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SpaceX blasts proposed FAA fines in complaint letter to Congress

SpaceX has sent a letter to high-ranking Senate and House committee members contesting the $630,000 fine proposed by the FAA for alleged launch violations.

Space

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites wreak havoc in Earth’s orbit, blocking deep space observations, scientists say

New Starlink satellites’ radiation leaks are 30 times as large as those emitted by older satellites, scientists discover

The Independent UK

Titan sub broke days before fatal dive to Titanic, hearing told

British adventurer Hamish Harding died alongside father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood in tragedy

Evening Standard

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NASA's Europa Clipper on track for Oct. 10 launch to Jupiter's icy moon despite radiation worries

The Europa Clipper will determine whether Jupiter’s icy moon has the right conditions for life as we know it.

Space

SpaceX fires up 6th Starship to prep for test flight (video, photo)

SpaceX fired up the engines of its sixth Starship vehicle on Wednesday (Sept. 18) to gear up for a test flight that's probably still several months away.

Space

Jupiter-bound JUICE probe snaps photo of Earth, the moon and Uranus

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission photographed the Earth, moon and Uranus as it heads toward Venus for a gravity assist next year.

Space

Radio pollution from SpaceX's new Starlink satellites poses threat to astronomy, scientists say

SpaceX's new Starlink satellites are so radio noisy that they could blind radio astronomy observatories to the universe's most intriguing phenomena, scientists say.

Space

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James Webb Space Telescope witnesses a 'smiling' galactic collision (images)

The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged a collision between two galaxies that appears to have created a beaming smile in space.

Space

Masked jazz-metal weirdos Imperial Triumphant go pop with new track Eye Of Mars. Not really: they’re still masked and weird.

Tech-metal’s golden boys sound as incomprehensible as ever on their new song

Metal Hammer

Earth will get a 'mini second moon' this weekend – but only for a few months

The 2024 PT5 is a tiny asteroid of only 10 metres long – but will it be visible to the naked eye?

Evening Standard

Magnetic mystery at Mercury revealed by BepiColombo probe (video)

The BepiColombo probe's flybys of Mercury have revealed just how sharply and rapidly the planet's local environment changes in response to the solar wind.

Space

China's Yutu 2 rover still going strong after nearly 6 years on the far side of the moon (video)

China's Chang'e 4 rover Yutu 2 has been working on the far side of the moon for nearly six years. It was designed to operate for just three lunar days, or about three Earth months.

Space

Caught on camera: Satellite tracker photographs secret spacecraft

Satellite tracker and photographer Felix Schöfbänker has captured a variety of secret spacecraft on camera, revealing "things that either were not known, or only were speculated before."

Space

Mission specialist for Titan sub owner to testify before Coast Guard

A mission specialist for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Coast Guard

The Independent UK

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Inverse

Artemis I Brings Home Really Good News For Future Astronauts

When Artemis II launches late next year, its Orion capsule will become the first crewed spacecraft in 53 years to venture beyond the protection of Earth’s magnetic field.

Space

The largest volcano on Mars may sit above a 1,000-mile magma pool. Could Olympus Mons erupt again?

A low-density, weak-gravity region has been found below Olympus Mons and the Tharsis volcanoes, while Mars' northern hemisphere is littered with puzzling high-gravity structures beneath the surface.

Space

2nd Kuiper Belt? Our solar system may be much larger than thought

Eleven objects found at the extremities of the solar system could mark the location of a 'Kuiper Belt 2.'

Space

Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests

Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore apart.

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NASA scientists solve mystery of curious 'spiders' on Mars

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have recreated spider-like araneiform terrain, a geologic formation found on Mars, in a lab on Earth.

Space

Best-ever 'Cloud Atlas' of Mars showcases stunning cloud patterns (photos)

The most comprehensive map of clouds on Mars includes a variety of cloud patterns, including some that are unlike anything seen on Earth.

Space

Black hole blasts largest jet ever seen at 23 million light-years long

Astronomers have seen the largest jets ever found erupting from a black hole. The giant jet system Porphyrion is 23 million light-years long, equal to 140 side-by-side Milky Way galaxies.

The Guardian - UK

Pair of huge plasma jets spotted blasting out of gigantic black hole

Streams are the largest ever seen, measuring 23m light years and with combined power of trillions of suns

Inverse

Astronomers Discovered the Biggest Pair of Black Hole Jets Ever, and It's the Stuff of Cosmic Horror

Porphyrion's wings are wide enough to cut across the vastest structures of the universe itself.

The Independent UK

Nasa’s Orion spacecraft ‘safe for lunar astronauts exposed to harmful radiation’

Radiation exposure on future Artemis missions to the moon is unlikely to exceed the Nasa limits, experts say.

Space

Behold! 1st-ever photo of Earth and Mars' moon Phobos captured from Red Planet

NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a spectacular sight from the surface of Mars: The first-ever photo of Earth alongside the Red Planet's moon Phobos.

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