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Moon Standard Time? Nasa to create lunar-centric time reference system

Space agency tasked with establishing Coordinated Lunar Time, partly to aid missions requiring extreme precision

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Chinese space junk falls to Earth over Southern California, creating spectacular fireball (photos, video)

A big piece of Chinese space junk fell to Earth over Southern California early Tuesday morning (April 2), putting on quite a show for observers in the Golden State.

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Will the 2024 total solar eclipse be visible from space?

ISS astronauts and satellites will have a bird's-eye view of the April 8 total solar eclipse, which will thrill skywatchers across North America.

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A 'horned' comet may be visible during the 2024 total solar eclipse

An unusual "horned" comet is now visible in the night sky and may even make a rare appearance during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

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Metal thought to be International Space Station trash rips through Florida home

Nasa investigates cylindrical slab believed to be part of discarded battery pallet that tore through Naples house

The Guardian - US

The faintest star system orbiting our Milky Way may be dominated by dark matter

The stars of a possible ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, known as UMa3/U1, could be held in place by the gravitational glue of dark matter.

Space

Team led by PRL Ahmedabad finds ozone on Jupiter’s moon Callisto

Scientists discover ozone on Jupiter's moon Callisto, hinting at potential habitability and complex chemical processes on the icy celestial body.

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There's an April Fools' Day prank about the 2024 solar eclipse — don't fall for it

No, the date and path of the total solar eclipse have not been miscalculated.

Space

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket photobombs the moon in incredible award-winning shot

This amazing photo of a Falcon Heavy rocket transiting the moon won the Sony World Photography Awards 2024.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope joins the hunt for newborn exoplanets

The James Webb Space Telescope has joined the hunt for infant exoplanets, spotting a newly forming world — but not the one we had expected to see.

Space

Pluto TV will rally to make Pluto a planet again on April 1 (it's no joke)

Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear.

Space

Hubble Space Telescope finds bucket of cosmic Easter eggs — 500 blue and red stars

Observations for the ULLYSES program, the Hubble Telescope's largest operation yet, are now completed. Scientists are now diving into some cosmic Easter treats.

Space

Life on Enceladus? Europe eyes astrobiology mission to Saturn ocean moon

The future European Space Agency mission could include an orbiting spacecraft as well as a lander, both of which would sample ocean material in Enceladus' plumes.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 104 — The Artemis Accords, Ecuador, and You

On Episode 104 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with National Space Society chapter leader Robert Aillon about NASA's Artemis Accords.

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Spaceflight doubleheader! SpaceX launches 2 rockets in 4-hour span (video)

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets today (March 30) from Florida less than five hours apart.

Space

Why are some supermassive black hole jets so short? Astronomers may have cracked the case

New observations provide an intriguing window into what happens when a slumbering black hole awakens to devour a star.

Space

Solar spacecraft 'SOHO' discovers its 5,000th comet

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory just hit a milestone with its 5,000th comet detection.

Space

Gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope image captures sparkling stars, old and new

A small galaxy is bursting with star formation in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Most quasars are a ferocious force of nature, but not this one

A quasar over three billion light-years away was found to be rather gentle on its host galaxy, allowing its black hole to keep growing.

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Europe's upcoming Mars rover now has a detailed map to aid its search for ancient Red Planet life (video)

The European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover now has a detailed map with which to help find its way around the Red Planet when it lands sometime in the next decade.

Space

NASA's Lucy asteroid-hopping spacecraft pins down ages of 1st asteroid targets

Scientists shared preliminary results from Lucy's encounter with Dinkinesh and Selam late last year.

Space

Life as we know it could exist on Venus, new experiment reveals

Some of the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions, according to a new lab experiment.

Space

Final launch of Delta IV Heavy rocket scrubbed late in countdown

ULA scrubbed the last planned liftoff of its Delta Heavy IV rocket on March 28 late in the countdown clock. The mission does not yet have a new launch date.

Space

Giant Mars asteroid impact creates vast field of destruction with 2 billion craters

An asteroid that slammed into Mars around 2.3 million years ago left one nine-mile wide crater and created 2 billion smaller craters.

Space

365 days of satellite images show Earth's seasons changing from space (video)

Satellite images taken daily for one year shows a stunning glimpse of what the change of seasons looked like from space.

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