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What you should know about the October 2024 phenomenon

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What you should know about the October 2024 phenomenon

The first full moon of fall – also one of this year's four “supermoons” – rises in the eastern sky today. The Hunter's Moon is the first full moon after the autumnal Harvest Moon in September, which borders the equinox. While the Hunter's Moon will reach its greatest brightness at 7:26 a.m. ET, the moon […]

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

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

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, […]

Northern lights could be visible tonight, this weekend: when and where

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Northern lights could be visible tonight, this weekend: when and where

The Sun has had a busy week. There was plenty of solar activity in the first few days of October with two observed coronal mass ejections, including the massive X7.1 solar flare on Tuesday and then a rare X9 solar flare on Thursday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather forecast center. […]