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• 02 Oct 2024 (21 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  01-10-2024 23:57 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (20 hours away): New Moon

  01-10-2024 23:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 02 Oct 2024 (20 hours away): Annular solar eclipse

  01-10-2024 23:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  There will be an eclipse of the Sun,visible from southernArgentina and southernChile.
  
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• 02 Oct 2024 (22 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  01-10-2024 23:00 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (21 hours away): New Moon

  01-10-2024 23:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
  Read more

• 02 Oct 2024 (21 hours away): Annular solar eclipse

  01-10-2024 23:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  There will be an eclipse of the Sun,visible from southernArgentina and southernChile.
  
  Read more

• China unveils spacesuit for moonwalking astronauts (video)

  01-10-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  China has revealed the design of its moonwalking spacesuit, which the nation hopes to start putting to use on the lunar surface by 2030.
  
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• 02 Oct 2024 (23 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  01-10-2024 22:01 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.
  
  Read more

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• 02 Oct 2024 (22 hours away): New Moon

  01-10-2024 22:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
  Read more

• 02 Oct 2024 (22 hours away): Annular solar eclipse

  01-10-2024 22:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  There will be an eclipse of the Sun,visible from southernArgentina and southernChile.
  
  Read more

• 02 Oct 2024 (23 hours away): New Moon

  01-10-2024 21:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
  Read more

• 02 Oct 2024 (23 hours away): Annular solar eclipse

  01-10-2024 21:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  There will be an eclipse of the Sun,visible from southernArgentina and southernChile.
  
  Read more

• A star-studded Rosette nebula brings gorgeous color to the cosmos

  01-10-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros is captured in all its glory, revealing the sites of star formation and the feedback effects of stars that have already coalesced out of the nebula's molecular gases.
  
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• Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS wows skywatchers around the world and astronauts in space (photos, video)

  01-10-2024 19:30 via space.com
  
  Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is lighting up skies around the world. We take a look at some of the best photos taken from the ground and from space.
  
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• How long will the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2 last?

  01-10-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  The "ring of fire" duration depends on where you are watching it from.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon

  01-10-2024 17:00 via space.com
  
  Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins.
  
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• Some of Uranus' moons might be able to support life. Here's what a mission might reveal

  01-10-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  Some of Uranus' moons show signs of having subsurface liquid oceans where life might be possible. A mission to the Uranian moon system could help planetary scientists learn more about the habitability of these worlds.
  
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• 'Sub-Earth' exoplanet discovered around the closest solo star to us

  01-10-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  Astronomers have discovered a low-mass "sub-Earth" planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, Barnard's star, that has a year lasting just three Earth days.
  
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• STEM and space: Building what's next

  01-10-2024 13:00 via space.com
  
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• 5 main stages of the annular solar eclipse 2024 explained

  01-10-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  On Wednesday (Oct.2), an annular eclipse will sweep over the globe; here is what you can expect from this ring of fire eclipse, including how it will progress.
  
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• 03 Oct 2024 (3 days away): NGC 253 is well placed

  01-10-2024 01:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 (mag 7.1) culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 02 Oct 2024 (Tomorrow): The Moon at apogee

  01-10-2024 01:26 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.
  
  Read more

• 02 Oct 2024 (Tomorrow): New Moon

  01-10-2024 01:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
  Read more

• 02 Oct 2024 (Tomorrow): Annular solar eclipse

  01-10-2024 01:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  There will be an eclipse of the Sun,visible from southernArgentina and southernChile.
  
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• 02 Oct 2024 (2 days away): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  01-10-2024 01:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  136472 Makemake 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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• 01 Oct 2024 (Tomorrow): The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed

  01-10-2024 01:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Andromeda Galaxy M31 (mag 3.4) culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• The Milky Way's 2 biggest satellite galaxies are oddly lonely, study finds

  01-10-2024 00:00 via space.com
  
  The Milky Way's system of small, orbiting satellite galaxies is quite unusual, a new 12-year study of other galaxies in the local universe has found.
  
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