Hubble observes mysterious bright explosion called The Finch | Digital Trends ( www.digitaltrends.com )
Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says ( apnews.com )
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NASA got its first asteroid sample — with help from Queen guitarist Brian May ( www.washingtonpost.com )
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Discovery of ‘Jumbos’ may herald new astronomical category ( www.theguardian.com )
Dozens of planet-sized objects have been discovered in the Orion Nebula via observations that could herald the existence of a new astronomical category....
Launch Roundup: Rocket Lab fails during “We Will Never Desert You” launch; SpaceX launches booster for 17th time ( www.nasaspaceflight.com )
Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world ( theconversation.com )
A New Map of the Universe, Painted With Cosmic Neutrinos ( www.wired.com )
‘Significant’ space study offers hope for bone disease treatment ( globalnews.ca )
The Indigenous rocketeer ( www.nature.com )
Nicole McGaa combined Indigenous knowledge with engineering to build a rocket for the First Nations Launch competition.
Starship Super Heavy Static Fire ( www.youtube.com )
Static fire starts at 2:23.
Trans-Atlantic joint venture aims to build new “international” space station ( arstechnica.com )
Voyager Space, one of several US companies formulating concepts for new commercial space stations, has established a joint venture with Airbus to co-develop an Earth-orbiting research outpost called Starlab....
Ryugu asteroid samples reveal traces of rock from before the Sun existed ( arstechnica.com )
When JAXA’s Hayabusa-1 spacecraft delivered samples from asteroid Ryugu to Earth in late 2020, anticipation was high. What could the space rock possibly be waiting to tell us?...
Sun Launches Spectacular Coronal Mass Ejection in 4K 60fps ( www.youtube.com )
“On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second. The CME did not travel directly toward Earth, but did connect with Earth’s magnetic...
The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion ( arstechnica.com )
Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter....
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 )
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 )
How long will Jeff Bezos continue to subsidize his New Shepard rocket? ( arstechnica.com )
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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.