astronomy
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When Is the Next Supermoon in Australia and How Can You Watch It?
August is a rare month in the astronomy calendar as it contains not one, but two supermoons.
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You Can Experience ‘Pluto Time’ Twice a Day on Earth
As the quote goes, “Born too late to explore earth, born too early to explore space.” It’s true: Barring some monumental development, our kind is destined to live the rest of our lives on Earth, leaving space exploration to some future generation that actually gets their act together. But just because you’re stuck on Earth…
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When to See the Orionids Meteor Shower This Month
Every year in autumn, our planet passes through a ribbon of space-debris left behind by Halley’s Comet, and Earth’s atmosphere colliding with this trail of ice and dust provides an impressive annual light show called the Orionids meteor shower.
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Gaze Into the Deepest View Yet of Our Universe: Webb’s First Full-Colour Image Is Here
NASA officials, President Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris have revealed the first full-colour image from the Webb Space Telescope: a breathtaking shot of deep space stretching back over 13 billion years, the first in a set of images to be released this week of the telescope’s first cosmic targets.