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This Upcoming Telescope Could Be Our Most Powerful Tool for Finding Interstellar Objects

Two interstellar asteroids or comets have swept into our Solar System that we know of. The Vera Rubin Observatory could be key to finding so many more.

Inverse

Karol 'Bo' Bobko, former NASA astronaut who flew three shuttle missions, dies at 85

Karol 'Bo' Bobko, who was the only NASA astronaut to fly on the first launch of two space shuttle orbiters, has died at the age of 85. In total, Bobko logged 16 days, 2 hours and 3 minutes in space.

Space

See Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket come together at Florida space coast factory (photo)

Social media post provides rare insight into Blue Origin's work and progress on its New Glenn rocket.

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This Canadian satellite was supposed to last 2 years in space. It's now celebrating 20

The Canadian Space Agency's Scisat is a valuable hunter of climate change evidence, producing big-name publications in Nature and Science recently despite its advanced age.

Space

I flew weightlessly on a parabolic flight to see incredible student science soar

Every year, a few Canadian students climb and fall in mid-air for a few precious research moments in microgravity. This is what it's like to fly along.

Space

Hubble images a museum of galaxies, and some are gravitationally warped (photo)

A new image released by NASA shows-off the galaxies of Abell 3322.

Space

SpaceX shows off newly modified Starship Super Heavy booster (photos)

SpaceX has installed a new heat shield and 'vented interstage' on its latest Starship Super Heavy booster, which is being prepped for flight in the near future.

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Bakery 'Kochs up' kolache to honor moon-bound Artemis astronaut

NASA astronaut Christina Koch's assignment to fly around the moon has already given launch to a tasty treat. Good Dough, a bakery in Galveston, Texas, has created the 'Koch it to the Moon' kolache.

Space

Bright cluster packed with stars shines in gorgeous new infrared image

ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) snapped a new photo of the globular cluster NGC 6723 containing hundreds of thousands of gravitationally-bound stars.

Space

Mars is Accelerating Its Spin, According to Data from a Defunct NASA Mission

Mars is spinning faster, its days have shortened, and its heart wobbles, according to NASA.

Inverse

6 tourists, including a mother-daughter duo, successfully travel to space!

Humans have finally travelled to space! Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity has achieved this feat of taking the first group of tourists to space, and the group successfully landed there recently. A reusable rocket-powered space plane was used for this journey.

The Times of India

India's Chandrayaan-3 snaps close-up photos of moon ahead of landing try (video)

India's Chandrayaan-3 probe has captured more amazing imagery of the moon ahead of its historic touchdown try, which is just a few days away.

Space

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter aces 55th Red Planet flight

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has taken to the skies yet again, covering 866 feet (264 meters) of ground on its 55th Red Planet flight.

Space

NASA rolls Artemis 2 mobile launch tower to pad for tests (photos)

The mobile launch platform that supports NASA's Space Launch System rocket was rolled to the pad for testing ahead of next year's crewed Artemis 2 mission to the moon.

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Population of 'dwarf' pulses is found by researchers using FAST

Researchers from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) under the direction of Prof. HAN Jinlin have discovered distinct "dwarf pulses" from the bright pulsar PSR B2111+46 using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). Read further on Dynamite news:

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See the moon and Mars enjoy the sunset together tonight

The moon will make a close approach to Mars in the evening on Friday, Aug. 18 as the two celestial bodies enjoy the sunset together.

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Chandrayaan-3: In another step closer to moon, ‘Vikram’ lander to be deboosted today

Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander is set to undergo a crucial deboosting manoeuvre on Friday after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module a day before. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Neptune's clouds have vanished, and the sun may be to blame (video)

Thanks to the sun's 11-year-long cycle, Neptune might be systematically purged of its clouds.

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Russia's Luna-25 moon lander snaps 1st photo of lunar surface

Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission since 1976, has snapped its first detailed photo of the lunar surface.

Inverse

Neptune's Clouds Just Disappeared — and Astronomers Think They Know Why

Decades of telescope data from the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories reveals that solar radiation triggers Neptune’s clouds.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope confirms 'Maisie's galaxy' is one of the earliest ever seen

The universe's age when Maisie's galaxy was seen by the James Webb Space Telescope has been confirmed, proving that this realm is one of the earliest galaxies ever observed.

Inverse

You Need to Play the Most Absurd Roguelike of 2023

'Astronaut: The Best' combines management sim and roguelike mechanics with absurdist comedy, and it all adds up to 2023's funniest game.

Inverse

A Dramatic Collision In Space Created This Supergiant Star — And It Only Gets Weirder

There's more than one way to make a magnetar, it turns out.

Space

Powerful helium star could finally reveal secrets about highly magnetic stellar corpses

A newly discovered, highly magnetic and massive helium star could explain how magnetars, stellar corpses with the universe's strongest magnetic fields, are born.

The Independent UK

New type of star gives clues to mysterious origin of magnetars

The finding marks the discovery of a new type of astronomical object – massive magnetic helium stars.

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