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How to See August’s Full Sturgeon Moon

It'd be pure lunacy to skip an opportunity to see this beauty.

How to See August’s Full Sturgeon Moon

10 Famous Birthdays to Celebrate in August

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10 Famous Birthdays to Celebrate in August

The NEOWISE Comet Is Visible This Month—But Won't Be Again for 6000 Years

NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab/Parker Solar Probe/Brendan Gallagher

The NEOWISE Comet Is Visible This Month—But Won't Be Again for 6000 Years

8 Facts About David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'

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8 Facts About David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'

The Meteoric Rise—and Tragic Fall—of NASA's Skylab

NASA // Public Domain

The 2020 Perseid Meteor Shower Is Coming

Barry Mulling, Flickr // CC BY-SA 2.0

What Should You Do In the Unlikely Event You Meet An Alien?

If you ever find yourself in a Mac and Me-type situation, it's best to know what to do.

July's Last Quarter Moon Is Coming This Weekend

When the Moon hits your eye like half a pizza pie, that's a quarter moon.

NASA Scientist Simulates What Sunsets Would Look Like on Venus, Mars, and Beyond

NASA's Curiosity rover captured this sunset at Mars' Gale crater in 2015.

Eau de Space: Former NASA Scientist’s New Perfume Smells Out of This World

One small scent for man.

NASA Names Washington, D.C., Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary Jackson

Mary W. Jackson at NASA in 1980.

A Huge, Super Bright Jupiter Reaches Opposition This Month

Alejandro Sanchez de Miguel, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA

An Annular Solar Eclipse Will Be Visible in Some Parts of the World on Summer Solstice Weekend

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Look Up! June’s Strawberry Moon Will Light Up Skies Friday Night

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17 Odd Things We've Sent to Space for Some Reason

There's a Starman waiting in the sky.

How to Watch SpaceX’s Historic Astronaut Launch Live

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken make their way to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 30, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.