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Skygazers won't want to miss tonight's show as up to 25 shooting stars per hour are set to light up the night sky, thanks to the Orionid meteor shower. Over the coming days the meteor shower will be visible prior to the break of dawn, made up of fragments left…
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Tonight, an "exceedingly rare" Super Blue Moon is set to light up the night sky - and if you don't catch it this evening, you'll have a long time to wait until the next one occurs. A whole 14 years to be exact, as the next Super Blue Moon isn't…
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Scientists believe that today may be the day they receive a response from aliens, 40 years after sending a message into space. Astronomers at Stanford University beamed a message to space using an antenna on August 15, 1983, and believe today (August 22, 2023) is the earliest we might get…
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One of the year's most dramatic displays is set to light up the night sky tonight as the Perseid meteor shower will see 100 shooting stars zoom across the sky per hour. The Perseid meteor shower is named after the constellation Perseus, where the meteors are believed to originate from,…
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Look up to the night sky later this month as five planets will be visible at the same time in what is a pretty rare event! Whether you're an avid astronomer or someone who just glances up at the sky every now and then, we can presumably all agree that…
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Look up to the sky this morning to see the last full moon of winter, alongside another planetary phenomenon that will make Tuesday morning much easier to swallow. Getting lost in the stresses of modern life can be easy, and it can sometimes be hard to take a moment to…
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