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Japan's 'moon sniper' probe snaps photo of Earth from orbit
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) launched on an H-2A rocket on Sept. 6. It has already passed its first critical phase in...
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Sep 28, 20231 min read


Giant Magellan Telescope project casts 7th and final mirror
Last week, in a spinning tank beneath the University of Arizona's football stadium, an oven kicked to life. The oven, at the University...
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Sep 27, 20232 min read


New Lockheed Martin system will manage satellite constellations from the cloud using AI
Lockheed Martin just announced a new "Operations Center of the Future," a new facility that the company hopes will make its growing...
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Sep 27, 20232 min read


The last supermoon of 2023 rises this week
September’s full moon, known as the Harvest Moon, will rise on Friday, Sept. 29 — and it is a special one. Not only will it be the fourth...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read


NASA's delayed VERITAS Venus mission tests key technology in Iceland
While NASA's VERITAS Venus mission continues to be on hold, team members have been perfecting technologies on Earth in places that...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read


ISRO to wait 14 more days for signal from Vikram, Pragyan
Team ISRO is hoping that the sun rises on the Shiv Shakti Point, where the lander and rover are parked. As soon as the sun rises, the...
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Sep 25, 20231 min read


NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission: Asteroid sample lands on Earth
A seven-year-long NASA mission has come to an end with the first asteroid sample collected in space. This capsule, the size of a...
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Sep 25, 20233 min read


Fourth time’s the charm for NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover
Scientists believe that three billion years ago, when Mars was much wetter than the arid land it is now, powerful debris flows carried...
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Sep 22, 20232 min read


Looking to Space in the Race to Decarbonize
Ali Hajimiri thinks there’s a better way to power the planet — one that’s not getting the attention it deserves. The Caltech professor of...
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Sep 22, 20233 min read


NASA Seeks Proposals from US Industry for Station Deorbit Spacecraft
NASA has released a request for proposal from U.S. industry for the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle (USDV), a spacecraft meant to safely deorbit the...
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Sep 21, 20232 min read


Solar storm slams into Earth and sparks stunning northern lights display
A powerful solar storm slammed into Earth on Sept. 18 and 19, triggering stunning aurora shows around the world. Aurora enthusiasts can...
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Sep 21, 20232 min read


India to test the emergency escape system for Gaganyaan’s crew capsule this year
India aims to send three astronauts to orbit before the end of 2024. The first high-altitude abort test to validate the crew escape...
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Sep 20, 20231 min read


Asteroid hit by NASA's DART spacecraft is behaving unexpectedly, high school class discovers
The asteroid Dimorphos is behaving in unexpected ways after being hit with a NASA rocket last year, new data suggest. Recent observations...
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Sep 20, 20232 min read


Venezuela may put an astronaut on a Chinese moon mission
The first Venezuelan man or woman could land on the moon on a Chinese spacecraft, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said last week....
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Sep 19, 20231 min read


NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return to Earth
NASA's first asteroid sample-return mission is in the home stretch toward its home planet. The agency's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its...
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Sep 19, 20232 min read


Webb snaps supersonic outflow of young star
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a high-resolution look at Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), a bipolar jet traveling through...
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Sep 15, 20232 min read


A 'Planet Nine' far from Earth could explain the odd behaviour of icy bodies beyond Neptune
Astronomers struggle to explain all of the properties of Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which are generally small, icy bodies that orbit...
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Sep 15, 20232 min read


Scientists unveil a pair of “mummified alien corpses” to Mexican Congress
In a previously unheard-of incidence, Mexico Congress hosted a rather unusual event in the capital city, sparking debates about the...
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Sep 14, 20231 min read


UAE's 1st long-duration astronaut says a moon mission is within reach.
The United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) first astronaut to spend a long time in space says it's quite possible his country will fly humans...
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Sep 13, 20231 min read


1 year after launch failure, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket remains grounded
It has now been a full year since Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle last left the ground. New Shepard last launched on Sept....
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Sep 13, 20232 min read
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