New agreement enables U.S. launches from Australian spaceports ( spacenews.com )
India launches space mission to the sun a week after moon landing ( www.theguardian.com )
Collision Between 2 Neutron Stars Could Be Deadly For Life on Earth ( www.sciencealert.com )
The scale of The Milky Way - why is the galaxy bigger than we think? ( youtu.be )
Perseverance found features resembling reef-like structures ( www.youtube.com )
Mars Guy is Arizona State University associate research professor Dr. Steve Ruff, a Mars geologist with decades of experience exploring the red planet. This channel follows the exploration of Jezero crater by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter, presenting science, engineering, and the search for life on Mars using a...
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....
Russia’s lander experiences ‘emergency situation’ while approaching lunar surface ( www.cnn.com )
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It's time to start worrying about space junk around the moon, too ( phys.org )
NASA Seeks Proposals from US Industry for Station Deorbit Spacecraft ( blogs.nasa.gov )
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....
NASA moon orbiter spots crash site of Russia's failed Luna-25 lander (photos) ( www.space.com )
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Scientists Discovered Something We've Never Seen on the Sun, and It Could Explain a Lot ( www.vice.com )
Launch from inside an Apollo Capsule ( youtu.be )
Watch the launch of a Saturn rocket from the inside of an Apollo Capsule. Footage has been painstakingly restored, upscaled, stabilized, synchronized with 3D rendering and exterior views, sound recreated from actual launch measurements, and detailed explanations about what each switch, instrument, and gauge does. Truly a work of...
A year from launch, the Europa Clipper spacecraft nears finish line | Ars Technica ( arstechnica.com )
NASA temporarily loses contact with one of its most distant spacecraft | Ars Technica ( arstechnica.com )
NASA’s Psyche Mission on Track for Liftoff Next Month | NASA ( www.nasa.gov )
Chandrayaan-3 Mission Soft-landing LIVE Telecast (23 Aug 2023 12:50 UTC+1) ( m.youtube.com )
Moon landing.
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...
OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Updates and Discussion Thread!
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/5770334...
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....
Kilonova millions of times brighter than Milky Way birthed rarest elements ( www.newsweek.com )
Independent reviewers find NASA Mars Sample Return plans are seriously flawed | Ars Technica ( arstechnica.com )
A New Map of the Universe, Painted With Cosmic Neutrinos ( www.wired.com )
New research shows quasars can be buried in their host galaxies ( phys.org )
‘Streets on the moon’: lunar dust could be ‘melted’ to make solid roads ( www.theguardian.com )
