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For this dead star, 72 years is a single Earth day

Astronomers have discovered a remarkable binary system in which a dead white dwarf star orbits a tiny stellar companion 72 times in 24 hours. The observation could help explain how tiny stars are born.

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Brightest Quasar With Rapidly Growing Black Hole Discovered

Discover the brightest quasar, J0529-4351, with a massive black hole consuming matter at an unprecedented rate, shedding light on the mysteries of the univ...

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Brightest quasar ever seen is powered by black hole that eats a 'sun a day'

Astronomers have discovered a quasar that remained hidden for over the years is the brightest ever, powered by the fastest growing black hole ever discovered that eats a sun every day.

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NASA's twin spacecraft will go to the ends of the Earth to combat climate change

In Spring 2024, NASA will launch two tiny twin satellites as part of the PREFIRE mission that will journey to the poles to collect data that will help monitor climate change.

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Varda's 1st in-space manufacturing capsule to land in Utah this week

Varda Space Industries' first off-Earth manufacturing effort, a mission called W-1, is scheduled to land in northern Utah on Wednesday (Feb. 21).

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Big, doomed satellite seen from space as it tumbles towards a fiery reentry on Feb. 21 (photos)

Non-Earth imaging company HEO Robotics captured breathtaking images of ESA's ERS-2 satellite as it tumbles towards an atmospheric reentry on Feb. 21.

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Rocket Lab launches ADRAS-J space junk inspection satellite for Astroscale (video)

Rocket Lab will launch an ambitious space-junk inspection mission for the Japanese company Astroscale this morning (Feb. 18), and you can watch the action live.

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Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution

The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 98 — Inside NASA with Pam Melroy

On Episode 98 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod discuss what NASA's up to with the agency's Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy.

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Uruguay signs Artemis Accords for responsible space exploration

Uruguay has joined the Artemis Accords, the United States' effort to establish widespread principles to guide space exploration.

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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket simulator seen on launchpad from space (photos)

Satellites captured Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket standing upright at Launch Complex 36 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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ISRO launches weather monitoring satellite INSAT-3DS

The ISRO on Saturday conducted a successful launch of its meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS aboard spacecraft GSLV F14 at 5.35 pm from the Sriharikota spaceport. Read further on Dynamite News:

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NASA's Voyager 1 glitch has scientists sad yet hopeful: 'Voyager 2 is still going strong'

Voyager 1 hasn't spoken since December of last year. Scientists are trying to fix the historic probe, but they're also preparing to say goodbye.

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Japan successfully launches H3 rocket after back-to-back failures

The H3 flagship rocket is designed to replace the H-IIA after more than two decades in service.

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Japan's new H3 rocket reaches orbit for 1st time (video)

Japan's new H3 rocket reached orbit for the first time today (Feb. 16), bouncing back from a failure on its debut test flight nearly a year ago.

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NASA has more than twice the asteroid Bennu samples it could have hoped for from OSIRIS-REx probe

After months of waiting, NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return container is unlocked — and the space agency has weighed the total Bennu sample.

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Japan Makes Third Attempt To Launch Next-gen Rocket

Japan's space agency will try to launch its new flagship rocket on Saturday, hoping for third time lucky following years of delays and two aborted attempts.

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Russia's Progress 87 cargo ship arrives at International Space Station

Russia's robotic Progress 87 cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station early Saturday morning (Feb. 17), delivering about 3 tons of supplies.

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India launches powerful new weather satellite INSAT-3DS into orbit on 'naughty boy' rocket (video)

India successfully launched its powerful new INSAT-3DS weather and disaster-warning spacecraft to orbit on Saturday morning (Feb. 17).

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Amateur astronomers can make breathtaking discoveries. This new photobook on Kickstarter shows how

The upcoming photobook 'Route de la Belle Etoile' documents the efforts and enthusiasm of amateur astronomers worldwide.

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SpaceX and NASA say Crew-8 astronauts won't launch to ISS until March 1 after private moonshot

SpaceX and NASA postponed the launch of their joint Crew-8 mission to the ISS to no earlier than March 1 due to the recent IM-1 private moon lander launch.

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I took my bike to ‘Mars’ for two weeks - here’s what it was like

Planetary geologist Helen Eifert brought her bike and trainer to a Mars simulator for two weeks as her only form of exercise. Could humans one day cruise around the Red Planet?

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See the moon meet up with the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades tonight

The moon meets up with the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades on Friday (Feb. 16) as skywatchers get a chance to see lunar landmarks known as the Lunar X and Lunar V.

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Could the solar system be teeming with interstellar objects? We'll soon find out (op-ed)

With JWST and other telescopes, we now have the tools to tell the difference between an intelligent visitor and an interstellar 'dark comet' like 'Oumuamua. Let's not get fooled.

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Watch Japan launch its H3 rocket on return-to-flight mission tonight

Japan's new H3 rocket will attempt to bounce back from an explosive failure tonight (Feb. 16), and you can watch the action live.

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