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SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites to orbit from California tonight (Feb. 7)

SpaceX plans to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites on Wednesday (Feb. 7) at 8:17 p.m. EST (0117 GMT Feb. 8)

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Moon cargo like human ashes, drink containers spark legal debate

Unconventional plans to exploit the moon, including using it for human ashes and sports-drink containers, raise concerns about oversight and legal questions.

The Hindu

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 8% of its workforce

Budgetary issues have forced the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for robotic planetary exploration, to reduce its workforce by about 8%.

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Lunar astronauts could potentially make hummus with moon-grown chickpeas

A team of researchers has grown chickpeas in simulated moondust for the first time.

Space

April 8 solar eclipse: What is the path of totality, and where's the best spot to watch?

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible in 15 U.S. states that sit along the path of totality. But how does the path of totality work, and where's the best viewing spot? Here's everything you need to know.

LiveScience

SpaceX targeting Feb. 14 for launch of Intuitive Machines IM-1 private moon mission

SpaceX is targeting Feb. 14 for the launch of Intuitive Machine's IM-1 mission, which aims to become the first private effort to soft-land on the moon.

Space

Don’t shoot for it: shrinking moon sees hours-long quakes and landslides

As the moon’s core cools, it causes shriveling, creating ripples tens of meters high across its surface

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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe heads back toward Earth after acing crucial engine burn

Thanks to a powerful engine burn on Feb. 3, NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy spacecraft is on its way back to Earth for a Christmas-time rendezvous this year.

Space

Asteroid 2024 BX1 fragments confirmed to be rare meteorites as old as the solar system itself

When asteroid 2024 BX1 exploded over Earth it littered the planet with rare meteorites that are similar in composition to the unspoiled building blocks of our planet.

Space

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononeko breaks record for longest time spent in space — and he still has 6 months to go

Oleg Kononeko has broken the record for most cumulative time spent in space after spending his 878th non-continuous day onboard the International Space Station. But he won't return to Earth until September.

LiveScience

NASA exoplanet telescope discovers 'super-Earth' in its star's Goldilocks zone

NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has spotted a 'super-Earth' in the habitable zone of its red dwarf star, with indications it may have Earth-sized company.

Space

Powerful solar flare unleashes colossal plasma plume, sparks radio blackouts across South Pacific (video)

Watch the moment a huge plasma plume is hurled out from the sun during a powerful solar flare eruption, causing widespread radio blackouts in the South Pacific.

Space

Thought we were on track for a rate cut? For now, the RBA says it’s time to come back to earth

RBA governor Michele Bullock wants to make Australian inflation is truly under control before releasing the handbrake on interest rates

The Guardian - AU

1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even be 'a fragment of an ancient ocean world'

Space.com caught up with two leading scientists now engaged in extracting and analyzing samples of asteroid Bennu retrieved by NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission.

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How will the 2024 total solar eclipse differ from the 2017 total solar eclipse?

We take a look at how the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, will differ from the total solar eclipse that swept across the U.S. on Aug. 21, 2017.

WEKU

A famous climate scientist is in court with big stakes for attacks on science

One of the world's most prominent climate scientists is suing a right-wing author and a policy analyst for defamation, a case with big stakes for attacks on scientists.

Al Jazeera

Since the earthquake, these northwest Syrian villagers camp out every night

Many villagers spend the day in their homes, then sleep in tents outside for fear of aftershocks.

Space

Where do cosmic rays come from?

High-energy particles from space constantly bombard Earth at near light speed, but what are their origins?

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879 days! Russian cosmonaut breaks record for total time spent in space

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has now racked up more than 879 days in space, breaking the record for most time spent off Earth.

Space

Solar maximum is coming, but we won't know it happened until 7 months after it's over

Solar maximum could occur as early as mid-2024 but scientists will have to wait seven months after it has occurred to be able to declare it has taken place. Why?

LiveScience

Controversial climate change study claims we'll breach 2 C before 2030

If the new study is correct, global warming is at least a decade further ahead than we thought. But other scientists say it is filled with errors and inconsistencies.

Evening Standard

Who is Oleg Kononenko? Russian cosmonaut breaks record for most time in space

The 59-year-old has spent the equivalent of almost two and a half years in space

Space

Earth isn't the only planet with seasons, but they can look wildly different on other worlds

Why does Earth have regular seasons when other planets don't?

The Hindu

IIA develops new model of internal thermal evolution of coronal mass ejections

An Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) team along with their international collaborators have developed a new model of the internal thermal evolution of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), as they travel from the sun toward the earth.

Evening Standard

Giant drones to scan Antarctica: Tech & Science Daily podcast

Plus! Flat Earth news...planet ‘not always round’

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