had tiny companions, or a disk revolving around them in orbits around the pair's poles, a new study finds.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (16 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 10:40 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (17 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 09:55 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (18 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 09:10 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (19 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 07:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (20 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 06:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (21 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 06:09 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (22 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 04:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (23 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 04:09 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 14 Aug 2024 (6 days away): Lunar occultation of Antares

  08-08-2024 01:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.
  
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• 13 Aug 2024 (6 days away): Messier 15 is well placed

  08-08-2024 01:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The globular cluster M15 (NGC 7078; mag 6.3) in Pegasus culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 12 Aug 2024 (4 days away): Perseid meteor shower 2024

  08-08-2024 01:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 12 Aug 2024 (4 days away): Moon at First Quarter

  08-08-2024 01:48 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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• 10 Aug 2024 (2 days away): Lunar occultation of Spica

  08-08-2024 01:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Spica (Alpha Virginis), creating a lunar occultation visible from Micronesia, Eastern and Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, Spratly Islands and Paracel Islands.
  
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• 09 Aug 2024 (Tomorrow): The Moon at apogee

  08-08-2024 01:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope finds a shock near supermassive black hole (image)

  08-08-2024 00:00 via space.com
  
  By examining a distant supermassive black hole, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a shocking link between jets and dust around these cosmic titans.
  
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