We're busy in the newsroom today as the Perseid meteor shower peaks tomorrow night. With a brighter moon this year, we're looking into whether this may be an issue for skywatchers eager to see these shooting stars.
Other stories for today include experts voicing growing concerns about organized scientific fraud happening within the field of astronomy. Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com's Astronomy Channel Editor, notes that: "As we see companies and institutions increasingly investing in and becoming reliant on artificial intelligence, it's especially important to ensure that scientific studies and factual information online are legitimate. It is such data that trains the AI algorithms that have been weaving into our society."
The other headlines for your daily read include a dive into SpaceX's 100th mission for the year, a new book about the turn-of-the-century Mars Craze and weird "Cosmic Grapes" in an early galaxy.
Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold hydrogen, new research reveals. They could help scientists figure out when our galaxy's black hole last erupted.
The rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10% per year, making it difficult for astronomers to study the night sky.
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