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Everything we know about the Sun

Plus:

The Starmus Festival rocks Slovakia
Webb unlocks starbirth in Serpens
Behind the scenes at a rocket launch
What causes rainbows and moonbows?

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The Orange Space Shuttle Astronaut Suit is now available with the new, Junior Astronaut Helmet. This astronaut helmet is for children, ages 3 to 10 only. It is a smaller version of the larger helmet, but does not have the sound effects chip.
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Annual star products roundup: Best scopes & more!

Inside the world of deep-sky objects

Black holes converge at cosmic dawn
Observe galaxies in sculptor
Nexus coma corrector reviewed
Steve O'Meara on a black ring in cygnus
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Elevate your style with these epic hoodies from Space Force and NASA! 🪐✨ #SpaceForce #NASA #HoodieStyle

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Apollo 50th Anniversary Earth, Moon & Mars To Scale Box Set

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NASA, Human Spaceflight Milestones, flown material from NASA programs Medallion.

Large, 2.5" (70 mm) in diameter! 3 oz (86 grams)

NEW! MAY 2023. IN STOCK.

NASA 60th Anniversary - Human Spaceflight Milestones Medal with visible flown material from various NASA programs.

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Space Shuttle medallion with VISIBLE flown material from all 6 Space Shuttles!

2.5" (63 mm) in diameter!

2.6 oz (75 grams)!

Serialized, ONLY 981 medals issued!

The first ever medal that contains flown material from all six Space Shuttle in ONE medallion! ALLOW 7-10 DAYS.

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Many people assume that amateur stargazers must invest hundreds or even thousands of dollars in equipment before they can enjoy the wonders of the night sky.
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Today History 1181:On 6 August 1181, a supernova was observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers.

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This is our crew. This is humanity’s crew. And when Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy circle the Moon next year, they’re going to open the door to unlimited possibilities.

Check out the new Artemis II crew poster: https://t.co/ilqfdPCIdP

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which observes light at slightly longer wavelengths than the human eye can see. Brighter colors in this image indicate higher altitudes, while...

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#Astronomy enthusiasts will enjoy completing this 1000-piece round puzzle featuring Jupiter in stunning infrared. This unique view of Jupiter comes from the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument,

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His investigation of molecular spectra produced empirical laws anticipating those of quantum mechanics. He observed spectra of planets and stars and measured their radial velocities, and he determined the rotation rates of Uranus, Jupiter and Saturn.

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1853: On 24 July 1853, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres was born.

Deslandres was a French astrophysicist who invented a spectroheliograph to photograph the Sun in monochromatic light and made extensive studies of the solar chromosphere and solar activity.

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The Perseids are visible between 23 July and 22 August but, by 12 August, at the peak of the shower, skywatchers can expect to see possibly 80-100 meteors per hour if skies are clear.

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Today History

On 23 July every year, the #Perseid meteor shower begins.

The shower begins when Earth enters the edge of a cloud of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle. Dust-sized particles hit the atmosphere and appear to streak across the night sky.

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CRS #SpaceX 31 Mission #Patch

Approximately 4.5" x 4"

SpaceX CRS-31 is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station. The mission is contracted by NASA and will be flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon.

Made in the USA

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Earth as seen from Space...

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Piazzi discovered Ceres in 1801, but was able to make only three observations. Gauss had recently developed mathematical techniques that allowed the orbit to be calculated. The thousandth asteroid discovered was named Piazzia in his honour.

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Today History

1826: On 22 July 1826, Giuseppe Piazzi died.

Piazzi was an Italian astronomer who first discovered an asteroid - Ceres.

He also established an observatory at Palermo and mapped the positions of 7646 stars.