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The Geminid meteor shower of 2020 peaks tonight! Here’s how to watch it live online

December 13th, 2020 by

The Geminid meteor shower of 2020 peaks overnight tonight on Dec. 13 and 14 and you can watch it live online. Here’s how.

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Watch live tonight: More Geminid meteor shower views from around the world

December 13th, 2020 by

The Geminid meteor shower of 2020 will peak overnight tonight and you can watch it live in a series of webcasts.

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SpaceX just launched a powerful Sirius XM satellite into orbit and nailed a rocket landing

December 13th, 2020 by

SpaceX launched a veteran Falcon 9 rockets on its seventh trip to space Sunday (Dec. 13) to carry a massive radio satellite into orbit for Sirius XM and then return to Earth.

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Watch live at 5:30 pm ET: See the Geminid meteor shower of 2020 with Slooh Observatory

December 13th, 2020 by

Astronomers with the Slooh online observatory will host a free webcast of the annual Geminid meteor shower on Wednesday (Dec. 13) at 5:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT). Watch it live here!

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The largest solar telescope on Earth snaps the most detailed image of a sunspot we’ve ever seen

December 13th, 2020 by

Scientists recently released the most striking and detailed image of a sunspot we’ve ever seen.

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What does space do to the human body? 29 studies investigate the effects of exploration

December 13th, 2020 by

Astronauts endure radiation, weightlessness, isolation and a number of other physical and mental stresses of spaceflight. So what do these hazards actually do to their bodies?

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The total solar eclipse of 2020: What time does it begin?

December 13th, 2020 by

The only total solar eclipse of 2020 is coming up this Monday (Dec. 14) and here’s how you can follow along with its phases.

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On This Day in Space! Dec. 13, 2012: Chinese spacecraft flies by asteroid Toutatis

December 13th, 2020 by

On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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