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Aug. 28, 2026

APOD — 2026 August 28, The Sky Turns Above Paranal: Why This Matters Tonight

APOD — 2026 August 28, The Sky Turns Above Paranal: Why This Matters Tonight
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Caloroga Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with

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the help of AI. APOD 2026, August 28th. The sky

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turns above Paranal. APOD Science. APOD APOD 2026, August 28th.

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Today's APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar. RSS Education about

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Discuss APOD Astronomy. Picture of the Day. Discover the Cosmos.

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Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating

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universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by

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a professional astronomer. The sky. Tonight the moon passes through

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part of Earth's shadow in a partial lunar eclipse. It

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won't turn fully red like a total eclipse, but you'll

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notice a dark shadow creeping across the lunar surface. Both

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gas giants put on a show. Saturn is at its

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yearly best, while Jupiter grows brighter and rises earlier each evening.

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Tonight's full moon is the Sturgeon Moon, named for the

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large fish that were most readily caught in the Great

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Lakes during August. A Falcon-heavy rocket is set to launch

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in the next couple of days from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

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SpaceX is behind this one. The booster will attempt a

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drone ship landing in the Atlantic. NASA's space weather trackers

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also note, a burst of solar material was seen on

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the north side of the sun, moving at moderate speed.

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Quick solar update. The sun is quite active, with numerous

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sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern

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lights tonight for those in northern latitudes. Look north after

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dark if skies are clear. That's your space update for today,

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compiled by AI from NASA and Space Flight News. For

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the strange side of the sky, search Spreaker for UFO

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sightings today.