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Blast off with the 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli for World Space Week on Arm and Hammer's Baking Soda Rocket Day

October 10, 2025
The volatile, back-and-forth relationship between baking soda and vinegar is one we all know well. Every time the two get together, you can count on a serious — and seriously fun — reaction. But if you’re still mixing your chemical-reaction cocktails to make miniature volcanoes, today is the day to point those erupting bubbles in the other direction. Today, we’re using baking soda and…
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6,000 and counting: The next 30 years in the search for exoplanets

October 9, 2025
With the number of exoplanets having recently passed the 6,000 mark, astronomers are busy preparing for many thousands more in the coming years, with underutilized planet-finding techniques about to come to the fore to add the deluge from transit surveys. “We’ve found 6,000 planets, but none of them are like Earth,” said Aurora Kesseli, an astronomer at Caltech who works on…
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Save 27% on these Celestron Cometron binoculars — great stargazing for the whole family

October 8, 2025
Amazon Prime Day in October is here! It is running from Oct. 7-8, so you only have 48 hours to grab most of the hottest deals on stargazing gear. The Celestron Cometron 7×50 binoculars are now only $35 and they are our pick for the best family binoculars in our best binoculars guide. That’s a huge 27% off their regular retail price! You can get the Celestron Cometron 7×50…
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The Harvest Moon rises tonight: See the 1st supermoon of 2025 brighten October's sky

October 7, 2025
October’s full Harvest Moon looms large over the eastern horizon at sunset tonight! Here’s what you need to know before the first supermoon of 2025 rises to dominate the night sky with a magnificent display of moonlight. The full moon phase will occur at 11:48 p.m. EDT on Oct. 6 (0348 GMT Oct. 7), when the lunar disk will appear fully-lit opposite the sun in Earth’s sky, shining…
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