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July Full Moon: An optical illusion will make the moon appear abnormally large. Here's why
The full moon of July will rise on 10 July and will be an opportunity to witness an optical effect known as the Moon illusion. The moon will appear extremely huge because of this illusion when it is ...
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It’s official – The solar system is receiving an unexpected visit from an interstellar object, which could change everything
The comet will zip past Mars’s orbit and reach its closest point to the Sun on 29 October 2025, at 1.35 astronomical units.
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Recent studies of the Cosmos field
Dr. Caitlin Casey, an observational astronomer, has recently joined the physics department at UC Santa Barbara. She co-leads the C.O.S.M.O.S. collaboration — a project distinguished by its deep ...
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Asteroid named after Victorian astronomer who was the first woman at the University of Cambridge paid to observe the heavens
An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian astronomer after research revealed she was the first woman at the ...
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The brightest planets in July's night sky: How to see them (and when)
Nearby will be the Bull's brightest star, orange Aldebaran, fairly conspicuous in its own right, yet still shining only a ...
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Asteroid named after first woman at Cambridge paid to observe the heavens
An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian woman astronomer whose pioneering work at the University of Cambridge has ...
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Between The Buried And Me x Hail The Sun 2025 North American tour: Presale code, dates, venues, and more explored
Progressive metal outfit Between The Buried And Me is officially gearing up to return to the road this fall with the ...
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Spacecraft Takes First-Ever Images of the Sun's South Pole from Outside the Ecliptic Plane
Back in 2020 the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a spacecraft called Solar Orbiter. In the agency's own words, we're talking about "the most complex scientific laboratory ever to study our ...
Summer solstice is tonight. See why it's the longest day of the year, what solstice means
The official marker of the summer season arrives tonight. It's the summer solstice, which has been celebrated for thousands of years.
Mysterious south pole of the sun finally revealed — your tech and science digest
Last week saw scientists celebrating a breakthrough in bowel cancer prevention. The study, by the University of Edinburgh and the Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, uncovered bowel cancer’s ...
Sun’s south pole unveiled by ESA for the first time; here’s why it matters
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, in collaboration with NASA, has captured unprecedented images of the Sun's south pole from 40 million miles ...