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'Game-changing' deep space explosion was caused by super-dense stars colliding, says NASA

Over the past year, researchers have studied a “high-energy bust” from the outskirts of the galaxy, some 1 billion light years away from Earth, that lasted about a minute

Daily Mirror

SpaceX overnight launch on tap to send private lander, NASA ice surveyor to moon

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX is back at the launch pad for another shot to send a couple of moonbound customers into space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Orlando Sentinel

Blinded by the light: how skyglow pollution is separating us from the stars

Light infrastructure has expanded alongside population growth but it’s not only star gazing in jeopardy – cultures, wildlife, science and human health are all threatened

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Geminids: You need to see 2022’s best meteor shower this week

After a few minor showers, this meteor shower is ready to put on a show. The Geminids are one of the highest-volume meteor showers of the year.

Inverse

America's dubious Space Race recruits

Desperate to win the Space Race against the USSR, the US quietly recruited prominent engineers from Nazi Germany

Salon

Nasa's Orion capsule set for splashdown on Earth after Moon mission

Craft will take humans around the moon for its next mission, slated for 2024

Wales Online

Nasa’s Orion capsule set for splashdown on Earth after moon mission

A successful return would pave the way for humans to return to the moon.

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HAKUTO-R Mission 1: Mission details and how to watch the groundbreaking mission

If successful, iSpace will be the first company to successfully land a vehicle on the Moon.

Inverse

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Secrets of Solar System’s ‘ghostly glow’

Plus: Megalodon family shark tooth + Game Awards crashed!

Evening Standard

Arrakhis: the tiny satellite aiming to reveal what dark matter is made of

The European Space Agency (Esa) recently announced a new mission of its science programme: a small telescope orbiting the Earth dubbed Arrakhis. But although its name is inspired by the sci-fi novel Dune, it will not be looking for sandworms or “spice” on a desert planet.

The Conversation

China's new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity

The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit.

The Conversation

Surprisingly, TRAPPIST-1's violent flares could make life even more likely

Thanks to a cool physics trick, flares from a nearby star can heat a planet from the inside, powering plate tectonics.

Inverse

How NASCAR helped NASA prepare for Artemis' dangerous splashdown

Engineers designed the NASA Artemis I mission to test many spacefaring phases, such as what astronauts would feel during the Orion capsule's landing.

Inverse

British woman joining Japanese billionaire on first ever civilian flight to moon

Rhiannon Adam, 37, will be among eight artists and creatives selected by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa for the historic journey

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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa picks K-pop star TOP, DJ Steve Aoki to join SpaceX Moon trip

Japan's billionaire fashion tycoon, Yusaku Maezawa, has revealed K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the Moon as soon as next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets.

Chicago Sun-Times

Horoscope for Friday, Dec. 9, 2022

Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 1 to 3 a.m. EST. After that, the moon moves from Gemini into Cancer.

The Independent UK

SpaceX gives rival's internet satellites ride to orbit

SpaceX has launched a batch of internet satellites for a competitor

Inverse

Astronomers use Webb Telescope to detect hidden stars in the Southern Ring Nebula

Two stars are apparent at the center of the mesmerizing Southern Ring Nebula. But astronomers have uncovered three other hidden stars.

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The Independent UK

Rare Apollo mission moon rock back in Cyprus after 50 years

Half a century after U.S. astronauts brought it back from the moon’s surface, a minute piece of extraterrestrial rock has finally reached its intended destination, the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus

Texas Observer

A Subdivision for Stargazers: Limpia Crossing Residents Look Aloft

In this tiny subdivision in the Davis Mountains near McDonald Observatory, dark skies are a precious resource.

The Conversation

‘Extreme stripping action’ led to the messy birth of the Southern Ring Nebula, Webb image reveals

When the first five images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) were unveiled, one of them stared at me with two eyes. It was an image of the Southern Ring Nebula, NGC3132, and smack in the middle were two bright stars.

Dynamite News

Researchers Reveal That Meteorites Could Have Given Earth Building Blocks For Life

Researchers have experimentally shown that amino acids could have formed in these early meteorites from reactions driven by gamma rays produced inside the space rocks. Read on for details:

Chronicle Live

Galaxy to launch chocolate digestives and chocolate orange digestives

The £1.89 treats will only be sold in one supermarket chain for three months as Mars scopes the market for branded digestives

Inverse

Self-driving car technology could power humanity's return to the Moon

As humans return to the moon after five decades, the next lunar landing will look a lot different — it will require little work from humans.

Asharq Al-Awsat

From Shetlands to Azores, Europe's Space Race Takes Off

Projects to develop space centers that can launch satellites into Earth's orbit are sprouting up around Europe, amid the soaring popularity of small rockets and the commercialization of space. By the end of this year, Spanish start-up PLD Space expects to launch its Miura-1 mini-rocket from the El Arenosillo site…

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