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Bright moon tonight — best deep-sky viewing after moonset (04:55)
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The Week Ahead
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
An Artificial Comet
Yes, but can your comet tail do this? No, and what you are seeing is not the tail of a comet. The picture features a cleverly overlayed time-lapse sequence of a group of satellites orbiting Earth together in June. Specifically, these are Starlink communications satellites in low Earth orbit reflecting back sunlight before sunrise to Inner Mongolia, China. Although the satellites appear to the human eye as points, the 20-second-long camera exposures caused them to appear as short streaks. Currently there are over 9000 Starlinks in orbit, with more being launched nearly every week. Other satellite constellations are also being planned. Explore the Universe: Random APOD Generator
Image credit: Wang Chao — APOD is a service of NASA and Michigan Tech. U.
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NASA's Artemis II crew—including astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen—has been officially presented ahead of their crewed lunar mission.
NASA — 30 Mar 2026
NASA awarded Intuitive Machines $180.4 million to deliver science payloads to the lunar surface as part of the CLPS initiative supporting the Artemis program.
NASA — 27 Mar 2026
NASA released the launch countdown for Artemis II, targeting no earlier than April 1, 2026, to send astronauts around the Moon and back to Earth.
NASA — 26 Mar 2026
NASA selected 10 scientists to develop the lunar surface science plan for Artemis astronauts, including instrument deployment and sample collection at the lunar south pole.
NASA — 27 Mar 2026
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