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APODSimulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms
2026-07-26
How do clusters of galaxies form? Since our universe moves too slowly to watch, faster-moving computer simulations are created to help find out. One famous effort is TNG50 from IllustrisTNG, an upgr…
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- Universe Today Juno Measures the Heat Below Io's Restless Surface 2026-07-24 17:56
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Rocket Launches
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Space Weather
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AIA 193 A (Corona) (SDO)
Earth (EPIC/DSCOVR) — 2026-07-23
Moon Phase
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Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated
Next Full Moon
29. Jul (3d)
Next New Moon
13. Aug (18d)
Meteor Showers
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Delta Aquariids 4dPeak: 30. Jul 2026 ZHR: ~25 41 km/s96P/Machholz
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Perseids 17dPeak: 12. Aug 2026 ZHR: ~100 59 km/s109P/Swift-Tuttle
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Draconids 74dPeak: 8. Oct 2026 ZHR: ~10 20 km/s21P/Giacobini-Zinner
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Orionids 87dPeak: 21. Oct 2026 ZHR: ~20 66 km/s1P/Halley
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Leonids 114dPeak: 17. Nov 2026 ZHR: ~15 71 km/s55P/Tempel-Tuttle
Near-Earth Asteroids
CNEOSNext 14 days, < 0.1 AU
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2026 OS2026-Aug-01 20:0 3.1 LD 1.178.435 km 5.8 km/s
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2026 OA32026-Jul-27 04:2 4.9 LD 1.889.307 km 5.2 km/s
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2026 OE12026-Aug-07 23:4 7.6 LD 2.927.167 km 10.2 km/s
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2026 OR2026-Jul-28 21:1 10.4 LD 3.992.805 km 10.4 km/s
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2024 RM102026-Aug-05 12:0 13.5 LD 5.198.298 km 7.5 km/s
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2026 OL2026-Jul-27 09:2 15.9 LD 6.093.951 km 15.9 km/s
LD = Lunar Distances (384.400 km)
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Astronomer's Telegrams
ATel- #17927 FRB 20121102A: Upper limits from a neutrino search with IceCube
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- #17923 MAXI/GSC detection of a onset of the X-ray outburst from the Be/X-ray binary pulsar XTE J1858+034
- #17922 EP J185209.1-192017: Einstein Probe detection of a new X-ray transient
Current Comets
Heavens-Above| Comet | Mag | Constellation | Alt |
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| 10P Tempel 2 | 8.5 | Capricornus | -33.6° |
| 88P Howell | 13.2 | Aries | 39.0° |
| C/2014 UN271 Bernardinelli-Bernstein | 13.8 | Volans | -30.2° |
| C/2023 R1 PANSTARRS | 13.9 | Scorpius | -46.8° |
| C/2024 J3 ATLAS | 13.9 | Lyra | 6.0° |
| 78P Gehrels | 14.0 | Taurus | 59.2° |
| 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 | 14.2 | Leo | -0.5° |
| 220P McNaught | 14.3 | Cetus | 32.2° |
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Latest Publications (peer-reviewed)
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- ApJ Mode Instability and a Massive, Isolated Outburst in the Pulsating White Dwarf GD 1212 J. J. Hermes, Keaton J. Bell, Andrew H. Dublin, M. H. Montgo
- ApJ Intermediate-mass Black Hole Formation from Hierarchical Mergers in Galactic Nuclei Amanda Newton, Sanaea C. Rose, Fulya Kıroğlu, Bao-Minh Hoang
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