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Please Don’t Miss Your Chance to View This Comet That Hasn’t Been Seen Since the Neanderthals

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchishan-Atlas visit is a link to our deep past and a slightly unnerving prompt to think about our future.

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Can you see Earth's new 'mini-moon' with the naked eye?

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "mini-moon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers.

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BepiColombo spacecraft's flyby of Mercury begins unraveling the planet's magnetic mystery

The secrets of Mercury's strange magnetic bubble are gradually being unlocked by the BepiColombo spacecraft as it makes its rapid flybys of the world.

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Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)

On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal X9.05 eruption — and it's heading for Earth.

Space

First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's speech notes posted online by Purdue

Neil Armstrong is perhaps best known for saying 12 words on July 20, 1969: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." But there's more to his record, as his alma mater can attest.

Space

Top 'safety risk' for the ISS is a leak that has been ongoing for 5 years, NASA audit finds

The ISS has been dealing with a leak in its Russian segment since 2019. As NASA and Roscosmos work to solve it, a new report says the leak is a primary 'safety risk' to operations.

Space

Aurora alert: Strong geomagnetic storm could spark spectacular northern lights tonight

G3 geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted for Oct. 4 to Oct. 6

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Annular solar eclipse 2024 wows skywatchers with 'ring of fire' over Easter Island & South America (videos, photos)

On Wednesday (Oct. 2), an annular eclipse swept over the Pacific Ocean, Chile, and Argentina, wowing skywatchers who were on hand to catch the "ring of fire" in all of its glory.

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ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket is 'go' for 2nd-ever launch on Oct. 4

United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan Centaur rocket is 'go' for its second-ever liftoff, a test flight scheduled to launch on Friday morning (Oct. 4).

Space

Sun unleashes monster X7.1 flare that could supercharge Earth auroras (video)

Just when we thought the sun was taking a bit of a break, the sunspot AR3842 fired off two powerful solar flares, including a monster X7.1.

Space

NASA shuts off Voyager 2 science instrument as power dwindles

NASA has turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments as power conservation becomes crucial for the interstellar exploring spacecraft located 12.8 billion miles from home.

Space

October's new moon will bring us a spectacular 'ring of fire' eclipse

October's new moon will occur today (Oct. 2) and create a dazzling annular solar eclipse.

Space

Did a NASA telescope detect cosmic 'hot dogs' or Dyson spheres?

The potential detection of "Dyson spheres" indicating advanced alien civilizations may actually be supermassive black hole powerful galaxies obscured by dusty shrouds called "hot DOGs."

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'I think it was hard not to watch that rocket lift off without thinking, that's my rocket and that's my crew.' How the NASA astronauts bumped from SpaceX's Crew-9 watched their ride launch without them

NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson were expected to launch on SpaceX's Crew-9 mission on Sept. 28. Still on Earth, they spoke about how they're feeling.

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This Innovative Technology Is Reinventing How We Can Study the Solar System

Rather than carry many instruments with a vast array of purposes, CubeSats focus on a single, specific scientific goal.

Space

FAA requires investigation of anomaly on SpaceX's Crew-9 astronaut launch

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is requiring an investigation of the anomaly a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket experienced during the Crew-9 astronaut launch on Sept. 28.

Space

A star-studded Rosette nebula brings gorgeous color to the cosmos

The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros is captured in all its glory, revealing the sites of star formation and the feedback effects of stars that have already coalesced out of the nebula's molecular gases.

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS wows skywatchers around the world and astronauts in space (photos, video)

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is lighting up skies around the world. We take a look at some of the best photos taken from the ground and from space.

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Trump takes credit for Elon Musk sending Starlink to help after Hurricane Helene

SpaceX founder and billionaire Elon Musk said he had spoken with former President Donald Trump about additional need

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James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins.

The Guardian - UK

Comet last seen in stone age to make closest approach to Earth

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–Atlas) was discovered last year and is thought to orbit the sun every 80,000 years

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Some of Uranus' moons might be able to support life. Here's what a mission might reveal

Some of Uranus' moons show signs of having subsurface liquid oceans where life might be possible. A mission to the Uranian moon system could help planetary scientists learn more about the habitability of these worlds.

Inverse

Astonishingly, Astronomers Discovered A Planet Orbiting Barnard’s Star — And There Might Be More

Researchers spotted a small, rocky planet orbiting the red dwarf known as Barnard’s Star, which is about 6 light years away from Earth.

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'Sub-Earth' exoplanet discovered around the closest solo star to us

Astronomers have discovered a low-mass "sub-Earth" planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, Barnard's star, that has a year lasting just three Earth days.

The Independent UK

Scientists discover planet orbiting closest single star to our Sun

The newly-discovered planet – called Barnard b – has at least half the mass of Venus.

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