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Horoscope for Friday, Jan. 12, 2024

There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Aquarius.

Chicago Sun-Times

NASA awards another $100 million for private space stations

NASA has awarded nearly $100 million in additional funding to commercial space station partners that are developing low Earth orbit destinations.

Space

China's record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket aces amazing debut launch from ship at sea (video)

The Gravity-1 solid rocket, built by Chinese company Orienspace, aced its first-ever launch today (Jan. 11), sending three satellites to orbit.

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Newly discovered cosmic megastructure challenges theories of the universe

A 1.3bn light year-sized ring discovered by PhD student in Lancashire appears to defy the cosmological principle assumption

The Guardian - UK

SpaceX's new direct-to-cell Starlink satellites relay their 1st text messages

SpaceX just broke in its newly launched direct-to-cell Starlink satellites, using them to send text messages for the first time.

Space

See the elusive planet Mercury at its best and brightest on Friday

The elusive planet Mercury reaches its furthest point from the sun on Friday (Jan. 12), with this separation allowing skywatchers a rare chance to spot the tiny planet.

Space

Private Peregrine moon lander powers up lunar payloads despite propulsion anomaly

Astrobotic's latest mission update on its Peregrine moon lander indicates that, despite a crippling propulsion system anomaly, the mission's payloads are working as planned.

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January's new moon welcomes Mercury as a 'morning star'

The first new moon of 2024 occurs on January 11, leaving the skies dark for stargazers to find Mercury at its most visible during its greatest separation from the sun.

Space

Lunar Radio Telescope Could Reveal Early Universe Secrets

Detecting radio waves emitted by hydrogen gas from the cosmic dark ages could lead to new info about the building blocks of space.

Zenger

Nearby exoplanet may be rich in life-giving water, study finds

Researchers have just come a step closer to uncovering the secrets of an alien planet that may be the most likely of all known extrasolar worlds to host life.

Space

‘Overmassive’ Black Holes Dominated Early Galaxies, Study Finds

Compared to the mass of stars in their host galaxies, the black holes in early universe galaxies almost seem too big.

Inverse

'Missing link' supernova connects star's death to birth of black hole or neutron star

Astronomers have discovered a "missing link" supernova that directly connects the death of a massive star to the birth of a black hole or a neutron star.

Space

Massive Mars dust storm spotted by China's Tianwen-1 probe (photos)

China's Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter spotted a massive dust storm near Olympus Mons, the biggest mountain in the solar system.

Space

A Decade Later, Visionary Helps Bring Images of Earth from Outer Space. Here's How

Visionary’s PacketTV IPTV encoders have help bring high-definition images of Earth aboard the ISS.

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Axiom astronaut Peggy Whitson hangs up her flight suit — on public display

The most experienced U.S. astronaut has hung up her flight suit. Peggy Whitson came to Space Center Houston for the reveal of her Axiom Space flight suit as it was placed on public display.

Inverse

These Seven Galaxies Snuggled Together Is the Birthplace of the Most Powerful Fast Radio Burst

A septet of galaxies — huddled closely together — is unlike any other known fast radio burst origin site.

The Hindu

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On astronauts in space

Salon

Should we redefine habitable planets?

When astronomers search for exoplanets, are they missing potential habitable ones?

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How we discovered that Uranus and Neptune are actually nearly identical in colour

In many images of the two outer gas giants of the Solar System, Neptune typically looks rich blue while Uranus comes across as pale green. A new study has revealed that these two ice giants are actually very similar shades of greenish blue.

Space

Doomed Peregrine moon lander snaps another selfie as it zooms away from Earth (photo)

Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander snapped another in-space selfie as it cruised away from Earth, toward a date with lunar destiny that it can no longer keep.

Space

UAE to provide airlock for NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station

The United Arab Emirates will build an airlock for NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station, and will get to send an astronaut to the outpost for the contribution.

Space

Hubble Telescope finds surprising source of brightest fast radio burst ever

The brightest fast radio burst ever observed flashed from a group of ancient galaxies, the Hubble Space Telescope has found, and astronomers are surprised.

Space

SpaceX targeting February for Starship's 3rd flight test

SpaceX's massive, reusable Starship rocket made two test flights in 2023, and company representatives now say the third flight test could come as soon as February 2024.

Space

China's 1st launch of 2024 puts 4 small weather satellites into orbit (video)

A Kuaizhou 1A solid rocket launched four Tianmu-1 weather satellites on Jan. 5, on the first of what will be many Chinese missions in 2024.

Inverse

Astronomers Captured A Supposedly Dead Star Feasting On Its Cosmic Neighbor

A pair of new studies out recently report something novel to science: A dead star acting like its alive.

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