Black Moon darkens August skies — here’s how to hunt sparking wonders in the Milky Way this weekend
August 21st, 2025 by me
The Double Cluster, Wild Duck open Cluster, and Coathanger asterism are on display in August.
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Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms
August 21st, 2025 by me
Tidal forces from Earth, Venus and Jupiter may help keep the sun calm, reducing the risk of powerful solar storms that threaten Earth, a new study suggests.
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Astronomers trace massive cosmic explosion back 12 billion years. ‘This is the most distant event where we can directly see light escaping from around stars’
August 21st, 2025 by me
Astronomers used the Einstein Probe to track a powerful blast of X-rays back to its source in the early universe.
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Curiosity rover images 3 intersecting Mars ridges | Space photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2025
August 21st, 2025 by me
As part of its exploration of Mars’s boxwork landscape, Curiosity found itself in a fork-in-the-road
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Watch sun unleash back-to-back plasma blasts in ‘spectacular’ prominence eruptions (video)
August 21st, 2025 by me
Two colossal plasma fountains tore away from the sun in a breathtaking double blast, one of the most impressive eruptions this solar cycle.
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Watch SpaceX launch US Space Force’s classified X-37B space plane today
August 21st, 2025 by me
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will liftoff Thursday, Aug. 21, with the Boeing-built X-37B space plane for the U.S. Space Force. The mostly classified mission will study experimental technology in orbit.
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Curiosity rover images 3 intersecting Mars ridges | Space photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2025
August 21st, 2025 by me
As part of its exploration of Mars’s boxwork landscape, Curiosity found itself in a fork-in-the-road
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Lunar Strike is a hard sci-fi adventure game about preserving humanity’s legacy on the moon (exclusive)
August 21st, 2025 by me
Save the world and our lunar history in Lunar Strike, the 2026 sci-fi narrative adventure game that was just announced at the Future Games Show.
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