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NASA Says Look Up: A Celestial Show Is Coming for Everyone
NASA is telling people in the United States and around the world to simply look up. The space agency published
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Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak
Halley's Comet debris brings pre-dawn shooting stars in early May. NASA highlights the Eta Aquarids as one of May 2026's skywatching events.
Best before dawn; darker skies help, and moonlight may reduce faint meteors.
Event source: NASA Science
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Meteor explodes over New England with force of 300 tonnes of TNT
A meteor streaked across the sky over the northeastern United States and exploded with the force of 300 tonnes
🇺🇸 United States
A Spiral Galaxy Is Being Dragged Into the Heart of the Virgo Cluster
A spiral galaxy 47 million light years away is being pulled, slowly and inexorably, toward the center of a mas
🇷🇺 Russia
Two Cosmonauts to Step Outside the ISS for a Rare Joint Spacewalk
Two Russian cosmonauts are preparing to float outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk that NAS
🇺🇸 United States
Hubble Spies a Galaxy Cluster That Warps the Fabric of Space
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🇪🇸 Spain
Spain to witness first total solar eclipse since 1905 in 2026
For the first time in 121 years, mainland Spain will fall under the shadow of a total solar eclipse. On 12 Aug
🇺🇸 United States
Moon and Venus Put on a Sky Show Visible to the Naked Eye
On the morning of December 7, 2024, the Moon and Venus appeared so close in the sky that they looked like a pa
🇺🇸 United States
NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Slingshots Past Mars on Way to Metal Asteroid
A NASA spacecraft aimed at a rare metal asteroid has just pulled off a high speed flyby of Mars, using the red
🇺🇸 United States
NASA's Psyche Probe Snaps Mars South Pole During Flyby
A NASA spacecraft built to explore a metal asteroid just sent back crisp new views of the Martian south pole.
🇬🇫 French Guiana
Europe and China Launch Smile Satellite to Study Solar Storms
A satellite designed to watch how the Sun's breath rattles Earth's magnetic field lifted off from a jungle lau
🇺🇸 United States
Earth's Cosmic Stalkers May Be Asteroids, Not Moon Chunks
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🇬🇫 French Guiana
Smile spacecraft completes final Earth journey before solar mission
Before it can study how Earth responds to the Sun's streams of particles and radiation, the Smile spacecraft h
🇫🇷 France
Smile Mission to Reveal Earth's Invisible Magnetic Shield
A space mission named Smile is about to show humanity something no one has ever seen before: Earth's magnetic
🇺🇸 United States
Hubble Maps the Milky Way's Chaotic Core for Roman Telescope
The center of the Milky Way is so crowded with stars that even the Hubble Space Telescope has struggled to see
