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FILE - In this long exposure photo, a streak appears in the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower at the Guadarrama mountains, near Madrid, in the early hours of Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

How to spot the Perseids and other bright meteor showers this summer

 
 · CHRISTINA LARSON
This combination image, created from two photos provided by NASA, shows Jupiter pictured on April 3, 2017, left, and Mars pictured on Aug. 26, 2003, right. (NASA via AP)

Mars and Jupiter are set to get chummy in the night sky

 
 · MARCIA DUNN
The northern lights, or the aurora borealis, appear in the sky over Rat Lake in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories on Thursday, Aug.8, 2024. (Bill Braden /The Canadian Press via AP)

Faint auroras may be visible in Northern Hemisphere skies after weekend solar storms

 
 · ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
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Mars may have enough water under its surface to form a global ocean, study suggests

 
FILE - The northern lights appear over Anchorage, Alaska, early the morning of Friday, Oct.. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Northern lights may be faintly visible across parts of the US this Thanksgiving

Solar storms may produce faint auroras across the northern rim of the United States this Thanksgiving.
 
FILE - A supermoon with a partial lunar eclipse rises over Lake Michigan in Chicago, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Earth’s ‘mini moon’ may have been a chunk of our actual moon

 
CORRECTS LOCATION TO 56 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCSON NOT IN TUCSON This Dec. 14, 2023 image made available by NOIRLab shows meteors from the Geminid meteor shower streaking across the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, located about 56 miles (90 kilometers) southwest of Tucson in the Tohono O’odham Nation. (NSF's NOIRLab via AP)

The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists say

 
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket, but aborts attempt to catch booster with mechanical arms

 
President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk at the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP)

Trump and Musk solidify their bond with Texas trip for rocket launch

 

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Astronauts on the International Space Station share their Thanksgiving plans

Astronauts at the International Space Station sent their Thanksgiving plans down to earth. (AP produced by Javier Arciga)

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Here’s the latest for Sunday, Nov. 24th: Ukraine’s security service displays wreckage of Russia’s new experiemental ballistic missile; Leaders from around the world reached agreement on how rich countries can support poor countries in face of climate change; U.S. forecasters issue weather warnings as travel ramps up for Thanksgiving; Earth parts with asteroid that’s been tagging along as “mini moon” for past two months.

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Earth bids farewell to its temporary ‘mini moon’ that was possibly a chunk of our actual moon

Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. Scientists suspect it may be a boulder that was blasted off the moon during an asteroid impact.

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SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket as Trump joins Elon Musk to watch

SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms as Donald Trump joined Elon Musk to watch. (AP produced by Javier Arciga)

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People gather in Buenos Aires to witness the last supermoon of the year

People gathered on the banks of the La Plata river in Buenos Aires to see a supermoon on Friday - the last of 2024. (AP video shot by Victor R. Caivano)

Revisit 2024’s Total Solar Eclipse

FILE - The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Cerulean, Ky. On April 8, 2024, the sun will pull another disappearing act across parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada, turning day into night for as much as 4 minutes, 28 seconds. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

April’s total solar eclipse is nearly here. Here’s why it’s worth the watch and how to stay safe

 
 · MARCIA DUNN
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A map of April 2024’s total solar eclipse

 
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Safety first: How to watch April’s total solar eclipse that will cut across North America

 
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What you can expect to experience during April’s total solar eclipse

 
FILE - People gather near Redmond, Ore., to view the sun as it nears a total eclipse by the moon, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse in North America first hits land at Mexico’s Pacific coast, cuts diagonally across the U.S. from Texas to Maine and exits in eastern Canada. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

From watch parties to music festivals, choose your April 8 total solar eclipse adventure

 
 · STEPHANIE NANO
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How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in April

 

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President-elect Donald Trump poses for a photo with Dana White, Kid Rock and Elon Musk at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump appears to be planning to attend SpaceX ‘Starship’ launch scheduled for Tuesday in Texas

President-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend a SpaceX “Starship” rocket launch on Tuesday, in the latest indication of founder Elon Musk’s influence in the Republican’s orbit.
 
