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Artemis 2 moon astronaut explains risk of flying NASA's supersonic training jet

Fighter pilot Jeremy Hansen, a Canadian astronaut on the Artemis 2 mission, talks about how the T-38 supersonic fleet 'can kill you' and why that's important for space training.

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Most Americans expect routine space tourism by 2073, but few would actually try it: report

A Pew Research Center report reveals more than half of Americans expects to have access to space, but barely a third would be willing to make the trip themselves.

Space

Strange two-faced dying star 'Janus' baffles scientists in cosmic oddity

While routinely scanning the sky for the burnt-out remnants of dying stars, scientists stumbled upon a strange cosmic signal.

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How Apollo 11 inspired record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (exclusive)

Record-breaking former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson appeared on CBS News on July 20 to talk about how the Apollo 11 moon landing influenced her career choice.

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Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11's anniversary (gallery)

The Library of Congress has 400 years of moon maps from around the world. Explore the moon in centuries of maps to celebrate the first-ever human moon landing in 1969.

Space

Interstellar meteor fragments found? Harvard astronomer's claim sparks debate, criticism

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb believes he has found pieces of the first known interstellar meteorite. But others have their doubts, and the debate is turning ugly.

Space

ISRO successfully tests Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System

With the successful completion of the hot test, the Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) demonstrated its performance in the full configuration.

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NASA’s Historic Mission Control Restored To Moon Landing Glory

After years of meticulous refurbishment, the iconic mission control center reopens to the public

Zenger

Janus: The Strange White Dwarf With Dual Elemental Composition

Astronomers Discover Two-Faced Star: Hydrogen on One Side, Helium on the Other

Zenger

NASA Prepares To Launch Mission To $10,000 Quadrillion Asteroid

Scientists gear up to study metal-rich space rock that could hold more value than the global economy.

Zenger

Bizarre 'slow' neutron star challenges our theories about dead stars

Astronomers have observed a 'slow' magnetar releasing bursts of radio waves every 22 minutes. The strange neutron star could change our perception of these extreme stellar corpses.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope makes 1st detection of diamond-like carbon dust in the universe's earliest stars

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed carbon dust in distant and early galaxies in a discovery that could challenge theories regarding the formation of cosmic dust in the infant universe.

Space

1st evidence found for 'Trojan planet' worlds occupying same orbit

Astronomers have found the first evidence of a so-called 'Trojan planet,' in the form of a young Jupiter-like world that's being tailed by a cloud of dust twice as massive as Earth's moon.

Space

Spooky X-Ray Aurora Discovered on Mercury

Scientists have known for years that Mercury's crust fluoresces, and now they know why.

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Neil Armstrong’s Historic Moon Landing Celebrated 52 Years Later

Apollo 11: The Historic Moon Landing that United the World.

The Independent UK

UK’s mission to become ‘global power in space’ back on track, ministers say

The Government’s National Space Council has met for the first time since its reinstatement.

Inverse

Astronomers Find a Strange Two-Faced Zombie Star

The white dwarf, nicknamed Janus, has one side helium, one side hydrogen.

The Guardian - UK

Two-faced star with helium and hydrogen sides baffles astronomers

White dwarf nicknamed Janus could be in transition from one element dominating at its surface to the other

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Weirdly Long-Lived Radio Signal Hints at Undiscovered Astrophysics

The long-lived radio signal moves too slowly to be a pulsar, and may be a new form of white dwarf never before seen — but that's not a given.

Inverse

Webb Telescope Finds Complex Carbon in the Early Universe, Baffling Astronomers

Cosmic dust of the ancient past is beginning to appear to the ultrasensitive instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope.

Inverse

Astronomers Discover A Cosmic "Unicorn": Two Planets on the Same Orbit

While they are possible in theory, this is the first time astronomers have ever spotted exoplanet Trojans in the wild.

Space

Rocket Lab recovers Electron booster from Pacific Ocean after satellite launch (photos)

Rocket Lab pulled one of its boosters from the sea after a launch on Monday (July 17), taking another step toward rocket reuse.

The Independent UK

Astronomers discover exoplanet that may have a sibling sharing the same orbit

The researchers detected a cloud of debris which could be the building blocks of a new planet or the remnants of one already formed.

Space

Scientists discover 'glitched' neutron star that obliterated an asteroid, then fired off a brilliant explosion

A powerful magnetic neutron star, or magnetar, "glitched" when it destroyed an asteroid, causing it to blast out a fast radio burst and change rotational speed.

Space

You can see Mars, Venus and Mercury near the crescent moon tonight. Here's where to look.

Mars, Venus and Mercury will appear close to a thin crescent moon tonight (July 19), but you'll need to get out right at sunset to make the most of this grouping of inner solar system bodies.

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