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Second moonshot: on the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14

The Chandrayaan-3 mssion gives India a chance to lead the world’s response to the moon’s growing importance in the scientific and the political milieus

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The 1st light to flood the universe can help unravel the history of the cosmos. Here's how

Just as Darwin used the fossil record to piece together the evolution of life on Earth, scientists can use a "cosmic fossil," the universe's first light, to understand how the cosmos evolved.

Space

With more fuel, fail-safe measures, Chandrayaan-3 to leap towards moon on July 14

Chandrayaan-3 set for launch on July 14, is loaded with more fuel, a slew of safety measures and a bigger landing site, with ISRO saying it has opted for a “failure-based design”

The Hindu

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Chandrayaan-3: A guide to India's third mission to the moon

Chandrayaan-3 is the third Indian mission to the moon. It aims to deploy a lander and a rover to the lunar surface for 14 Earth days to gather science and imagery.

Space

The Harvard and Papua New Guinea interstellar meteor row

The removal of fragments from a possible interstellar meteor has sparked a row between scientists from Harvard and Papua New Guinean authorities.

The Week

Titan sub passengers not told of emergency procedures 'as they'd all be dead'

Paul-Henri Nargeolet allegedly shared that Titan passengers weren't informed about emergency procedures on the submersible because they'd "all be dead before we know it," according to journalist Arnie Weissmann

Daily Mirror

Boom! Watch an inflatable space habitat explode during testing (video)

Lockheed Martin recently completed a successful burst test of the company's sub-scale inflatable space habitat, pushing past safety limits to explode the module at the company's Colorado facility.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots violent collision between neutron stars

The James Webb Space Telescope traced the second-brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen to a kilonova, a collision between two neutron stars — an event believed to forge heavy elements like gold.

Space

Daily Quiz | On lunar missions

The Hindu’s Daily Quiz on lunar missions

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See the Red Planet Mars shine beside the blue star Regulus tonight

Look to the western skies on Monday evening (July 10) to see the Red Planet, Mars, shining steadily above the twinkling blueish star Regulus.

Space

Is the puzzling star Betelgeuse going to explode in our lifetime after all?

A new unpublished study is making waves on the internet, claiming that one of the brightest stars in the night sky might die in a spectacular explosion within our lifetime.

Space

ISRO to transfer SSLV to private sector

The ISRO will soon transfer its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) to the private sector, after conducting two development flights of the rocket that seeks to provide on-demand services to put satellites weighing up to 500 kg in a low-earth orbit.

The Hindu

The climate of Mars changed dramatically 400,000 years ago, Chinese rover finds

A shift in Mars' climate 400,000 years ago produced a change in wind direction that left its mark in the erosion of bright sand dunes.

Space

Scientists Find that Water May Have Flowed on Mars Recently — But There’s a Twist

As seen on Earth, liquid water leads to life. Mars gullies could form from meltwater, but only during certain times in the planet's orbit.

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James Webb telescope detects the earliest strand in the 'cosmic web' ever seen

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a clump of ancient galaxies that may be the oldest strand of the "cosmic web" ever detected.

Space

Huge granite 'body' on far side of the moon offers clues to ancient lunar volcanoes

Scientists have discovered granite created by magma deposits beneath an ancient lunar volcano that erupted around 3.5 billion years ago on the far side of the moon.

The Hindu

Voyager 2’s closest approach to Jupiter

On July 9, 1979, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to the largest planet in our solar system. Now in interstellar space, Voyager 2 altered some of our ideas about the Jovian system. A.S.Ganesh tells you more about Voyager 2 and its tryst with Jupiter…

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for record-breaking 16th time, lands on ship at sea

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on its record-breaking 16th mission Sunday night (July 9), sending 22 of the company's Starlink 'V2 Mini' satellites to orbit.

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A 30-Mile Slab of Granite May Be Hiding in an Ancient Volcano on the Moon

Granite decorates kitchens, and stems from volcanic clogs on Earth. But now, researchers have found a huge hunk of granite on the Moon.

Space

Stay up late and see the half-lit moon in its last quarter phase tonight

The moon reaches its third-quarter phase on July 9, appearing half-lit in the morning skies before setting shortly after midday.

Space

SpaceX, FAA seek to dismiss environmental groups' Starship lawsuit

SpaceX and the FAA aim to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a coalition of environmental groups, which seeks a more stringent assessment of SpaceX's huge Starship rocket.

Space

Orion spacecraft gets its heat shield for Artemis 2 moon mission (photo)

Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center have attached the heat shield to the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft, which will send astronauts around the moon for the first time in over fifty years.

Space

Life on Venus? Intriguing molecule phosphine spotted in planet's clouds again

More evidence of the potentially life-indicating molecule phosphine has been discovered in Venus' atmosphere, opening the next chapter in a heated debate.

Space

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet looks ready to fly in new photos

New photos of NASA's X-59 supersonic plane show the aircraft parked on the flight line as it prepares for a series of ground and initial flight tests.

Daily Mirror

Moment OceanGate CEO can't remember how to use PlayStation console to move doomed ship

In a resurfaced documentary, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush admits to his lack of knowledge regarding the controls of the Titan submersible after it experienced a misaligned thruster.

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