{"id":578960,"date":"2026-08-01T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578960\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:30:07","slug":"mark-your-calendars-aug-12-could-be-the-greatest-single-day-and-night-for-skywatching-for-years-live-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578960\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark your calendars: Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years &#8211; Live Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxNR0ItQjFhd2Vjd0x6M2t0N3RkdlljN2w0eVU0OVFUbnpiVko2cHR0N2JEYXNaUW5TZEw4LXJ0QVJCRXVlU0VFRm1tWkN1eWNWNm9MQ3VxSnBuSVpFSHhWcWJZZnJ6enJ3UERjeHVwOUtKX3lOZ2ZLbnBYYUkyZXBtRlozR1ZSV1VuWE5IXzBYNUNWc3hVbHZ5UmFGbUQ5SURZYnNhVjNFVFNqeWlHdXpVNDhyZnItaDhDQmljUFU5R2Q2WlZDdkxCX0hjSlZ4ZTdRdkFSbUFkUGlLLUVIS3FDd0xTV0dFWW8wTXd5bWNVenE2NHQ4UGd5OF9uMi0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mark your calendars: Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Live Science<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPcmVCTWc0akFPSnZiNHIwTFN6MzI5ank0cGxXQlg4UmZRaEc0SHN3dGtnNDZaM3pqUHlGdHBkZXFHUXk3VVZtVVliTTVZc3NLdVAtOUhnUjVHR3lrRG5GNlZFQU5EbmtmVjljWXZiUWk0ZUtXcTRSdFlTbmlmeVF6Q3ZtbTE3UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">9 night sky events to see in August, from a total solar eclipse to the return of the northern lights<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;National Geographic<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQMEFXS05vcTJFSDlMY09udXFRc1hhZGxlUDh1NEViVXJBeFNGVTdDYTBQU0VZY1p4TVVLbTA4MlBEWmQ2T0g4cll2bmdhQVIzUVM2eHlfN1dpVEROQ1U4MnFmTXktaFdoUHlLaG5RU1RXTjhaT1FVZDhudFE1cFc3dWptVkFEdWZEZEpWODZlT0l0RmVIU3JJZjM0ZC13Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rare solar eclipse to be twinned with meteor shower in night sky spectacular this month<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6AFBVV95cUxPc2Z2V1pHT2tKTkxqUzV6amd5eWF4V2JxN3YwTFRvd2Nxdy14MFVwVEVUMXh3MWRwemszT0NMOFFIdldoRWhIYnhaYXRxY2JOUWJOdXZYUnZzZ1o3Y3NOb09ycGRPNmoxZ2pUaW5SQ0dKNG5Na1E1b3A4Rl9LZlM5THRveURQZ0xsd191S0NfOHlFc0VrV1hJOUlMNHNwZGY4b3IzQmM3dTZWUFVVVnRsVVhKd19BbER0SGRWY2k1enpEM2FDOUt3ZFJJRklfYVpscWFsclMydDgyQjBSV0U2SlMwcVZLbUNI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">An &#8216;almost blood moon&#8217; is coming on Aug. 27 and it&#8217;ll be the best lunar eclipse until NYE 2028<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;space.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark your calendars: Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years&nbsp;&nbsp;Live Science9&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,60,82,247],"class_list":["post-578960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}