Saturn and Jupiter frame the moon, August 12

Catch the waning gibbous moon between Saturn and Jupiter overnight on August 12-13, 2022. You can see the trio all night until dawn brightens the sky.

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August full moon – a supermoon – on August 11-12

The August full moon is the year’s last supermoon. This full moon lies near Saturn and interferes with the Perseid meteor shower.

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Raining fish and frogs … for real

Click here to read many recent, documented accounts of raining fish and frogs. Yes, it’s a real thing! Discover the causes here.

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Trudeau Is Now Attacking Canada’s Farmers With IPCC-Driven Mandates

To flip a very famous phrase: now is the summer of our discontent. Toronto — always yearning to be a world-renowned city, but not in this way — has had its main airport deemed the “world’s worst.” The government of…

Why do meteor showers have a radiant point?

Meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere on parallel paths. So, you’ll see meteors appear to come from a single point in the sky: the radiant point!

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Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming – ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is a partnership between ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine. Late on May 31, 2018,…

Summer meteors 2022: Moon-free in late July and early August

Summer meteors 2022: full moon falls at the peak of the Perseids. Try watching for meteors in late July and early August.

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UK issues ‘Red Extreme’ heat warning as parts of country brace for temperature surge – CNBC

An office worker carries a large fan in central London on July 12, 2022. On Friday, the Met Office issued a Red Extreme heat warning for parts of the country. Yui Mok | PA Images | Getty Images The U.K….

SpaceX assessing damage after Booster 7 explosion

A fuel explosion interrupted a static engine test of the SpaceX Starship super-heavy-lift vehicle.

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Closest supermoon of 2022 on July 13

The closest supermoon of the year will be on July 13, 2022. On that date, the moon will lie 222,089 miles (357,418 km) from Earth.

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