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SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn mission to make first private spacewalk

US tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is hoping to perform the first private spacewalk later this week

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China moves Mars sample-return launch up 2 years, to 2028

China has moved the launch of its Tianwen 3 Mars sample return mission up two years, to 2028. The new timeline suggests China could get Mars samples to Earth as soon as 2031.

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Partial lunar eclipse of the Harvest Moon: Everything you need to know

The upcoming Full Harvest Moon on Sept. 17 will feature a partial lunar eclipse. Here's what to expect and how to see it.

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A long-lost moon could explain Mars' weird shape and extreme terrain

A long-lost moon could explain why Mars is so different from the other rocky planets in the solar system.

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SpaceX's historic private Polaris Dawn astronaut launch lights up predawn sky (photos)

SpaceX launched the history-making Polaris Dawn mission early this morning, and the nighttime launch made for some incredible imagery.

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7 years ago today, the sun unleashed a record-breaking solar flare

As August 2024 set another 20-year high for sunspots, recent solar flares have yet to top two solar flares from September 2017 that still hold unbroken records.

Space

SpaceX launches rocket with civilian crew for first-ever private spacewalk

After more than two years of training for the landmark mission, four citizens including billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman were launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Tuesday. If all goes as planned, it will be the first time non-professional astronauts conduct a spacewalk.

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Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto in 2015, has offered the best-yet estimates of how dark deep space truly is.

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Polaris Dawn mission blasts off with plans for first commercial spacewalk

Privately funded five-day mission by four astronauts led by US billionaire launches on SpaceX rocket from Florida

The Guardian - UK

China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035

The first phase of China's moon base will be completed around 2035 near the lunar south pole, and an extended model will be built by about 2050, if all goes according to plan.

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SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn astronauts to attempt world's 1st-ever private spacewalk (video)

SpaceX launched the four-person Polaris Dawn mission to orbit on Tuesday (Sept. 10) to carry out the first spacewalk ever performed by private astronauts.

Space

NASA spacecraft to study Jupiter moon's underground ocean cleared for October launch

NASA has given the go-ahead to next month’s launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa

The Independent UK

NASA's Europa Clipper probe to icy Jupiter moon takes big step toward its Oct. 10 launch

NASA's Europa Clipper astrobiology probe passed a major technical review today (Sept. 9), keeping the highly anticipated mission on track for its planned Oct. 10 launch.

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Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA says

With Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is safely back on Earth, NASA says Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could have returned onboard.

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So, Would Starliner Have Safely Brought Its Astronauts Home?

All eyes were on Starliner's daring landing after NASA decided a return with crew onboard was too risky. Was that a mistake?

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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn astronauts will make a daring trek into Earth's Van Allen radiation belt

SpaceX's trailblazing Polaris Dawn mission will make a daring trek into Earth orbit, one that will ferry the crew through belts of radiation wrapped around our planet.

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The moon might still have active volcanoes, China's Chang'e 5 sample-return probe reveals

The moon could still be volcanically active today, according to samples brought to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission in December 2020.

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BepiColombo’s Thruster Glitch Leads To Close Encounter With Mercury, Captures Stunning Images ‌

European Space Agency and JAXA mission overcomes technical hurdle to obtain unprecedented views of Mercury's south pole.‌ ‌

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Life on alien planets probably wouldn't experience day and night – here's how that may change evolution

Organisms on Earth living deep underground or at the bottom of the sea may give us an idea what alien life without a circadian rhythm could be like.

Salon

Compact galaxies are masters of disguise

Searching for the secrets behind the Little Red Dots

Evening Standard

European satellite completes first-ever ‘targeted’ re-entry ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

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The biggest galaxies live in our universe's supercluster 'cities'

Machine learning algorithms analyzed millions of galaxies to reveal where the biggest ones are.

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Watch a 100,000-mile-high tower of plasma erupt from the sun in this stunning video

Astrophotographer Mark Johnston got a front row seat to an epic fireworks show when he filmed a 100,000-mile-high tower of plasma erupting from the sun.

Inverse

M-Dwarf Planets Are Likely Habitable — But They Would Change Humans In This Weird Way

Do aliens sleep? You may take sleep for granted, but research suggests many planets that could evolve life don’t have a day and night cycle.

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SpaceX will start launching Starships to Mars in 2026, Elon Musk says

SpaceX plans to start launching uncrewed Mars missions with its Starship megarocket in 2026 and crewed flights to the Red Planet two years after that, Elon Musk said.

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