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NASA will update us all on its Artemis moon landing program on Dec. 5. Here's how to watch live.

NASA is about to speak out about its plan to return astronauts to the moon, and you'll be able to watch it live on Thursday (Dec. 5).

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Spiderweb protocluster is filled with baby galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope reveals (image)

Using the JWST astronomers have dived deeper into a cosmic spiderweb called the Spiderweb protocluster located 10 billion light-years away than ever before.

Space

Trump nominates Musk collaborator to head space agency NASA

Jared Isaacman, who made the first private spacewalk in September, is among latest picks by US-president elect.

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers 4th exoplanet in sweet triple 'super puff' star system

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a fourth planet in Kepler-51, a sweet system of cotton candy super puff planets.

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Trump taps billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead Nasa

Aerospace defense firm founder was first civilian to walk in space and led first flight of all-private crew of astronauts

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Asteroid the size of 3 million elephants zooms past Earth

A big asteroid zoomed past Earth and the moon early Dec. 4, setting it up for another close pass in 2028.

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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago

NEOWISE team members have unveiled six images from the spacecraft's archives to celebrate the late space telescope's long and productive scientific life.

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Why we can't just name a quasi-moon 'Moony McMoonface'

You can vote on one of seven possible names for a quasi-moon of Earth and, unfortunately, Moony McMoonface isn't on the list.

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See the moon and Venus take a sunset stroll through the night sky tonight

The two brightest nighttime objects, the moon and the planet Venus put on a lovely display in the western evening sky of Wednesday, Dec. 4.

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Europe's Vega-C rocket launches Earth-observation satellite on 1st liftoff since 2022 failure (video)

Europe's Vega-C rocket successfully launched the Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite today (Dec. 5), bouncing back from a 2022 failure.

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Rocket company pauses construction of spaceport in Highlands

Orbex is delaying construction on its Sutherland spaceport to focus on launching rockets in Shetland.

Evening Standard

Rocket firm 'pauses' plan for spaceport in Highlands

A ROCKET manufacturer has said it will “pause” construction of a spaceport in Sutherland to focus its launch efforts in Shetland...

The National (Scotland)

Will the International Space Station's 2031 death dive cause pollution problems?

The International Space Station will be steered to a controlled destruction in Earth's atmosphere in 2031, if all goes to plan. Should we be worried about the pollution this death dive will cause?

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ISRO ready to launch PROBA-3 mission satellites from Sriharikota

The launch is scheduled from the first launch pad of the SDSC-SHAR at 4:08 pm today and will be carrying a payload of around 550kgs in a highly elliptical orbit. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India launches European Proba-3 satellites to create artificial eclipses in space (video)

An Indian PSLV rocket launched Europe's Proba-3 precision formation-flying mission to orbit early Thursday (Dec. 5) after a one-day delay.

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Inside the Hubble Space Telescope's 23-year-long look at a beautiful blue galaxy

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explores the evolution of spiral galaxy UGC 10043 through images taken 23 years apart, in 2000 and 2023.

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Tiny asteroid detected hours before hitting Earth to become 4th 'imminent impactor' of 2024

A tiny asteroid measuring some 27 inches (70 cm) wide was detected on a collision course with Earth above Siberia. It is expected to burn up harmlessly on the morning of Dec. 3, 2024.

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Handle on history: Knives embedded with rocket parts honor 45 years of Ariane launches

A company that crafts knife handles from leftover rocket metal and the wood from trees surrounding the launch pad has created a limited piece celebrating the anniversary of Europe's venerable Ariane.

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Mysterious fast radio bursts could be caused by asteroids slamming into dead stars

Asteroids colliding with neutron stars could account for mysterious blasts of energy called fast radio bursts by releasing enough energy to supply humanity's power needs for one hundred million years.

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BepiColombo probe captures haunting Mercury image on 5th of 6 gravity assist flybys (photo)

The European-Japanese BepiColombo probe made a close flyby of Mercury on Dec. 1, 2024 and captured an image of the planet.

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Did Venus ever have oceans to support life, or was it 'born hot'?

New research suggests that Venus may never have possessed liquid water oceans. That would mean "Earth's evil twin" was always hostile to life.

Space

SETI tracks distorted signals from distant pulsars with data from destroyed Arecibo Observatory

Years after the collapse of the Arecebo telescope data from the radio observatory has helped SETI scientists probe the characteristics of pulsars, cosmic lighthouses powered by dead stars.

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Strange "quasi-moon" of Earth will get one of these 7 names

A panel of experts has picked seven finalists for the name of asteroid (164207) 2004 GU9, a "quasi-moon" of Earth. You can vote for your favorite through Jan. 1, 2025.

The Guardian - UK

Atmospheric analysis shows Venus never had Earth-like life, scientists say

Research indicates planet’s interior is dry in blow to theories that it was previously habitable

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Fruit flies in space! Chinese astronauts show off experiment on Tiangong space station (video)

China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's Tiangong space station — fruit flies, which arrived on a cargo ship on Nov. 15.

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