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Sturgeon moon and Perseids lighting up the night sky

Heads up: The sturgeon moon and Perseids lighting up the night sky in August

Peaking in mid-August ( Aug. 12 ), NASA considers this “the best meteor shower of the year,” noting, “With swift and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long ‘wakes’ of light and color behind them as they streak through Earth’s atmosphere.”

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A ‘Planet Parade,’ A ‘Black Moon’ And A Meteor Shower: The Night Sky In August 2025

August 2025 is packed with brilliant sights for stargazers, from planet groupings before dawn to shimmering meteor trails at night. Here’s your guide.

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Full Sturgeon Moon, Perseid meteor shower and planetary conjunction to light up August skies

August 2025 brings the Full Sturgeon Moon on August 9, a Venus-Jupiter conjunction on August 12 and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on the nights of August 11–12.

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Sun dogs and other celestial effects could appear in alien skies

Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around ...

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The science behind lunar and solar eclipses: Essential facts every student should understand

Lunar and solar eclipses occur when the Earth, Moon, and Sun align in specific ways, but their formations and appearances ...

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Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests

"If we were able to take a picture of WASP-17b at optical wavelengths and resolve the disk of the planet, we would see these ...

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Weather Words: Tide

Sitting by the beach and listening to the tide come in is one of my favorite things to do. But if you stop and think about ...

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NASA spacecraft snaps images of lunar transit and Earth eclipse on the same day — see the photos

The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between ...

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Total Solar eclipse: Here’s what every student should know about this once-in-a-lifetime celestial spectacle

A total solar eclipse will not occur on August 2, 2025, despite viral claims. The real event is on August 2, 2027, featuring ...

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A 'Once-in-a-century' Eclipse Is Coming—but It's Not This Week

No, the world is not going dark on Aug. 2, but the real “eclipse of the century” will last over 6 minutes in 2027.

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See Mars shine close to the waxing crescent moon after sunset on July 28

The crescent moon will be visible 20 degrees above the western horizon at sunset on July 28, with Mars appearing as a bright point of light roughly four degrees to its upper right. Both Mars and the ...

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Why was the moon shades of red, orange and yellow last night? - AOL

An illustration shows the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth during a lunar eclipse. It isn't drawn to scale. / Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio ...

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