Distant Milky Way-like galaxy is older than we thought possible ( www.newscientist.com )
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....
NASA's Curiosity rover clocks 4,000 days on Mars ( phys.org )
After the sting of Ariane 6, Europe finally embraces commercial rockets ( arstechnica.com )
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Newfound moon around asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two touching rocks ( www.newscientist.com )
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....
A new trail to exoplanets: Team successfully detects ammonia isotopologues in atmosphere of cold brown dwarf ( phys.org )
Euclid, on the hunt for dark matter, releases first awe-inspiring images ( www.astronomy.com )
Juno discovers salts and organic compounds on Ganymede's surface - NASASpaceFlight.com ( www.nasaspaceflight.com )
New commercial space bill addresses mission authorization and SSA ( spacenews.com )
Astra, low on cash, defaults on loan ( spacenews.com )
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NASA delays Artemis lunar rover award by four months ( spacenews.com )
New research shows quasars can be buried in their host galaxies ( phys.org )
After leading NASA’s mission to Pluto, Alan Stern flies to space himself ( arstechnica.com )
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How Israel shot down a ballistic missile in space for the first time ( www.msn.com )
NASA open to extending ISS beyond 2030 ( spacenews.com )
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House bill would fully fund Mars Sample Return, block cooperation on ExoMars ( spacenews.com )
NASA May Have Just Stumbled Upon the Mother of All Space Navigation Solutions ( www.autoevolution.com )
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....
Norway opens Andøya spaceport ( spacenews.com )
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How long will Jeff Bezos continue to subsidize his New Shepard rocket? ( arstechnica.com )
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The Magellanic Clouds must be renamed, astronomers say ( www.space.com )
A historic Falcon 9 is about to make a little more history tonight ( arstechnica.com )
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.