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  2. Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings - Wikipedia

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    Some of these photos show the Earth with stars from the Capricornus and Aquarius constellations in the background. The European Space Research Organisation's TD-1A satellite later scanned the sky for stars that are bright in ultraviolet light. The TD-1A data obtained with the shortest passband is a close match for the Apollo 16 photographs. [63]

  3. Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth - Wikipedia

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    From any point on the equator, all of the stars visible anywhere on Earth on that day are visible at some time during the year as the sky rotates around a line drawn from due north to due south. When facing east, the stars visible from the north pole are on the left, and the stars visible from the south pole are on the right.

  4. Where Is ‘Stars on Mars’ Filmed? We Figured Out If ... - AOL

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    Viewers are asking where the new Fox reality competition show 'Stars on Mars' was filmed. Instead of going to space, celebrities went to Coober Pedy, Australia.

  5. Celestial navigation - Wikipedia

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    Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator to accurately determine their actual current physical position in space or on the surface of the Earth without relying solely on estimated positional calculations, commonly known as dead reckoning.

  6. Circumpolar star - Wikipedia

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    The stars near the celestial pole leave shorter trails with the long exposure. A circumpolar star is a star that, as viewed from a given latitude on Earth, never sets below the horizon due to its apparent proximity to one of the celestial poles. Circumpolar stars are therefore visible from said location toward the nearest pole for the entire ...

  7. NASA releases Webb telescope images of a galactic merger - AOL

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    The two galaxies in the images are situated 326 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydra. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km).

  8. Lists of astronomical objects - Wikipedia

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    Lists of astronomical objects. Selection of astronomical bodies and objects: Moon Mimas and Ida, an asteroid with its own moon, Dactyl. Comet Lovejoy and Jupiter, a giant gas planet. The Sun; Sirius A with Sirius B, a white dwarf; the Crab Nebula, a remnant supernova. A black hole (artist concept); Vela Pulsar, a rotating neutron star.

  9. List of largest stars - Wikipedia

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    Below are lists of the largest stars currently known, ordered by radius and separated into categories by galaxy. The unit of measurement used is the radius of the Sun (approximately 695,700 km; 432,300 mi). [1] The Sun, the orbit of Earth, Jupiter, and Neptune, compared to four stars.