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NASA Picture of the Day

APOD
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Space News

NASA ESA ESO UT
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Rocket Launches

LL2
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Space Weather

NOAA
Kp-Index
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Solar Flux (10.7cm)
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SFU
Sunspots
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SILSO
Solar Wind
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km/s
AIA 193 A (Corona) AIA 193 A (Corona) (SDO)

Moon Phase

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Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated
Next Full Moon 2. Apr (14d)
Next New Moon 16. Apr (29d)

Meteor Showers

IMO
  • Lyrids 47d
    Peak: 22. Apr 2026 ZHR: ~18 49 km/s
    C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
  • Eta Aquariids 61d
    Peak: 6. May 2026 ZHR: ~50 66 km/s
    1P/Halley
  • Delta Aquariids 146d
    Peak: 30. Jul 2026 ZHR: ~25 41 km/s
    96P/Machholz
  • Perseids 159d
    Peak: 12. Aug 2026 ZHR: ~100 59 km/s
    109P/Swift-Tuttle
  • Draconids 216d
    Peak: 8. Oct 2026 ZHR: ~10 20 km/s
    21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Near-Earth Asteroids

CNEOS
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New Papers

arXiv
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Astronomer's Telegrams

ATel
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Current Comets

Heavens-Above
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Live Services

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Latest Publications (peer-reviewed)

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Data from: NASA (APOD, News, CNEOS, SDO), ESA, ESO, NOAA SWPC, Launch Library 2, Universe Today, arXiv.org, ApJ, ApJL, AJ, A&A, MNRAS, Nature Astronomy, SILSO, ATel, COBS, IMO. Updated every 20 minutes.