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September's big, beautiful 'Harvest Moon' will appear full starting tonight (Sept. 9)
The full Harvest Moon rises Sept. 10, 2022. This is the closest full moon to the autumn equinox.
Watch a gargantuan fireball tumble over New York in the dead of night
On Aug. 28, an enormous fireball lit up the skies over the northeastern United States for several seconds, exciting hundreds of stargazers.
Powerful solar flare lashes Earth, causes radio blackout across Europe and Africa
Auroras have been swirling through the skies already this week as the sun awakens from slumber.
NASA suddenly aborts moon rocket test launch with 29 seconds on the clock
NASA aborted the 4th consecutive rehearsal launch of its powerful SLS rocket on Monday, citing a hydrogen leak.
NASA's gargantuan Mega Moon Rocket could head to space as soon as Aug. 29
NASA announced that its Artemis-1 mission could launch as soon as Aug. 29, flying the most powerful rocket ever built around the moon and back.
A planet-size sunspot grew 10-fold in the last 2 days, and it's aimed directly at Earth
Scientists are watching as a planet-size sunspot has grown tenfold in the last two days and could launch solar flares directly toward Earth.
Amazonian 'zombie' fungus bursts through fly's body in grisly, contest-winning photo
A grisly photo of a dead fly blooming with mind-controlling fungus has won top prize in the second annual BMC Ecology and Evolution Image Competition
Last supermoon of the year — the 'Sturgeon moon' rises tonight (Aug. 11)
The Sturgeon Moon, the fourth and final supermoon of 2022, rises on Aug. 11th.
