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What helped Vikram lander to soft-land on the moon

India's Chandrayaan-2 mission, launched in July 2019, ended in a crash due to 3 mistakes: thrust (dispersion level) was more than assumed, guidance system malfunction, and control system rate restriction. ISRO corrected these mistakes for the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, adding extra fuel, sensors, stronger lander legs, and expanding the landing…

The Hindu

First cat in space: how a Parisian stray called Félicette was blasted far from Earth

Monkeys and dogs were usually used to test whether humans could survive outside Earth’s atmosphere – but 60 years ago the French tried something a little different

The Guardian - UK

Black hole is observed snacking on sun-like star, bite by bite

Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky enough to stray too close to them in one big gulp, annihilating them with their enormous gravitational pull. But some, it turns out, tend to snack rather than gorge

The Hindu

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SpaceX’s Starship grounded pending improvements after launch explosion

Regulators insist on 63 corrective steps after world’s largest and most powerful rocket blew up on debut in April

The Guardian - US

SpaceX can’t launch another rocket until dozens of fixes are made, FAA says

An investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration found multiple failures that led to the explosion of a SpaceX rocket in the Rio Grande Valley in April.

The Texas Tribune

Look Up! A Newly Discovered Comet Could Be Visible to the Naked Eye This Week

Comet Nishimura makes its closest approach to Earth in just a few days. It is visible via binocular or telescope right now, but could be visible via the naked eye soon.

Inverse

Billion-light-year-wide 'bubble of galaxies' discovered

Astronomers have discovered the first “bubble of galaxies,” an almost unimaginably huge cosmic structure thought to be a fossilised remnant from just after the Big Bang sitting in our galactic backyard

The Hindu

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After Chandrayaan success, Midhani is ready for ISRO’s Gaganyaan

Midhani ready for Gaganyaan Mission; supplied materials for 5 launches. Delivered special metals/alloys for rockets, engines, crew modules. Strict quality controls, 20% extra for Gaganyaan. Engineers, quality control, process engineers counselled. Technological advancements, tests for fractures, stress tests. Supplied titanium alloys for lander/rover, maraging steel.

The Hindu

Astronomers discover first ‘bubble of galaxies’ a billion light-years wide

The bubble is 10,000 times wider than the Milky Way and located 820 million light-years from our own galaxy.

Al Jazeera

Hubble Peers Deep Into the Milky Way’s Heart in Stunning New Image

A cluster of ancient stars glitters in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Inverse

New Map of Dark Matter Could Finally Solve a Cosmic Mystery

The team mapped the distribution of dark matter along a straight line through space at a higher resolution than ever before, and it may help us close in on what dark matter actually is.

Inverse

A Black Hole is Ripping this Star Apart, One Planet-sized Bite at a Time

The black hole steals three Earths' worth of mass every few weeks, making for a slow cosmic feast for the black hole.

Inverse

The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush review – spaceflight pioneer portraits

From sexist objections to the challenges faced by female crew on Earth and in space, this is a vital record of a giant leap for women

The Guardian - UK

Future Telescopes With Liquid Mirrors Could Peer at Alien Worlds in Detail

A project called FLUTE is looking into self-healing space telescopes.

Inverse

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The Week

Elon Musk: the shocking degree of power wielded by an erratic billionaire

Forget his wealth, said Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker. It’s the sheer power Elon Musk wields today that should shock us. The billionaire’s rocket company, SpaceX, is currently the sole means by which Nasa can get astronauts into space from US soil. Another of his ventures, Tesla, controls the…

Dynamite News

Aditya-L1 takes a selfie, images of Earth and Moon

Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India's first solar mission, that is destined for the Sun-Earth L1 point has taken images of the earth and the moon. Read Further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - AU

Moon Sniper: Japan launches Slim probe on precision landing mission

Smart Lander for Investigating Moon will aim to touch down within an unprecedented 100 metres of its target

Al Jazeera

Japan launches rocket carrying ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander

Successful launch comes after India became the fourth country to land on the moon with its Chandrayaan-3 mission.

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The Independent UK

Japan launches rocket carrying X-ray telescope to explore origins of universe, lunar lander

Japan has launched a rocket with an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe

The Independent UK

Rare and dazzling cosmic explosion spotted by researchers

The explosion, which outshines most supernovae in the universe, was spotted by researchers at the Queen’s University, Belfast.

Inverse

The Best Way To Find Alien Civilizations May Be To Search For Their Pollution

A recent study suggests that JWST should be able to detect traces of industrial pollution and life in the skies of TRAPPIST-1e -- if they're there .

The Hindu

Watch | Chandrayaan-3’s journey from the orbit to Moon’s surface

A compilation of videos showing Chandrayaan-3’s journey from the Moon’s orbit to its surface

The Independent UK

Across the Northern Hemisphere, now's the time to catch a new comet before it vanishes for 400 years

A newly discovered comet is swinging through our cosmic neighborhood for the first time in more than 400 years

Salon

Alien astrophysicist rebukes his critics

The "world's leading alien hunter" on his new book and his relentless search for extraterrestrial objects

The National (Scotland)

'Once-in-a-lifetime' comet to be visible in UK skies next week - see when

People will get the chance to see the newly discovered Comet Nishimura (Comet C/2023 PI) with the naked eye next week - see exactly when.

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