Saturn’s Rings Seem as if They’re About to Disappear: Here’s Why

During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.

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The Moon Was an Inside Job

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun.

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NASA Releases Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS Passing by Mars

With the government reopened, the space agency at last released pictures captured by a fleet of government spacecraft of an object that came from beyond our solar system.

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Wife of Astronaut Pleads Guilty to Falsely Alleging Crime in Space

Summer Worden admitted lying to federal agents when she accused her spouse, the astronaut Anne McClain, of illegally accessing her bank account from space.

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How to Watch the Leonids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak

The moon is far from full this weekend, which could mean good fireball viewing for night sky watchers.

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Blue Origin to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Mars: How to Watch

This will be the second flight of the orbital rocket from Jeff Bezos’ space company and will include a key test of whether it can land a booster stage for later reuse.

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Northern Lights Are Beautiful, but for Satellites They’re Risky

At least one space launch has been put on hold, as satellite operators and rocket companies manage the effects of the current geomagnetic storm hitting Earth.

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How to See the Northern Lights on Wednesday

A geomagnetic storm that made the aurora borealis visible farther south than normal is expected to continue for another night. But clouds may obscure your view.

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Northern Lights Dazzle U.S. Skies as Far South as Alabama

The night skies across the United States lit up as fast-moving charged particles from the sun slammed into the Earth’s atmosphere.

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The ‘Lost Sisters’ of the Pleiades Fill the Entire Night Sky

Astronomers identified more than 3,000 stars associated with the cluster, and there might be even more.

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