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Just wait until their parents see the phone bill. Students in Illinois this week got a long-distance call of the space kind when astronauts aboard the space station gave them a ring.

One of the very coolest things about the Perseid Meteor Showers is that in addition to being one of the most popular meteor showers of the year, the Perseids hang around for almost a month and a half.

Known as the oldest of meteor showers, and the one that peaks at the tail end of April each year, the Lyrid meteor shower will peak just in time for Earth Day (April 22nd).

Early bird gets the worm, or in this case, the eclipse. Let's start with the facts, what is an eclipse? Well, there's different kinds of eclipses. The one we experienced this morning (June 10) was a solar eclipse. It was a partial solar eclipse, and according to Nasa that basically means - Partial solar eclipse: This happens when the Sun, Moon and Earth are not exactly aligned...

I've shared quite a bit of information about what's happening in Rockford's skies over the last month, and we're not done yet. If you feel like getting up a bit early tomorrow morning, you'll get a look at a solar eclipse.

The International Space Station, or ISS, has been floating around above the Earth since 1998, and this week is a particularly good time to look up and catch it as it flies over the Rockford area multiple times.

As if 2020 hasn't been creepy enough, this Halloween brings a lunar rarity.

Who knew that the folks at NASA had such a good sense of humor?

Get some $$$ for your ZZZ.

There's no need to take special precautions to protect your eyes to view the total lunar eclipse, just look up in the sky and enjoy it. Assuming the weather cooperates.