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The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.

Watch Russia launch Progress 89 cargo spacecraft to ISS tonight

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Russia will launch its robotic Progress 89 cargo craft toward the International Space Station tonight (Aug. 14), and you can watch the action live.

14 Aug 2024 (3 hours away): Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars

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Jupiter and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'.

14 Aug 2024 (1 hour away): Close approach of Jupiter and Mars

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Jupiter and Mars pass within 18' of each other.

SpaceX to launch 1st space-hardened Nvidia AI GPU on upcoming rideshare mission

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An Nvidia Jetson Orin NX chip, one of the most popular AI and edge computing GPUs, will launch to orbit soon, on SpaceX's Transporter 11 mission.

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Jupiter and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'.

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Jupiter and Mars pass within 18' of each other.

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Jupiter and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'.

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Jupiter and Mars pass within 18' of each other.

Listen live: NASA providing update about troubled Boeing Starliner astronaut mission today

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NASA will provide an update about the ongoing astronaut mission of Boeing's Starliner capsule today (Aug. 14), and you can listen live.

14 Aug 2024 (6 hours away): Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars

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Jupiter and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'.

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Jupiter and Mars pass within 18' of each other.

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Jupiter and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'.

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Jupiter and Mars pass within 18' of each other.

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Jupiter and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'.

14 Aug 2024 (6 hours away): Close approach of Jupiter and Mars

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Jupiter and Mars pass within 18' of each other.

14 Aug 2024 (9 hours away): Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars

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Jupiter and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'.

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Jupiter and Mars pass within 18' of each other.

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Jupiter and Mars pass within 18' of each other.

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Jupiter and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'.

19 Aug 2024 (5 days away): Mercury at inferior solar conjunction

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Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun.

14 Aug 2024 (7 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Antares

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The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.

14 Aug 2024 (6 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Antares

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The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.

14 Aug 2024 (5 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Antares

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The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.

14 Aug 2024 (4 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Antares

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The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.

14 Aug 2024 (3 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Antares

14-08-2024 07:16 via in-the-sky.org

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The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.

14 Aug 2024 (21 minutes ago): Lunar occultation of Antares

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The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.

14 Aug 2024 (2 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Antares

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The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from French Polynesia, Cook Islands and Pitcairn.

14 Aug 2024 (3 hours away): Lunar occultation of Antares - Astronomy news - NewsLocker (2025)

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What does lunar occultation mean? ›

The term occultation is most frequently used to describe lunar occultations, those relatively frequent occasions when the Moon passes in front of a star during the course of its orbital motion around the Earth.

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What is the lunar occultation of Antares? ›

An occultation of Antares occurs when the red supergiant and brightest star in the constellation Scorpius disappears from view directly behind the moon and reappears on the opposite side.

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How long does a lunar occultation last? ›

A lunar occultation in astronomy is when the Moon appears to move in front of another object in the sky like a star, a planet or an asteroid. Since the Moon is close to us, we see it move relatively fast, even against other planets in the Solar System. A lunar occultation of a planet lasts about an hour.

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How often does an occultation occur? ›

Occultations are regular, predictable events because planets, dwarf planets, moons, and asteroids orbit the Sun and pass in front of stars in the background. Our Moon occults, or eclipses, the Sun four to six times each year.

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Which planet disappeared due to lunar occultation? ›

Uranus will disappear behind the illuminated side of the Moon and reappear from behind the unilluminated side of the Moon.

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What happens during occultation? ›

In space, an occultation happens when one object passes in front of another from an observer's perspective. A simple example is a solar eclipse. From a certain area on Earth, the moon passes in front of the sun and either partially or totally blocks the light.

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What if Antares was our sun? ›

If, by some bit of magic, Antares were suddenly substituted for our sun, its surface would extend well past the orbit of Mars! Unlike red dwarf stars (discussed below), the lifespan of supergiant stars is short (by stellar standards). Antares is only about 12 million years old, yet well into the autumn of its years.

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Why is occultation important? ›

Occultation may be one method of identifying extrasolar planets (also known as "exoplanets") by measuring the slightly reduced brightness of a distant star as one of its planets happens to pass in front of it as viewed from Earth.

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Is Antares in our solar system? ›

If Antares was placed in the center of our solar system, its outer surface would lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, in the asteroid belt. Antares is about 550 light-years (or 170 parsecs) from the Earth. Its visual luminosity is about 10,000 times that of the Sun.

How long does a lunation last? ›

A lunar month is the time between successive recurrences of the same phase: due to the eccentricity of the Moon's orbit, this duration is not perfectly constant but averages about 29.5 days.

When was the last lunar occultation of Mars? ›

On the evening of December 7, 2022, in much of North America and in the early morning hours of December 8, 2022, for much of Europe, the moon occults Mars. Check In-the-Sky.org for precise timing of the disappearance and reappearance of Mars from your location. Chart via John Jardine Goss/ EarthSky.

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What is the occultation of Venus in 2024? ›

The lunar occultation of Venus refers to a natural phenomenon in which the Moon passes in front of Venus, obstructing it from view. Since the orbits of Venus and the Moon are tilted at different angles relative to the ecliptic, occultations happen infrequently. The last time this occurred was on April 7, 2024.

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How rare are lunar occultations? ›

Occultations of bright stars and planets typically occur a few times per year, often clustering with several occultations of the same object in successive months, since the Moon traces roughly the same path across the sky each month.

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What is the significance of the lunar occultation? ›

Timing and observing lunar occultation events have very important scientific results. For example, grazing occultation observation can be used to gain valuable information about the limb profile of the Moon as well as the occulted star.

How often does Oumuamua pass Earth? ›

The better question is will Oumuamua pass by our solar system again. Our solar system won't change its path, but a small asteroid might. But in this case, there's no indication that Oumuamua will ever pass by our solar system again.

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What is the meaning of occultation in astrology? ›

Occultations occur when a big object like say, the moon, moves in front of a smaller appearing object, like a planet. Transits occur when an apparent small thing like a planet moves in front of a big thing, like the sun.

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What does the Moon mean to indigenous people? ›

THE MOON SYMBOLIZES: TRANQUILITY, GUIDANCE, PROTECTOR

Generally, the Moon symbolizes tranquility, guidance, and protection throughout most Pacific Northwest Indigenous art.

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