NASA gears up for return of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample ( spacenews.com )
NASA is making the final preparations to recover samples from an asteroid that a spacecraft will bring back to Earth in September....
Non-gas giant has 73 times Earth’s mass, bewildering its discoverers ( arstechnica.com )
Scientists have been working on models of planet formation since before we knew exoplanets existed. Originally guided by the properties of the planets in our Solar System, these models turned out to be remarkably good at also accounting for exoplanets without an equivalent in our Solar System, like super Earths and hot Neptunes....
NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space Network ( arstechnica.com )
DSN needs more bandwidth to handle everything they want to throw at it, but isn’t getting the budget
Scientists Discovered Something We've Never Seen on the Sun, and It Could Explain a Lot ( www.vice.com )
James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colorful Ring Nebula in exquisite detail ( www.space.com )
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NASA’s New Horizons Mission Still Threatened ( www.universetoday.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....
SpaceX, NASA launch four astronauts from four countries | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
The SpaceX Crew-7 mission launched from Florida on Saturday morning, hosting one of the most internationally diverse astronaut crews to date, with members from the US, Japan, Russia and Denmark....
‘Significant’ space study offers hope for bone disease treatment ( globalnews.ca )
Hackers are Attacking Observatories ( www.universetoday.com )
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' mission looks to match Indian success ( phys.org )
The Indigenous rocketeer ( www.nature.com )
Nicole McGaa combined Indigenous knowledge with engineering to build a rocket for the First Nations Launch competition.
We Might Have Accidentally Killed the Only Life We Ever Found on Mars Nearly 50 Years Ago ( daily.jstor.org )
India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in historic first ( www.theguardian.com )
Chandrayaan-3 Mission Soft-landing LIVE Telecast (23 Aug 2023 12:50 UTC+1) ( m.youtube.com )
Moon landing.
The failure of Luna 25 cements Putin’s role as a disastrous space leader ( arstechnica.com )
Zooming Black Holes Can Reach ~10% The Speed of Light, Scientists Say ( www.sciencealert.com )
James Webb Space Telescope offers a mesmerizing look at the Ring Nebula (photos) ( www.space.com )
Quaking Giants Might Solve the Mysteries of Stellar Magnetism ( www.quantamagazine.org )
In their jiggles and shakes, red giant stars encode a record of the magnetic fields near their cores.
Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning into an uncontrolled orbit, officials say....
Russia’s lander experiences ‘emergency situation’ while approaching lunar surface ( www.cnn.com )
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NASA films rare footage of its Mars helicopter flying and landing ( mashable.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...
ESA's Annual Space Environment Report ( www.sdo.esoc.esa.int )
The Pentagon Is Studying How to Start a Lunar Economy in 10 Years ( gizmodo.com )
