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Stars give tiny planets a gravitational 'squeeze' to strip away their atmospheres

Modeling distant planets has revealed that tidal forces generated by their parent stars can combine with intense radiation bombardment and strip away their atmospheres.

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Scotland's 10 best stargazing spots for seeing the 'Flower Moon' this week

Here are the 10 best stargazing spots across Scotland for seeing the 'Flower Moon' this May.

The National (Scotland)

Young 'cotton candy' exoplanet the size of Jupiter may be shrinking into a super-Earth

Astronomers have found that one of the lightest exoplanets ever seen, the young 'cotton candy' world V1298 Tau b, may be shrinking from the size of Jupiter to the width of a super-Earth.

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The James Webb Space Telescope may have solved a puffy planet mystery. Here's how

A surprisingly low amount of methane explains how WASP-107 b grew into the inflated world we see today.

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SpaceX fuels up Starship megarocket ahead of 4th test flight (photos)

SpaceX just fueled up its giant Starship rocket, checking another box ahead of the vehicle's fourth test flight.

Space

We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years

The auroral displays that wowed observers around the world two weekends ago may have been among the strongest such light shows since record-keeping began.

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Perseverance rover's Mars rock sample may contain best evidence of possible ancient life

These samples are uniquely important for return to Earth for further study.

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'This was a life-changing experience:' 1st Black astronaut candidate exults after suborbital launch (video)

Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight got to live out his long-delayed spaceflight dream with a suborbital launch this weekend. Here's what he had to say about it.

Space

How to watch bright red star Antares disappear behind the moon on May 23

For the third time this year, the bright red star Antares will be occulted or hidden by the moon on Thursday, May 23.

Space

The Ultimate Gemini Gift Guide for 2024

Presents for those born between May 21 and June 20

Evening Standard

The ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky and how I used modern astronomy to explore her link with the Milky Way

What did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? All cultures ascribed special meaning to the sun and the moon, but what about the pearly band of light and shadow we call the Milky Way?

Space

Northern Lights could be visible from Scotland again tonight, forecasters say

The Northern Lights, or the aurora borealis, could be visible again in the UK tonight, space weather forecasters have said.

The National (Scotland)

An Exoplanet's Huge Comet-like Tail Hides An Astronomical Secret

Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic processes that shape planets across the galaxy.

Inverse

Enchanting new Hubble Telescope image reveals an infant star's sparkle

An infant star in a faraway system will likely someday look like our very own sun, and the Hubble Telescope snapped a lovely image of it.

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What a blast to work at NASA. Space agency is sky-high again in latest survey of federal employees

Exploring the cosmos makes for happy employees, federal workers like to work from home like everyone else, and an agency that has struggled with low morale is showing improvement

The Guardian - US

First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight

Ex-air force captain Ed Dwight, passed over by Nasa in 1961, now oldest person to reach edge of space with Jeff Bezo’s space firm

The Hindu

America's first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space 60 years later on Bezos rocket

America's first Black astronaut candidate finally reaches space with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, breaking age record at 90.

Space

Blue Origin launches 1st Black astronaut candidate, age 90, and 5 space tourists on New Shepard rocket (video)

Blue Origin sent six people to the final frontier today (May 19) on the company's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause

The passengers include Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut in the 1960s

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Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (photos)

On the evening of Saturday (May 18) a bright fireball lit up the skies over Portugal and Spain in stunning green and blue as it streaked through Earth's atmosphere.

Space

NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months

NASA is studying innovative rocket system developed by Howe Industries that could reducing travel time to the Red Planet to just a few months.

The Independent UK

First Black man who trained as astronaut finally going to space at 90 on Bezos rocket

Ed Dwight will become the oldest person to fly in space

The Independent UK

Northern Lights: Will you be able to see Aurora Borealis tonight in the UK?

The phenomenon is unlikely to light up the sky this evening, but could be visible again in early June

Space

NASA's PREFIRE mission is ready to unlock the mysteries of Earth's poles

A pair of cubesats will measure far-infrared radiation from Earth's poles to improve climate predictions.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 111 —The Big Glass Wars

On Episode 111 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with John Mulchaey, Director of the Carnegie Observatories, about the threat to completing two new giant astronomical observatories.

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