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SpaceX's Crew-6 astronauts readying to wrap up their record-breaking flight

SpaceX's Crew-6 astronauts spoke with journalists Aug. 23 ahead of their coming return to Earth and also discussed the expected Aug. 25 launch of the Crew-7 mission.

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Neptune keeps growing enormous dark and bright spots, and scientists don't know why

Scientists are still in the dark about what is causing a huge shadowy patch to appear against the blue background of Neptune’s sky.

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Why Is Everyone Trying to Land at the South Pole of the Moon?

Because it's there, but also because it has resources that can support future lunar bases and Mars missions.

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What's next for India's Chandrayaan-3 mission on the moon?

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission landed near the moon's south pole on Wednesday (Aug. 23). Its expected lifetime is one lunar day, or two Earth weeks, until the sun sets on the moon.

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First trailer for Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal's apocalyptic drama looks like Black Mirror meets Interstellar

Here's the first trailer for Foe

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Astronomers Capture an Unprecedented Look at Neptune's Mysterious Dark Spot

Years after Hubble discovered a dark spot on Neptune, the Very Large Array took a closer look — and found other interesting features.

Inverse

Space weather, tectonic activity, solar history: All that Chandrayaan-3 is likely to unravel

India is finally on the Moon. It took an arduous journey of years, a failed mission and a voyage of 40 days for Chandrayaan-3 to be the first to arrive on the Moon’s dark side or south pole on Wednesday. But why at all are we there?

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India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover Pragyan rolls onto the lunar surface for 1st time

India's Pragyan rover rolled out of the nation's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander less than a day after the triumphant landing, commencing its two-week exploration mission.

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SpaceX to launch Crew-7 astronauts to ISS for NASA before dawn on Aug. 25. Here's how to watch online for free.

NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli will be the second Iranian-American in space, and joins three international astronauts on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission launching from Florida on Aug. 25.

Space

Between science and geopolitics: Global media and the new space race

In 1969, when American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to land on the Moon, the banner headline on the front page of German paper Bild had said “the Moon is now American”.

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Rare 'blue supermoon' — the biggest and brightest full moon of the year — rises Aug. 30

The closest, brightest full moon of 2023 is also the second full moon in the same calendar month. Here's how to see it.

LiveScience

China's Yutu 2 rover reveals deep layers below far side of the moon

A team of scientists have put together an image of the layers beneath the surface of the far side of the moon using data from China's Yutu 2 rover.

Space

India’s rover takes walk on the moon after frenzied celebrations

Solar-powered vehicle will spend two weeks roaming lunar surface to help scientists understand geology of moon

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Life On Our Planet guide: release date, trailer, narrator and everything we know

Life On Our Planet is a Netflix documentary from Silverback Films and Amblin Television detailing the struggle of life's fight for survival on planet Earth,

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OSIRIS-REx science chief reveals NASA's 1st asteroid sampling mission nearly didn't make it (exclusive interview)

Dante Lauretta, the chief scientist of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, talks about the unexpected challenges of NASA's first asteroid sampling attempt in an exclusive interview.

The Guardian - UK

The Altiplano – Earth’s sunniest spot similar to Venus, say scientists

Study finds plateau in Atacama desert has sunshine comparable in intensity to a summer day on Venus

Space

Rocket Lab launches booster with preflown engine for 1st time (video)

Rocket Lab launched a booster with a flight-proven engine for the first time today (Aug. 23), taking a big step toward rocket reusability.

Space

Tantrum-throwing young stars caught belting high-energy gamma rays for the 1st time

Young, low-mass stars called T.Tauri stars have been caught blasting out high-energy gamma rays. This marks the first evidence that these stars, which are less than 10 million years old, emit gamma radiation.

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Good news for astronauts: Fatty tissue helps replenish bone and red blood cells in space

More than a dozen International Space Station astronauts tracked their bone marrow levels. A new study shows how the body tries to fight back against floating for months on end.

Space

SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts will handle over 200 science experiments on ISS

Crew-7 will continue more than 200 ongoing investigations aboard the ISS. NASA highlighted some of the experiments Crew-7 will participate in.

Space

See 1st photos of the moon's south pole by India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander

The first images from India's Chandrayaan-3 mission taken after the probe's historic moon touchdown reveal a pockmarked surface near the lunar south pole.

Space

We could start a settlement on Mars with just 22 people, scientists say

Mars settlements could operate with much fewer people than previously thought, a new study found, while also demonstrating the type of person best suited to a stay up to 28 years on the Red Planet.

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Indian spacecraft makes history after landing on Moon’s south pole

An Indian spacecraft landed on the Moon to join an elite spacefaring club comprising China, Russia and the United States – the only nations to have ever achieved the feat. India, however, becomes the first to land in the lunar south pole region.

LiveScience

Tropical rainforests could get too hot for photosynthesis and die if climate crisis continues, scientists warn

Data collected by the International Space Station has revealed a small fraction of leaves in the world's tropical rainforests are already exceeding peak temperatures, and scientists warn that this could increase.

LiveScience

India lands on moon! Chandrayaan-3 becomes world's 1st spacecraft to land near lunar south pole

India landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft near the moon's south pole today (Aug. 23), making history for the nation and for lunar exploration in general.

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