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August 16, 2024

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The Supermoon Blue Moon is coming! Here's what to expect

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The next full moon will occur at 2:26 p.m. EDT (1826 GMT) on Monday, Aug. 19. But it won't be just any old full moon, it will be a Supermoon Blue Moon! Sounds pretty cool, but what exactly does that mean? Let's take a look at what makes a "supermoon" and a "Blue Moon" (and what makes a two-in-one Supermoon Blue Moon, of course).

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What are the Boeing Starliner astronauts doing on the ISS?

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While astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were expected to spend 10 days in space after their June 5 launch, it's now been 71 days — and they will not come home until mid-August at the earliest. What have they been doing this whole time?

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Space Deal of the Day

Save over $100 on these Vortex Crossfire HD binoculars

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The Vortex Crossfire HD 10x42 binoculars are over $100 off on Amazon right now and this is a deal we like a lot as this is a slightly more portable version of what we think is the best mid-range model in our best binoculars guide.

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Skywatching

Astrophotographers capture rare Jupiter and Mars encounter

(Josh Dury)

On Aug. 14, avid astrophotographers turned their attention to the sky a couple of hours before sunrise and captured a rare planetary "meet-up" between Jupiter and Mars. It's been over two years since Jupiter and Mars appeared this close together in the night sky and we'll have to wait until 2033 to see such a close encounter unfold again.

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Spaceflight

India launches Earth-observing satellite on new rocket

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The Indian Space Research Organisation's EOS-08 spacecraft lifted off atop the 112-foot-tall (34 meters) SSLV — short for Small Satellite Launch Vehicle — from Satish Dhawan Space Centre tonight at 11:47 p.m. EDT (0347 GMT or 9:17 a.m. India Standard Time on Aug. 16). This was the third flight for the SSLV.

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Science & Astronomy

Rare sun auroras from '2-way highway' of charged particles,

(Sijie Yu)

Auroras on Earth occur when storms from our sun engulf our planet — and in a rare cosmic feat last April, our planet returned the favor. The "2-way highway" was created largely due to a plasma-rich component of the solar wind called a coronal mass ejection , which typically travels faster than the speed at which magnetic waves known as Alfvén waves move through plasma. That speed is known as the Alfvén speed.

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SpaceX

Watch SpaceX's Transporter 11 launch payloads to space today

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Transporter 11 group of satellites is slated to fly to orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California no earlier than 2:20 p.m. EDT (1820 GMT; 11:20 a.m. local time.) SpaceX usually opens the broadcast about five minutes before launch on X, formerly Twitter, where you can watch the event live.

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SpaceX's Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president - What it could mean (Op-Ed)

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Elon Musk officially endorsed Donald Trump for president of the United States on July 13, 2024, shortly after Trump survived an assassination attempt. Musk, a billionaire technology entrepreneur, has made groundbreaking contributions in multiple industries, particularly space travel and exploration. Their partnership could significantly shape the future of U.S. space exploration and defense, as well as shift the balance of power between the public and private sectors in space.

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Technology

Quantum sensor could revolutionize space exploration

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Scientists at NASA's Cold Atom Lab (CAL) onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have announced that, for the first time, they have successfully made high-precision measurements using a quantum sensor based on ultra-cold atoms of the element Rubidium.This is a significant achievement with wide-ranging applications, as these sensors could surpass traditional ones in sensitivity and accuracy, enabling advancements in fields like GPS technology and telecommunications.

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