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Reference Becoming an astronaut doesn't just happen overnight. It takes many years of education and experience to meet the basic qualifications.

Reference Our meteor showers 2023 calendar will tell you everything you need to know about upcoming meteor showers, including where and when to see them.

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Reference Find out what's up in your night sky during September 2023 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Reference Our viewing guide tells you which planets are visible in September's night sky and how you can see them.

Reference Jupiter's Great Red Spot is the largest storm in the solar system and has been raging for hundreds of years. We explore the phenomenon in more detail here.

Reference See the phase of the moon tonight and the rest of the moon phases for 2023, and when you can see them.

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Reference Fast radio bursts — fleeting blasts of energy that are brighter than entire galaxies — remain mysterious. Here's what we know (and don't know) about FRBs.

Journey through cinema and science fiction history as we run down the best time travel movies of all time, from simple trips to other eras to time loops.

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Reference A supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth in its orbit. 2023 will experience four supermoons.

Reference The full moon happens about once a month. Find out when.

Reference A Blue Moon is a rare occurrence that depends on the timings of full moons during the year. The moon is not blue during a Blue Moon.

While we wait for Avatar 3 to arrive in 2025, James Cameron and Ubisoft plan to keep us busy with the open-world video game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

Buying Guide We've tested and reviewed the best zoom lenses ideal for photographing the stars, cosmos, landscapes and more.

Reference The Higgs boson is a fundamental particle discovered on July 4, 2012, by researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) located at CERN, Switzerland.

Reference Keep up with all the rocket launches, astronomical events and mission milestones for 2023 with our space calendar.