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UK joins mission to hunt for the universe’s origins

Six UK universities will deliver a major upgrade to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment known as Simons Observatory.

The Independent UK

The Moon has been trying to escape Earth for aeons, new research suggests

We recently discovered the perfect place to uncover the long-term history of our receding moon.

Inverse

8 years later, India’s first mission to Mars has finally run out of fuel

The mission, known colloquially as the Mars Orbiter Mission, was initially launched in 2013 and entered an orbit around Mars in 2014. While in orbit, it spent the better part of eight years collecting data to send back to its operating scientists at the Indian Space Research Organization.

Inverse

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65 years ago, astronomy's most colorful character made a bold interplanetary claim

Dark matter discoverer Fritz Zwicky claimed to fire small pellets beyond Earth. But the truth is much murkier.

Inverse

When Mars went through climate change

A new study sheds light on the question of whether Mars ever supported life

Salon

Astronomers have a cataclysmic new theory to explain Uranus’ tilt

Scientists have discovered a new potential explanation for Uranus' tilt: A large, erratic moon.

Inverse

Elon Musk: SpaceX provides "major battlefield advantage" over GPS

Musk said SpaceX's request "for a major battlefield advantage is less than the cost of one new GPS satellite."

Axios

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How the James Webb Space Telescope will power the search for aliens

Webb's ability to image exoplanet atmospheres means we're on the cusp of detecting life on distant worlds.

Inverse

Commentary: Good news for a change — NASA proves there’s a defense against killer asteroids

The stock market is dipping, inflation is on the rise and there is no end in sight to the war in Ukraine. But not all the news is bad: Our planet just got a bit safer, thanks to NASA.

Los Angeles Times

SpaceX Ferries Astronauts Back to Earth after Half-year Away

Four astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday, ending their nearly six-month space station mission with a splashdown in the Atlantic off Florida. Wet and windy weather across Florida delayed their homecoming. SpaceX and NASA finally gave the all-clear on Friday, and the three Americans and one Italian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Astronomers are Captivated by Brightest Flash Ever Seen

Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth and was likely triggered by the formation of a black hole. The burst of gamma-rays -- the most intense form of electromagnetic radiation -- was first detected by orbiting…

Asharq Al-Awsat

4 astronauts safe back on Earth after SpaceX Crew Dragon return

ORLANDO, Fla. — After weather delayed departure for two days, four astronauts climbed on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom on Friday to take a five-hour ride back down to Earth and conclude their nearly six-month mission to the International Space Station.

Orlando Sentinel

SpaceX Crew Dragon brings astronauts home with Florida splashdown

ORLANDO, Fla. — After weather delayed their departure for two days, four astronauts climbed on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom on Friday to take a five-hour ride back down to Earth to conclude their nearly six-month mission to the International Space Station.

Orlando Sentinel

SpaceX ferries astronauts back to Earth after half-year away

Four astronauts are back on Earth after spending almost six months at the International Space Station

The Independent UK

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SpaceX capsule splashes down, returning 4 astronauts from Space Station

The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida after nearly six months of research aboard the orbital outpost.

The Conversation

Earth's oxygen has varied dramatically over time – here's how our data could help us spot alien life

Are we alone in the universe? This is a question that has intrigued humans for centuries and inspired countless studies and works of fiction. But are we getting closer to finding this out? Now that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is in operation, we might have taken one giant…

The Independent UK

Official: Musk seeks US funding of Ukraine satellite network

A senior U.S. officials says the Defense Department has gotten a request from SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk to take over funding for his satellite network that has provided crucial battlefield communications for Ukrainian military forces during the war with Russia

Inverse

Astronomers find a heavier-than-expected element on a giant hellworld

The hot Jupiter has barium in it, which was an unexpected find, and could demonstrate that the planets have a stranger origin than we anticipated.

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Astronomers stumble across heaviest element ever discovered on an exoplanet, on a gas giant so hot it could 'rain iron'

Barium, which is two and a half heavier than iron, was found on two ultra-hot gas giants orbiting stars outside our solar system.

The Conversation

Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What's behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped

In July, a puzzling new image of a distant extreme star system surrounded by surreal concentric geometric rungs had even astronomers scratching their heads. The picture, which looks like a kind of “cosmic thumbprint”, came from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s newest flagship observatory.

Salon

Jupiter's moon may have secret lakes

Europa, a prime candidate for extraterrestrial life, has an icy surface that hides a bustling, watery interior

Bangkok Post

Celebrating dawn of a new age

Last September, US billionaire and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman along with Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski and Sian Proctor made history by completing the world's first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth for three days.

Inverse

NASA gets its planet-hunting telescope back online after glitch

NASA's extrasolar planet hunter TESS is pausing observations while it works to recover and go back to finding distant worlds.

The Independent UK

US opts to not rebuild renowned Puerto Rico telescope

The National Science Foundation has announced it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the world’s largest until it collapsed nearly two years ago

The Guardian - UK

Frank Drake obituary

Astrophysicist and astronomer whose Project Ozma searched for radio signals from planets that could support extraterrestrial life

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