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If you're wanting to get your 2021 off to an impressive celestial start, an event that NASA calls one of the "best annual meteor showers" is set to light up the night skies this weekend. The Quadrantids return to the sky every year between December 28 and January 12. "An…
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This has been far from the easiest year that we have all lived through, but if we look to the night sky tonight, we may get a glimpse of something positive to remember about 2020. A stunning 'Christmas Star' is set to light up the night sky tonight in a…
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The Geminid meteor shower is set to light up the night sky tonight in what will be one of the most impressive celestial displays of 2020. With as many as 120 meteors shooting through the sky every hour, the meteor shower will be extra bright if you're viewing it in…
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An incredibly rare "Christmas star" is set to light up the night sky this month in a celestial event that's not taken place since the Middle Ages. For the first time in 800 years, two of the largest planets in our solar system are set to collide. Jupiter and Saturn…
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There's no doubt that Baby Yoda from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian is one of the most popular characters in the Star Wars franchise. Ever since the series dropped, viewers all over the world fell in love with the cute little space tot, and we were all soon buried under…
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Four astronauts have just arrived at the International Space Station, including Victor Glover, who is now the first Black person to live there for an extended stay. The 44-year-old will now begin his trailblazing six-month stay on the orbiting lab. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, named Resilience, was launched in…
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Halloween is almost upon us: a time for us all to carve our pumpkins, dress up, and watch some scary movies. Sadly, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's unlikely that many of us will get the chance to go out trick-or-treating this year. But if you're disappointed about that, then…
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An American astronaut has cast her vote in the 2020 Presidential Election all the way from the International Space Station. According to a recent post on one of NASA's official Twitter accounts, astronaut Kate Rubins cast her vote in the US elections on Thursday, October 22, despite currently being in…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson claims that an asteroid could hit Earth just one day before the US election. According to a report by CNN, news of the incoming meteor was first announced on August 23, when the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that an…
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Unearthed footage has once again been circulated on social media showing the moment Buzz Aldrin punched a conspiracy theorist who claimed the astronaut never stepped foot on the Moon. It has been 51 years since the July 20 Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969, an event that marked not only…
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In what has been described as a "tidal disruption event" seen in telescopes across the world, astronomers watched an unusual blast of light from a star being "eaten" by a black hole. Per the Independent, the phenomenon manifested itself as a bright burst of energy, and at just 215 million…
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While the topic of relieving ourselves isn't something most of us want to concern ourselves with, there is one question many of us have asked at some point: how exactly do astronauts poop in space? Well, thanks to one particular NASA astronaut, you won't have to trouble yourselves with pages…
