Category: 1. Edi-Choice
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Webb Captures Its First Direct Image of an Exoplanet
‘Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have captured compelling evidence of a planet with a mass similar to Saturn orbiting the young nearby star TWA 7. In this image combining ground-based data from ESO’s Very Large… -
SpaceX sends Starlink satellites into space on 1st launch of a Saturday doubleheader
One up, one to go: SpaceX launched the first of a scheduled two Starlink missions on Saturday (June 28).
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 of the broadband internet satellites lifted off at 12:26 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape…
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What we know about the fireball seen across several states Thursday – WLTX
- What we know about the fireball seen across several states Thursday WLTX
- Rare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia Space
- Watch: Large fireball seen shooting across sky over…
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Look for the ‘Other Dipper’ this summer: How to find the Little Bear with the North Star
Earlier this month, we spoke of Ursa Major, the Big Bear, so this week we take a look at the Little Bear, Ursa Minor. Astronomy neophytes sometimes mistake the Pleiades star cluster for the Little Dipper because the brightest Pleiades stars…
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Stars Passing Near the Sun Could Cause Planets to Collide or Be Ejected, Paper Says – The New York Times
- Stars Passing Near the Sun Could Cause Planets to Collide or Be Ejected, Paper Says The New York Times
- Could the Solar System Lose a Planet to a Passing Star? Scientific American
- Earth might get kicked out of the solar system; scientists sound…
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Satellites keep breaking up in space, insurance won’t cover them.
Airplane passengers crossing the Indian Ocean who peered out their windows on Oct. 19, 2024, might have seen what looked like a fast-moving star suddenly flash and fade. Above their heads, a $500 million satellite was exploding.
Operators
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Ask Ethan: What puzzles can the Vera Rubin Observatory help solve?
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Astronomers crown the new “largest structure in the universe”
Move over, Shapley Superstructure; there’s a new champion in town. Astronomers have identified a cosmic filament of matter so vast that it stretches about 1.3 billion light-years – approximately 7.6 sextillion miles – from end to end.
They…
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See the crescent moon dance with Mars and the bright star Regulus this weekend
In the hours following sunset on Saturday (June 28), the waxing crescent moon will line up with Mars and the bright star Regulus above the western horizon — before swiftly slipping out of view.
Stargazers in the U.S. will find the slender form…
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SpaceX breaks launchpad turnaround record with midnight Starlink flight – Spaceflight Now
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Continuing to push the boundaries of rapid reuse, SpaceX set a new launchpad turnaround record…
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