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• James Webb Space Telescope finds supernova 'Hope' that could finally resolve major astronomy debate

  03-10-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant cosmic explosion that erupted in the early universe called "supernova Hope" that could help resolve lingering "Hubble trouble."
  
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• When is the next solar eclipse?

  03-10-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  It'll be about six months before skywatchers are treated to another solar eclipse — during which only part of the sun will be obscured from view.
  
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• The next solar eclipse will be a partial eclipse in March 2025. Here's what you need to know.

  03-10-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  It'll be about six months before skywatchers are treated to another solar eclipse — during which only part of the sun will be obscured from view.
  
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• How to watch ULA's 2nd-ever Vulcan Centaur rocket launch on Oct. 4

  03-10-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  United Launch Alliance is set to launch the second test flight of its Vulcan Centaur rocket on Friday morning (Oct. 4), and you can watch the action live online.
  
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• Curiosity Mars rover's wheels are more battered than ever — but they still work

  03-10-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  The latest photo of Curiosity's wheels shows new — but not debilitating — damage.
  
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• Can you see Earth's new 'mini-moon' with the naked eye?

  03-10-2024 19:00 via space.com
  
  On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "mini-moon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers.
  
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• BepiColombo spacecraft's flyby of Mercury begins unraveling the planet's magnetic mystery

  03-10-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  The secrets of Mercury's strange magnetic bubble are gradually being unlocked by the BepiColombo spacecraft as it makes its rapid flybys of the world.
  
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• Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)

  03-10-2024 17:35 via space.com
  
  On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal X9.05 eruption — and it's heading for Earth.
  
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• In photos: Annular solar eclipse 2024 delights with stunning 'ring of fire' display

  03-10-2024 16:13 via space.com
  
  On Oct. 2, an annular solar eclipse turned the sun into an impressive "ring of fire." Here are some of the best photos of the dramatic display.
  
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• First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's speech notes posted online by Purdue

  03-10-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  Neil Armstrong is perhaps best known for saying 12 words on July 20, 1969: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." But there's more to his record, as his alma mater can attest.
  
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• Top 'safety risk' for the ISS is a leak that has been ongoing for 5 years, NASA audit finds

  03-10-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  The ISS has been dealing with a leak in its Russian segment since 2019. As NASA and Roscosmos work to solve it, a new report says the leak is a primary 'safety risk' to operations.
  
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• Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight

  03-10-2024 12:53 via space.com
  
  Aurora chasers are on high alert for possible geomagnetic storm conditions Oct.3 through Oct. 5 with northern lights possible as far south as Illinois and Oregon.
  
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• Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon

  03-10-2024 12:53 via space.com
  
  Aurora chasers are on high alert for possible geomagnetic storm conditions Oct.3 through Oct. 5 with northern lights possible as far south as Illinois and Oregon.
  
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• One of our favorite star projectors now at lowest price in over six months

  03-10-2024 12:52 via space.com
  
  Save 13% on the Pococo Galaxy star projector ahead of Amazon Prime Day (Big Deal Days): The lowest price in over six months on one of the best star projectors we've tested.
  
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• Mass extinctions on Earth can help us find alien life in the cosmos. Here's how

  03-10-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  The history of life on Earth offers clues to aid the search for complex life elsewhere in the cosmos.
  
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• How mass extinctions can help scientists find complex alien life

  03-10-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  The history of life on Earth offers clues to aid the search for complex life elsewhere in the cosmos.
  
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• 05 Oct 2024 (2 days away): The Moon at perihelion

  03-10-2024 02:04 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun, which happens each month around the time of new moon.
  
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• 02 Oct 2024 (Yesterday): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (9 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (8 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (7 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (6 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (5 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (49 minutes ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (4 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (3 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (29 minutes ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (23 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (22 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (21 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (20 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (2 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (2 days ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (19 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (18 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (17 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (16 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (15 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (14 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (13 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (12 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (11 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (10 minutes ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (10 hours ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (1 hour ago): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:54 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (8 minutes away): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:45 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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• 02 Oct 2024 (28 minutes away): 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction

  03-10-2024 01:25 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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• 05 Oct 2024 (2 days away): October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2024

  03-10-2024 01:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The October Camelopardalid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 05 Oct 2024 (2 days away): Close approach of the Moon and Venus

  03-10-2024 01:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus pass close to each other.
  
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• 04 Oct 2024 (2 days away): The Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed

  03-10-2024 01:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Milky Way's dwarf companion, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC; mag 2.7), in Tucana culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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