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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 144 —The great lunar armada

On Episode 144 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik take a look a pair of private moon missions by Firefly Aerospace and ispace that lifted off this week and so much more.

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Study reveals large, small galaxies may grow in ways more similar

A team of astronomers led by University of Arizona researcher Catherine Fielder captured the most precise photographs of a small galaxy and its surroundings. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites from California (video, photos)

SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast on Tuesday (Jan. 21).

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab to open next week after LA fires

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has come through the L.A. fires in one piece. It will open next week to employees who need to work on site.

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US Grounds SpaceX's Starship After Fiery Mid-air Explosion

The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission.

International Business Times

Major telescope makers hit by class action lawsuit over alleged price fixing

Amateur astronomers who have purchased telescopes from leading suppliers in the U.S. may be entitled to a payment from a class action settlement.

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FAA requiring investigation into SpaceX Starship's Flight 7 explosion

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is requiring an investigation into the explosion of SpaceX's Starship upper stage during the vehicle's seventh test flight on Jan. 16.

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Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter

NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter has found the fastest-disintegrating planet ever. Losing a moons-worth of matter every million years, it is a prime target for the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket set for 2nd launch in February

Europe is moving towards the second launch of its new Ariane 6 launcher after finding and addressing anomalies following its debut flight.

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SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean

SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean

The Independent UK

‘Get those rocket ships going’: where will Trump’s space odyssey lead Nasa?

Donald Trump and SpaceX owner Elon Musk have ambitious plans in space. Are they shooting for the moon?

The Guardian - US

Bright comet G3 ATLAS seen from space in new astronaut photo

A photo taken from the International Space Station captures the brilliant comet known as C/2024 G3 ATLAS, which could be the brightest of 2025.

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How to glimpse a parade of planets in the January night sky

Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s called a planetary parade

The Independent UK

Venus and Saturn take a sunset stroll tonight. Here's how to see it

Venus and Saturn will appear extraordinarily close together in the night sky overnight on Jan. 17 during a celestial event known as a conjunction.

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Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago

NASA's Chandra and NuSTAR telescopes have teamed up to study a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that could have played a key role in ending the cosmic dark ages.

Space

SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says

SpaceX has traced the likely cause of the explosion that destroyed its Starship vehicle during its Jan. 16 test flight to a leak of liquid oxygen or liquid methane.

Space

100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone

A century ago, humans didn't know other galaxies existed. Here's how Edwin Hubble changed that view.

Evening Standard

Space X Starship explodes minutes after launch from Texas forcing airlines to alter course

Video captured by Reuters showed orange balls of light streaking across the sky over the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, leaving trails of smoke behind

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SpaceX’s Starship breaks up mid-flight, forcing airlines to avoid debris

Elon Musk acknowledges mission failure, posting on X that ‘success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed’.

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Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos)

The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship megarocket exploded over the Atlantic Ocean during the vehicle's Flight 7 test today (Jan. 16), and lots of people saw the sky show.

Space

SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)

SpaceX pulled off a launch-tower catch of Starship's Super Heavy booster during a test flight today (Jan. 16) but lost the vehicle's upper stage.

The Independent UK

SpaceX's Starship mega rocket blasts off on its most complex test flight yet

SpaceX's colossal Starship rocket has blasted off on its most complex test flight yet

Space

Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the first exquisite images of an interstellar patch of sky, about 11,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

International Business Times

Musk's Starship Set For Launch After Bezos Orbital Triumph

The rivalry between the world's two richest men is going cosmic.

Space

Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams completed a six-hour spacewalk to repair and upgrade equipment outside the International Space Station on Thursday (Jan. 16).

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