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🇬🇧 First full Moon of spring set to rise in UK skies this week
[United Kingdom]
How and when to see the 2026 Worm Moon in March.
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🇺🇸 Jupiter Is Smaller and Flatter Than Previously Thought
[USA]
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and has proudly boasted about this since time immemorial, with its scientific confirmation occurring by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It was later found th...
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🇬🇧 Planetary parade: How and when to spot six planets align in UK skies
[United Kingdom]
Not one, not two, but six planets are due to line up in the night skies this weekend in a relatively rare planetary parade.
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🇺🇸 Another Early Universe Surprise From The JWST: A Jellyfish Galaxy
[USA]
Astronomers have found a candidate Jellyfish Galaxy only about 5 billion years after the Big Bang. This is earlier than expected, since the ram pressure stripping responsible for it wasn't thought to ...
Related: #Galaxy Formation, #JWST Discoveries, #Early Universe -
🇺🇸 A 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will dazzle people and penguins in Antarctica
[USA]
The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it
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🇺🇸 This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward.
[USA]
The unusual event, never seen before, might be a way small comets are “blown to bits” in the solar system.
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🇺🇸 Lost Soviet Luna 9 Moon Lander May Have Been Found
[USA]
Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar surface. “One of them is wrong,” an expert said.
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🇬🇧 Six planets line up for rare parade throughout February
[United Kingdom]
<p>Celestial spectacle will be at its most impressive on 28 February, when Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align across the sky</p><p>Space enthusiasts are in for a treat at t...
Related: #Science, #Space Exploration