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Weird balloon circling the Southern Hemisphere isn't a spy craft — it's NASA's newest telescope

An enormous balloon spotted circling the Southern Hemisphere is actually SuperBIT, a NASA telescope that is capturing Hubble-quality data from the upper reaches of the atmosphere.

LiveScience · May 12, 2023

Saturn reclaims 'moon king' title with 62 newfound satellites, bringing total to 145

Saturn is once again the solar system's "moon king," snatching the crown back from Jupiter after the discovery of 62 new moons. Saturn now has a whopping 145 known satellites.

Space · May 12, 2023

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With growing government spending worldwide amid lingering geopolitical concerns, the aerospace and defense industry is primed for significant growth this year and beyond. Hence, it could be wise to grab quality A&D stocks L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Textron (TXT), and Ducommun Incorporated (DCO) now for solid gains. Keep reading….

StockNews.com · May 12, 2023

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Bizarre Martian 'book' spotted by NASA's Curiosity rover

The rover spotted a tiny Martian rock that looks eerily like a fossilized book on the surface of the Red Planet.

LiveScience · May 12, 2023

Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts perform spacewalk today

Two Russian cosmonauts will perform a roughly seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (May 12), and you can watch it live.

Space · May 12, 2023

2 'super-Earth' exoplanets spotted in habitable zone of nearby star

NASA's TESS spacecraft spotted two super-Earth planets as they crossed the face of their star within its 'habitable zone.'

Space · May 12, 2023

Enormous asteroid the size of 74 Conor McGregor's to 'slam into Earth's orbit' within hours

According to NASA, asteroid 2023 HT4 boasts an astonishing diameter of 130 meters. We have calculated this as roughly the same as 74 Conor McGregor's standing one on top of the other.

Irish Mirror · May 12, 2023

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Space startup partners with SpaceX to launch commercial space station

space startup vast is aiming to launch a school bus-sized space station to orbit by late 2025 with some help from partner SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket firm.

The Hindu · May 12, 2023

Satellite images show California’s ‘ghost lake’ reappearing after sodden winter

New images document the re-emergence of Tulare Lake, and residents brace for more flooding as snowpack starts to melt

The Guardian - US · May 12, 2023

Curiosity rover finds water-carved 'book' rock on Mars (photo)

A book-shaped rock on Mars was likely carved by ancient water running through the area, scientists on NASA's Curiosity rover mission say.

Space · May 11, 2023

Perseverance rover spies signs of ancient raging rivers on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has found evidence that a deep and fast-moving river once coursed through Mars' Jezero Crater, shaking up current ideas of past Red Planet water flow.

Space · May 11, 2023

How fast is the Universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions

How did we get here? Where are we going? And how long will it take? These questions are as old as humanity itself, and, if they’ve already been asked by other species elsewhere in the Universe, potentially very much older than that.

The Conversation · May 11, 2023

Bizarre Space Experiment Reveals What Bach Sounds Like When Played on Venus and Mars

An acoustics researcher did an exercise to see how other planets would affect the sound of an organ instrument or a child's voice.

Inverse · May 11, 2023

Ashlee Vance's 'When The Heavens Went On Sale' unveils the mysterious world of space startups

Ashlee Vance's new book follows four fast-growing launch startups, providing an inside look at a highly dynamic segment of the space industry.

Space · May 11, 2023

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ABC News · May 11, 2023

Black Summer bushfires may have influenced the onset of rare triple-dip La Niña, study finds

Months of smoke aerosols profusely pumping into the atmosphere during the 2019–2020 bushfires likely triggered a chain reaction that influenced the onset and intensity of the La Niña events, a US study has found.

Space · May 10, 2023

Israeli startup WeSpace aims to launch robotic 'moon hopper' by 2026

WeSpace wants to get in on the ground floor of the lunar economy by providing access to unexplored regions of the moon.

Space · May 10, 2023

Vast Space to launch 1st private station on SpaceX rocket in 2025

California-based startup Vast Space plans to launch its Haven-1 space station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than August 2025.

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2023

Australia’s first national space mission up in the air after federal budget cuts

Industry says the Albanese government is ‘defunding space programs without explanation’

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Space · May 9, 2023

The mystery of how Mars meteorites reach Earth may finally be solved

The mystery of how meteorites from Mars can reach Earth may have been solved, as scientists discover rocks can be hurled far from the Martian surface by giant impacts.

Space · May 9, 2023

Bizarre object 10 million times brighter than the sun defies physics, NASA says

A bizarre 'ultraluminous X-ray source' shines millions of times brighter than the sun, breaking a physical law called the Eddington limit, a new study finds.

Space · May 9, 2023

China to launch communications relay satellite to the moon in early 2024

Queqiao 2 ('Magpie Bridge 2') will launch early next year and will be used to support China's upcoming Chang'e 6, 7 and 8 robotic moon missions.

Space · May 9, 2023

Meet 'Scary Barbie,' a black hole slaughtering a star in the brightest way possible

Astronomers detected one of the brightest and most energetic cosmic objects ever observed in the form of a star being torn to shreds by a supermassive black hole.

Space · May 9, 2023

NASA may shift New Horizons Pluto probe to sun-studying mission

The future of NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is uncertain following debates at NASA over how best to use the spacecraft.

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023

First Thing: family and friends identify victims of Texas mall shooting

A Korean American family, a security guard and two young sisters are among those killed in Saturday attack near Dallas. Plus, how one man survived being struck by lightning

Space · May 9, 2023

NASA platform used to launch Apollo 11 to the moon set for demolition

NASA's Mobile Launch Platform-3, from which the first astronauts departed Earth to fly around and land on the moon now, itself, only has a limited time left on the planet.

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