Odd supergiant star Betelgeuse is brightening up. Is it about to go supernova? ( www.space.com )
The European Space Agency may have a bullying problem ( arstechnica.com )
NASA open to extending ISS beyond 2030 ( spacenews.com )
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Psyche, NASA's mission to a huge metallic asteroid, lifts off on Oct. 12. Here's what you need to know. ( www.livescience.com )
Astronomers spot the first "bounce" in our Universe ( bigthink.com )
The universe caught suppressing cosmic structure growth ( www.eurekalert.org )
We Might Have Accidentally Killed the Only Life We Ever Found on Mars Nearly 50 Years Ago ( daily.jstor.org )
How many scary asteroids really go past Earth every year? ( phys.org )
What are the risks, by the numbers? How many asteroids hit Earth and how many can we expect to zip past us?
Super-close supernova captivates record number of citizen scientists ( www.space.com )
Our neighbor — Andromeda M31 [OC] ( lemmy.world )
Shot with friends. We were lucky to go to a spot dark enough to get this picture with a Single exposure (~90s) and no light filters.
Why a Harvard professor thinks he may have found fragments of an alien spacecraft ( www.independent.co.uk )
Obviously a bit nonsense, but I am curious if anyone can share how they know where the asteroid hit, and how uncommon the steel-titanium alloy is to find.
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After leading NASA’s mission to Pluto, Alan Stern flies to space himself ( arstechnica.com )
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NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby ( apnews.com )
Thomas Kenneth Mattingly, astronaut who guided Apollo 13 to safety, dies at 87 ( www.nbcnews.com )
🇳🇿Rocket Lab plans late 2024 launch of Venus mission ( spacenews.com )
Space is starting to look like the better mining operation ( arstechnica.com )
Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites add to astronomers’ light-pollution woes | Ars Technica ( arstechnica.com )
Perseverance Captures a Beautifully Strange 'Blue Sunset' on Mars ( www.sciencealert.com )
Space drugs factory denied reentry to Earth ( gizmodo.com )
NASA’s Psyche Mission on Track for Liftoff Next Month | NASA ( www.nasa.gov )
NASA moon orbiter spots crash site of Russia's failed Luna-25 lander (photos) ( www.space.com )
Don’t miss awe-inspiring views of Saturn as ringed planet approaches Earth ( www.mlive.com )
The second-largest planet in our solar system will glow extra-bright with a golden light in the coming days....