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ISRO’s Aditya L1 mission will reach destination on Jan 6: Somanath

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s Aditya L1 mission is expected to reach its destination, Lagrangian point 1 (or L1), on January 6, and from there will study the sun and the star’s effects on the solar system for five years, the organisation’s chairman S Somanath said.

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Life beyond Earth may form in the coldest depths of space, Ryugu asteroid samples reveal

PAHs may be able to form in cold regions of space, affecting what scientists think about the origins of planets and possibility of alien life.

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New Hubble Telescope image shows mysterious spokes on Saturn's rings

Scientists have no idea what the spokes are.

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Warped supernova spotted by James Webb Space Telescope could settle a longstanding debate

Gravitationally lensed images of two different supernovas in the same galaxy can be used to measure the expansion rate of the universe.

Space

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 19th mission

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off for a record-setting 19th time on Saturday (Dec. 23), sending 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

Space

Nuking an incoming asteroid will spew out X-rays. This new model shows what happens

After a NASA mission redirected an asteroid moonlet with a planned crash in 2022, a new model is building on that effort to show how a nuclear weapon could smash a space rock to pieces.

Space

A Ring-Tastic Hubble Image Ushers In Spoke Season For Saturn

The famous ringed planet is a carousel for a mysterious feature appearing this season.

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The 12 patches of Christmas: 'KSC Artist' shares his favorite spaceflight designs of 2023

We've all heard the "Twelve Days of Christmas," but for those with a passion for space, let's sing along to the "12 space patches of Christmas" designed by an artist to the real stars, Tim Gagnon.

Space

Alien Invasion! The 11 Most Gripping Alien and UAP Events Of 2023

Want to reminisce on what 2023 brought us for news of aliens, UAP (the new name for UFOs), and more? Here's our list of the year's best alien news.

Inverse

See the moon and Jupiter enjoy their final meet-up of 2023 in the night sky tonight

The moon and Jupiter will meet-up with Jupiter for one last time in 2023 on Friday (Dec. 22), with the two bodies making a close approach to each other in the sky as they reach conjunction.

Space

Potential alien planets spotted in 2023

The James Webb Space Telescope confirmed its first exoplanet sighting and much more

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The Ursids peak tonight, offering the last meteor shower of 2023 tonight

The annual December meteor shower, the Ursids, peaks overnight on Dec. 22, allowing skywatchers willing to brave the cold the chance to spot meteors streaking through the sky ahead of Santa Claus.

Space

Get ready for the spectacular ursids meteor shower finale!

Catch the stunning celestial spectacle of the ursids meteor shower, Mother Nature's final show of 2023. No equipment needed, just look up and be mesmerized...

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What's the ‘Christmas Star’ and how to observe it this December

Here’s what the bright star in the east after dark is and why it has appeared just in time for the holidays

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Distant nebula looks like fleeing turkey in festive new Very Large Telescope photo

A festive image from the Very Large Telescope shows the clouds of the 'Running Chicken Nebula' looking like a turkey fleeing a cosmic Christmas dinner.

Space

Chinese startup LandSpace poised to begin reusable rocket landing tests

Chinese launch startup Landspace appears ready to test launching and landing rockets from China's Gobi Desert.

Space

Hubble Telescope gifts us a dazzling starry 'snow globe' just in time for the holidays

NASA has published a composite image of UGC 8091, a dwarf irregular galaxy using data captured by the Hubble Space Telescope from 2006 to 2021. It has been compared to Christmas lights or a snow globe.

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SpaceX launch of Axiom Space's 3rd private astronaut mission delayed to Jan. 17

The SpaceX launch of Axiom Space's Ax-3 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station has been delayed by eight days, to Jan. 17.

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Astronomers discover strangely missing stars in galaxies near Milky Way

A newfound population of stars in nearby dwarf galaxies are the long-sought precursors of hydrogen-poor supernovas.

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Private moon lander's SpaceX launch delayed a month, to February

Intuitive Machines will wait an extra month, until mid-February 2024, to send a private moon lander into space atop a SpaceX rocket.

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Astronomers Used This Old Tech To Snapshot An Elusive Gamma-Ray Beam

Not all scientific breakthroughs are high-tech ones.

Evening Standard

How to watch the International Space Station fly over London on Christmas Day

You'll need to be up bright and early on Christmas morning to see the third brightest object in the sky

Space

Steve Wozniak's start-up Privateer develops ride-sharing spacecraft to reduce orbital clutter

Steve Wozniak's space sustainability start-up Privateer launched a prototype of its Pono space module to encourage users to share 'stuff' in space.

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This 1.5-Billion-Pixel Image Captures the Running Chicken Nebula in an Angle Most Fowl

A new image from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Survey Telescope, or VST, captures it in all its avian-like glory.

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Can stars form around black holes?

Black holes create some of the most extreme environments in the cosmos — can stars form in such conditions?

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