The European Space Agency may have a bullying problem ( arstechnica.com )
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Astronomers have spotted the earliest barred spiral galaxy yet. It is the same type of galaxy as our Milky Way, but it dates back to when the universe was just 2 billion years old, earlier than was thought possible....
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The asteroid Dinkinesh’s newfound moon is actually a contact binary – two objects lightly touching at their ends. This is the first time such a binary has been found orbiting another asteroid....
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GIANT stands for Goddard Image Analysis and Navigation Tool, and it is basically an optical navigation software. That’s right, it uses images snapped by cameras, lidar, and other sensors to find the best way forward, kind of like we humans do when we use our eyes to see where we’re going....
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B1058 launched at 2023-11-04 00:37 UTC, and landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas at 00:45 UTC, setting a new record for Falcon 9 booster reuse at 18 flights.