FILE - The Pentagon and the surrounding area is seen in this aerial view in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

New Pentagon report on UFOs includes hundreds of new incidents but no evidence of aliens

A new report from the Pentagon has revealed hundreds of new reports of unidentified aircraft and aerial phenomena, but no indications of extraterrestrial life.
 
FILE - Leonid meteors are seen streaking across the sky over snow-capped Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain, in this 7-minute exposure photo taken, Nov. 19, 2001. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)

The Leonid meteor shower peaks as the supermoon wanes

The November supermoon will still be almost full when the Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Astronomers say the moonlight will likely obscure all but the brightest meteors in most locations.
 
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump attend a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Elon Musk says he and Trump have ‘mandate to delete’ regulations. Ethics laws could limit Musk role

Choosing billionaire Elon Musk to be what President-elect Donald Trump calls “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, is not the first time an American president has empowered a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations.
 
An airplane flies past the moon as it rises over Lake Michigan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

When to catch the last supermoon of the year

Astronomers say better catch this week’s supermoon. It will be a while until the next one. This will be the year’s fourth and final supermoon, looking bigger and brighter than usual.
 
FILE - In this May 13, 2019, photo, River, left, and Timon, both rhesus macaques, sit in an outdoor enclosure at Primates Inc., in Westfield, Wis. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger, File)

Monkeys that escaped a lab are a species used for human research since the 1800s

The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet.
 
The SpaceX crew of the Dragon spacecraft, from left, cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, pilot Michael Barratt, commander Matthew Dominick and mission specialist Jeanette Epps gather for a photo after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

NASA astronauts won’t say which one of them got sick after almost 8 months in space

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month won’t say which one of them got sick.
 
In this image from live video released by Roscosmos, a Soyuz rocket lifts off from a launch site in Vostochny, far eastern Russia to carry satellites, including two built by Iran, into orbit on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Roscosmos via AP)

Russian rocket launches Iranian satellites into orbit as Moscow and Tehran expand ties

A Russian rocket has blasted off successfully to carry a pair of Iranian satellites into orbit, a launch that reflected growing cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.
 
A new flagship H3 rocket carrying a defense ministry communications satellite is launched from Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan successfully launches a defense satellite carried by a new flagship H3 rocket

Japan has successfully launched a defense satellite designed for speedier communication and military operations on a new flagship H3 rocket, as the country seeks to build up its military capability amid growing tension in the region.
 
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, astronaut Li Guangsu waves as he is carried out of the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-18 manned space mission after it landed successfully at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, early Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (Li Xin/Xinhua via AP)

China space station crew returns to Earth after 6 months in space

Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a six-month stay on China’s Tiangong space station.
 
This 2014 image provided by NASA shows a Taurid fireball recorded at the NASA All Sky Fireball Network station in Tullahoma, Tenn. (NASA via AP)

The Taurid meteor showers peak a week apart in November

Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies — and will peak a week apart. The Southern Taurids will reach their zenith early Tuesday morning. and the Northern Taurids the following week.
 
A Long March rocket with a Shenzhou-19 spacecraft atop takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China in the early hours of Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China’s new crew has arrived at space station in sign of growing influence in space field

A Chinese space ship carrying a three-person crew has docked with its orbiting space station as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space.
 
This image provided by NASA shows Comet Atlas, nicknamed the “Halloween comet”, approaching its closest to the sun, October 2024, as seen in this real-time image from NASA’s orbiting Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. (NASA via AP)

‘Halloween comet’ breaks apart after flying close to the sun

NASA says a recently discovered comet has broken apart as it approached the sun. The space agency said Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft captured the moment when the comet broke into chunks this week.
 
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a damaged large building at the Revolutionary Guard's Shahroud Space Center in Semnan province, Iran, Tuesday Oct. 29, 2024. Israel's attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Satellite photos show Israeli strike likely hit important Iran Revolutionary Guard missile base

Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program.
 
The launch pad for the Shenzhou-19 mission, left, is seen during day break at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China says it’s ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday

China says all systems are ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station on the latest mission to make the country a major space power.
 
This photo provided by NASA shows Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, left, NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, second from left, Matthew Dominick, second from right, and Jeanette Epps, right, inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

NASA astronaut is released from the hospital after returning from space

NASA says an astronaut has been released from the hospital after returning from space. The unidentified NASA astronaut was briefly hospitalized for an unspecified medical issue Friday shortly after returning with three others from a nearly eight-month stay at the International Space Station.
 
