Rare ‘Black Moon’ to rise this week
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As of Wednesday, Aug. 20, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 9% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.
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South Korea's K-RadCube radiation satellite will hitch a ride on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission
South Korea's KASA is just one international space agency that will fly cubesats on the mission; Germany's DLR will also contribute its TACHELES cubesat. While Artemis 2 will send astronauts around the moon, the cubesats will have their own science objectives.
Even though S/2025 U1 is pretty tiny, measuring only 10km wide, the team behind the moon spotting say that it's big news.
New moon brings highest tide of the month this week as Hurricane Erin churns dangerous waves, surf on East coast. What to know about August new moon
Exoplanet habitability depends on a whole host of factors, with liquid water at the top of the list. It also requires a stable atmosphere, the right chemistry, and possibly even things like plate tectonics or other geological activity.
According to astrologer Nina Kahn, the new moon on August 22 PT/23 ET, 2025 will take it easy on these three zodiac signs.
The second and final 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse of 2025 is coming on the night of Sept. 7-8. Here's where the celestial spectacle will be visible — and how to watch it if you're not in the path.
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See a razor-thin crescent moon join Jupiter and Venus in the predawn sky on Aug. 20
The bright stars Castor and Pollux will be positioned to the left of the moon in the early morning hours of Aug. 19. Mercury, meanwhile, will be visible close to the horizon, but will swiftly become lost in the glare of the sun, which rises at 6:11 a.m. ET (1011 GMT) for viewers in New York.
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