NASA temporarily loses contact with one of its most distant spacecraft | Ars Technica ( arstechnica.com )
The gravitational wave background of the universe has been heard for the 1st time ( www.space.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!
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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 )
Astronomers May Have Found Two Exoplanets Sharing One Orbit ( www.extremetech.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 )
NASA's Perseverance rover finds diverse organic material in ancient Martian lake basin ( www.techspot.com )
Billion-light-year-wide 'bubble of galaxies' discovered ( phys.org )
Norway opens Andøya spaceport ( spacenews.com )
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Zooming Black Holes Can Reach ~10% The Speed of Light, Scientists Say ( www.sciencealert.com )
NOAA forecasts quicker, stronger peak of solar activity ( www.weather.gov )
Hackers are Attacking Observatories ( www.universetoday.com )
The Indigenous rocketeer ( www.nature.com )
Nicole McGaa combined Indigenous knowledge with engineering to build a rocket for the First Nations Launch competition.
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Astronomers discover thousands of active red galaxy hearts with powerful radio signals ( www.space.com )
After the sting of Ariane 6, Europe finally embraces commercial rockets ( 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.
Three Doomed Worlds Around a Nearby Star Shed Light on Earth's Own Destiny ( www.sciencealert.com )