This photo provided by NASA shows support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

NASA astronaut remains in the hospital after returning from an extended stay in space

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months. A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast before dawn Friday.
 
This illustration provided by Caltech depicts the orbits of brown dwarf twins, Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb, with a separation only 16 times larger than the distance between Earth and the Moon. The pair of stars orbits a cool M-dwarf star every 250 years. (K. Miller, R. Hurt/Caltech/IPAC)

Scientists realize they’re seeing double of a brown dwarf found decades ago

Scientists say a celestial object discovered decades ago is actually twins orbiting each other. The discovery was published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
 
Steam rises from cooling towers of a power plant as the moon rises near Senftenberg, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

October’s supermoon pairs with a comet for a special nighttime spectacle

October’s supermoon is the closest of the year and it’s teaming up with a comet for a rare stargazing two-for-one.
 
Students at Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School participate at a ceremony to plant a small Giant Sequoia tree from NASA's Artemis I Mission's tree seeds that traveled around the moon twice, after the school was honored in the spring of 2024 to become NASA Moon Tree Stewards in Lake Forest, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

A Southern California school plants a ‘Moon Tree’ grown with seeds flown in space

A California school has planted a tree that’s out of this world. Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary School in Lake Forest planted a so-called “Moon Tree” that was grown with seeds flown around the moon on NASA’s Artemis I Mission in 2022.
 
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with a NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life

A NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.
 
This image provided by SpaceX shows SpaceX's mega rocket booster returning to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Boca Chica, Texas. (SpaceX via AP)

In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

Company employees screamed in joy, jumping and pumping their fists into the air. NASA joined in the celebration, with Administrator Bill Nelson sending congratulations.
 
This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Europa Clipper spacecraft over the moon, Europa, with Jupiter at background left. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life

A massive NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft named Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust and determine whether conditions there could support life.
 
FILE - Unpainted Boeing 737 Max aircraft are seen on Sept. 24, 2024, at the company's facilities in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Boeing will lay off 10% of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples airplane production

Boeing is announcing layoffs. The giant aircraft maker said Friday it will lay off about 10% of its workers — about 17,000 people — in the coming months.
 
This photo provided by Nicolas Biver shows Comet C/2023 A3 (ATLAS-Tsuchinshan) as seen from Eure-et-Loir, France, June 6, 2024. (Nicolas Biver via AP)

How to watch comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas this October

A rare, bright comet will be visible in October, clear skies permitting. The comet will make its closest approach to Earth on Saturday.
 
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 at Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying a European spacecraft to an asteroid. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away from Florida on Monday on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA in 2022.
 
FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows the "Sounds of Earth" record being mounted on the Voyager 2 spacecraft in the Safe-1 Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Aug. 4, 1977. (AP Photo/NASA, File)

NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power

NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Tuesday the instrument that measures the flow of charged atoms was powered down so Voyager can keep exploring for as long as possible.
 
This image provided by NASA shows an enhanced color view of Pluto’s big moon Charon captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, July 14, 2015. (NASA via AP)

NASA’s Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto’s largest moon

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Charon’s surface.
 
In this image made from a NASA livestream, the two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June 2024, Butch Wilmore, far left, and Suni Williams, far right, welcome two new residents who flew up on SpaceX, NASA's Nick Hague, front left in blue, and the Russian Space Agency's Alexander Gorbunov, front right in blue, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Behind them, from left in black, are NASA's Jeanette Epps, Russia's Alexander Grebenkin, NASA's Mike Barratt and NASA's Matthew Dominick. From left, wearing red, are Russia's Ivan Vagner, NASA's Don Pettit and Russia's Alexei Ovchinin. (NASA via AP)

Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home next year

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June are welcoming their new ride home.
 
FILE - The moon moves in front of the sun during an annular solar eclipse, or ring of fire, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, as seen from San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

October’s ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will dazzle parts of South America and the Pacific

A “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun will cross the Pacific and the tips of Argentina and Chile. During Wednesday’s annular solar eclipse, the moon will obscure all but a ring-shaped sliver of the sun.