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Look for 'Earthgrazers' as the Eta Aquarid meteor shower overlaps the new moon on May 19

The peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower unfortunately coincided with a bright full moon, but there is still time to catch a few stragglers was we approach the new moon on May 19.

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See bright Venus climb to its highest point in the night sky tonight

Venus is quite bright as it climbs high in the night sky on Monday (May 8) during its current period of evening appearances.

Space

Virgin Galactic is just weeks away from next astronaut test flight, eyes space tourist flights soon

Virgin Galactic plans to launch its fifth spaceflight late this month, a test that aims to pave the way for the start of commercial service next month.

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Dust cloud discovered around one of sky’s brightest stars

High-resolution images from James Webb space telescope reveal two rings of debris around Fomalhaut

The Guardian - UK

Virgin Orbit Failure Casts Cloud Over Space Voyages: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

Virgin Orbit failure casts a cloud over space voyages but SpaceX could fill the void.

Kiplinger

Strange winds blow on Saturn's moon Titan. New clues could solve this decades-old mystery

New research aims to shed light on the puzzling winds on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, whose mysterious weather patterns have puzzled astronomers for decades.

Space

To Live on Mars, Human Architecture Has to Combine Science and Sci-Fi

As NASA’s desire for planned crewed missions to Mars becomes reality, establishing safe human settlements for life off-Earth is one of the agency’s most urgent tasks.

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See 1st lunar eclipse of 2023 darken the full Flower Moon in eerie photos

The full Flower Moon of May 2023 was darkened by a penumbral lunar eclipse that was visible to most of the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Will SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation make Earth more detectable to aliens?

Intelligent aliens looking for life in the universe might be able to find Earth using our radio signals, a new SETI study suggests.

Space

NASA launches two satellites from New Zealand as part of cyclone-monitoring project

New storm trackers launched from New Zealand's North Island will help give hourly updates of tropical cyclones, rather than the six hourly updates provided by current satellites.

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Rocket Lab launches 2 NASA satellites to study tropical storms and hurricanes like never before

Rocket Lab just launched a pair of storm-hunting cubesats toward orbit, the first of two missions it will fly for NASA's TROPICS constellation.

Space

Artemis 2 will use lasers to beam high-definition footage from the moon (video)

Watch NASA explain how the Orion Artemis 2 Optical Communications System (O2O) will enable the first high-speed transmission of images and video from the moon.

Space

Roy Bridges, Senator Mark Kelly inducted into US Astronaut Hall of Fame

Retired Major General Roy Bridges and Senator Mark Kelly were honored by their peers as the newest inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Space

This Exoplanet’s Weird Orbit Defies the Rules of Physics

Exoplanet 131b has a unique orbit that puzzles scientists.

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Daily Mirror

Asteroid the size of a large plane will pass by Earth TODAY at more than 18,000mph

Two asteroids, the size of a plane and another of a building, are set to pass by the Earth today, although neither are feared to come closer enough to pose any kind of a threat

Wales Online

Scientists find sun may have been source of life on Earth

During the Earth’s first 100 million years, the Sun was likely about 30 per cent dimmer

Space

Europe wants its own satellite megaconstellation to compete with SpaceX Starlink: report

Planning is underway for a European constellation that will provide internet connectivity from low-Earth orbit similar to SpaceX's controversial Starlink megaconstellation.

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Watch Rocket Lab launch 2 NASA storm-watching satellites tonight

Rocket Lab will launch the first set of NASA's TROPICS satellites on May 7, to provide better forecasts amid extreme weather.

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The Hindu

Science This Week | A star swallows a Jupiter-sized planet, scientists find a new molecular motor and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

Inverse

The Technology We Desperately Need to Hunt for Alien Life

We’re going to need a bigger telescope. And that’s just the start.

The Hindu

Telstar 2 has a tale of its own

Space

See the moon in epic detail in stunning images taken by South Korea's lunar orbiter (photos)

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also known as Danuri, arrived in low lunar orbit in mid-December and has already returned a series of impressive images.

Space

Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen carries Canadian flag at coronation of King Charles

Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen carried the Canadian flag in the country's delegation at the coronation of King Charles III of England.

Space

Samuel Durrance, astronaut who flew with telescope he built, dies at 79

Sam Durrance, who as an astronomer was one of the first non-career astronauts to fly after the loss of space shuttle Challenger, has died at 79. Durrance flew twice accompanying the payload he built.

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Remember when: King Charles met NASA's space shuttle Enterprise in 1977 (video)

More than four decades ago, King Charles III got an up-close look at NASA's very first space shuttle, a test vehicle known as Enterprise.

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