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Happy Wednesday, space fans
We're starting off with some exciting skywatching news. Tonight, the Taurid meteor shower peaks! So grab your lawn chairs and pack your patience to see some autumnal fireballs in the night sky. And make sure to check our guide so you're looking in the right direction. In less exciting news, NASA has concerns over the future of the Hubble Space Telescope, and the agency is actually calling out to industry looking for ideas that could save the telescope. But Hubble is still an active, powerful tool and recently, researchers used Hubble to look at a cosmic "cat's tail" that's so massive it could wrap around the Earth and sun a whopping 500 times. Imagine that.
Check out what's big in space below:
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The three Americans currently living off Earth made sure their voices were heard, voting in the midterm election from the International Space Station.
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The U.K. startup Shield Space is racing to apply the lessons of drone warfare in Ukraine to develop swarms of up to 100 autonomous, satellite-defending cubesats.
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The Hubble Space Telescope is healthy but is being pulled down toward Earth by atmospheric drag. NASA is considering options to extend the iconic telescope's work.
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On Aug. 2, 2027, the moon's shadow will sweep across Tunisia, giving Star Wars fans a rare chance to experience a total solar eclipse at the real-life filming locations of Tatooine.
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Europe's Hera planetary defense spacecraft is closing in on the binary asteroid system targeted by NASA's DART deflection test, and can now tell the two rocky bodies apart.
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Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated a cosmic cat's tail formed when two Pluto-sized bodies smashed together.
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Over 1,400 students gathered in Hawaii recently to learn about astronomy as part of the annual Journey Through the Universe program.
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You don't have to stay at home to enjoy great games. Game on the go with the best space and sci-fi games on the Nintendo Switch.
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And that's it for our space update today.
What will happen with the Hubble Space Telescope? Will NASA be able to save the iconic observatory with the help of industry? We sure hope so. Hubble opened our eyes to the universe in a way we'd never seen it before, and today it continues to capture incredible images and data of the cosmos that expands our understanding. Sure, we have other amazing space telescopes like JWST and Roman, but Hubble still serves an important purpose in the space ecosystem, so we're keeping our fingers crossed that we can hold onto this amazing observatory for just a little longer.
Coming up tonight, we have the peak of the Taurids meteor shower. These meteors are set to put on a spectacular show, so if you can gather up some friends and some comfortable spots to sit under the stars, you just might get to enjoy an incredible night of shooting stars and fireballs streaking across the night sky. And coming up in just a few days, Space.com will be on the ground in Florida covering NASA's MAX POWER event, the agency's new air show. And we expect it to be chock-full of space-y sights and reveals, so stay tuned! To follow closely along and stay up to date with all things space, you can now get Space.com right in the palm of your hand with our new app available now on iOS and Android.
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Chelsea Gohd
Content Manager, Space.com
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