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• 20 Feb 2025 (19 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-02-2025 23:10 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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• Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'

  19-02-2025 23:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is gearing up to cross the "termination shock," an exotic boundary in the outer solar system, as early as 2027.
  
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• Black holes snacking on small stars create particle accelerators that bombard Earth with cosmic rays

  19-02-2025 22:16 via space.com
  
  Gamma rays detected by NASA's Fermi spacecraft indicate that microquasars are powered by small black holes slowly devouring stars. They pack quite a punch, bombarding Earth with cosmic rays.
  
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• 20 Feb 2025 (20 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-02-2025 22:05 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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• 20 Feb 2025 (21 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-02-2025 21:14 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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• Lego Marvel Logo & Minifigures set review

  19-02-2025 21:00 via space.com
  
  It's not the most exciting set, but Lego Marvel Logo & Minifigures expertly achieves what it sets out to do.
  
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• 20 Feb 2025 (22 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-02-2025 20:16 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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• Over 1,000 NASA employees saved from dismissal as Trump downsizes federal workforce

  19-02-2025 20:12 via space.com
  
  After the space community braced for a brutal shake-up at NASA this week, a last-minute decision on Tuesday (Feb. 18) spared over 1,000 agency employees on probationary status from being dismissed.
  
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• 20 Feb 2025 (23 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-02-2025 19:21 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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• 25 Feb 2025 (6 days away): Conjunction of Mercury and Saturn

  19-02-2025 18:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°39'.
  
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• The next giant leap? How jumping could help astronauts train for trips to the moon and Mars

  19-02-2025 18:00 via space.com
  
  Scientists suggest adding jumping exercises to astronauts' training regimens, to minimize the health effects of long space missions, such as moon and Mars trips.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (Yesterday): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (9 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (8 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (7 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (6 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (6 days ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (55 minutes ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (5 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (5 days ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (4 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (4 days ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (3 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (23 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (22 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (21 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (20 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (2 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (2 days ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (19 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (18 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (17 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (16 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (15 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (14 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (13 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (12 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (11 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (10 hours ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (1 hour ago): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:23 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (3 minutes away): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 17:19 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• Largest-ever discovery of 'missing link' black holes revealed by dark energy camera (video)

  19-02-2025 17:01 via space.com
  
  Using a revolutionary dark energy camera, astronomers have discovered the largest haul of "missing link" intermediate-mass black holes ever seen, but there should have been more.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (1 hour away): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 16:06 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• Want a workout? Try walking to the top of the world's largest telescope (photo)

  19-02-2025 16:00 via space.com
  
  The world's largest telescope continues to take shape on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert.
  
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• Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit to fly closer to the lunar surface (video)

  19-02-2025 14:59 via space.com
  
  Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander lowered its orbit around the moon Tuesday (Feb. 18), sending back gorgeous footage from just over the lunar surface.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (2 hours away): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 14:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (4 hours away): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 13:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (5 hours away): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 12:08 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 7 planets are aligned in the night sky right now. But what's that mean for science?

  19-02-2025 12:00 via space.com
  
  In February 2025, all seven of our planetary neighbors will be visible from Earth. So what does such a planetary alignment mean for science? Well, not much — unless you're an interplanetary spacecraft.
  
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• 19 Feb 2025 (6 hours away): Venus at perihelion

  19-02-2025 11:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun.
  
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