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When is the full moon in October 2024? Hunter's Moon is coming this week

October 16, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Exploring a Possible Water World: What Will NASA's Europa Clipper Do? NASA explains the Europa Clipper mission, the dangers the probe will face, how it will get to Jupiter's moon and what scientists hope to find. NASA Spooky season is here and what better way to prepare for Halloween than with a full moon? October's […]

Can you see the comet tonight? Here's where to look

October 15, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS The comet can be seen in the western sky after sunset in October. Didn't you get enough of the Northern Lights last week and want even more celestial phenomena? A comet that is only visible once every 80,000 years is now overhead. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS likely originated in the Oort Cloud, […]

Europa Clipper launches from Florida on a SpaceX rocket to Jupiter's moon

October 14, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

“Our next chapter in space exploration has begun,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said after the launch. NASA mission to search for signs of life on Europa on its way to launch NASA's unmanned Europa Clipper won't search for life on Jupiter's moon; only conditions that would support it. The Europa Clipper lifted off at 12:06 […]

Will Tennessee see the Aurora Borealis tonight? Maybe here is the reason

October 11, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Space footage shows a comet rising in front of the aurora before sunrise A NASA astronaut released footage of a comet appearing over the horizon before sunrise, surrounded by the glow of an aurora and moving satellites. Earth is facing another geomagnetic storm that could bring the northern lights to Tennessee once again, but it […]