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Space news: The Perseid meteor shower, the Sun's surface, and a SpaceX moon crash

NPR | By Regina G. Barber,
Ari Daniel
Published August 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM CDT

NPR's science podcast Short Wave brings us space news

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Regina G. Barber is a co-host of Short Wave.
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