Friday, July 1, 2022

Another supermoon rises this month with July's 'Buck Moon'

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Another supermoon rises this month with July's 'Buck Moon'
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July's full moon will once again be a supermoon, reaching its perigee or closest point to our planet on July 13.
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Satellites watch record-breaking wildfires burn across Alaska
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A hot, dry start to summer has sparked a record number of wildfires in southern Alaska, and weather satellites are tracking the development of the blazes from space.
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Higgs boson: The 'God Particle' explained
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The 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs Boson is Monday, July 4th. What exactly 'is' the Higgs Boson?
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Skywatching
A huge comet will make its closest approach to Earth in July. Here's how to watch it live.
(Gianluca Masi/The Virtual Telescope Project)
One of the farthest active comets ever spotted will make its closest approach to Earth on July 14, and you can catch the action live online.
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Science & Astronomy
Surprise 'fossil galaxy' spotted near mighty Andromeda
Skywatcher Giuseppe Donatiello spotted an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, now dubbed Pegasus V, in archival data from a U.S. Department of Energy camera designed to hunt for dark energy.
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SpaceX
SpaceX's Starlink satellites will help improve space weather forecasts amid sun's unpredictable activity
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SpaceX is stepping in to help fill the gaps in space weather forecasting after its firsthand experience with an unexpected solar storm earlier this year.
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Spaceflight
Watch NASA roll huge Artemis 1 moon rocket off the pad tonight
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NASA plans to start rolling its Artemis 1 moon mission off the launch pad on Friday evening (July 1), and you can watch the slow-moving action live.
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Technology
Where will NASA set up its moon base?
The search for desirable property on the moon is complicated but follows a common terrestrial maxim: "location, location, location."
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