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Are We Going to Mess Up Outer Space Too?

As nations jockey for military edge in orbit, there is a growing threat from above

The Walrus

NASA reschedules ISS spacewalk after astronaut experiences 'spacesuit discomfort'

NASA has rescheduled last week's EVA, which was called off only an hour before the astronauts were set to exit the station.

Space

NASA, Boeing delay Starliner astronaut landing to June 26 amid thruster issues

Boeing's Starliner will come back to Earth with its two astronauts no earlier than June 26. The four-day extension will allow for more thruster testing at the ISS.

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Boeing Starliner Return To Earth Set For June 26

NASA and Boeing are targeting a June 26 return to Earth of the Boeing Starliner from the International Space Station, officials said Tuesday.

International Business Times

James Webb telescope reveals long-studied baby star is actually 'twins' — and they're throwing identical tantrums

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed that a distant protostar is actually a pair of baby binary stars that are spitting out parallel energy jets as they gobble up giant disks of gas and dust.

LiveScience

Keeping astronauts healthy in space isn’t easy − new training programs will prepare students to perform medicine while thousands of miles away from Earth

In the coming decade, more people will go to space than ever before as human spaceflight enters a new era. NASA, the European Space Agency and other governmental agencies are partnering to develop crewed missions beyond the Moon. At the same time, these agencies are collaborating with private companies using…

The Conversation

Iconic Crab Nebula shines in gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope views (video, image)

The famous Crab Nebula gets a closeup from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner's delayed ISS departure today, and you can listen live

NASA will talk about the delayed return to Earth of Boeing's Starliner capsule during a press conference today (June 18), and you can listen to it live.

Space

Challenger by Adam Higginbotham review – chronicle of a disaster foretold

The story behind the explosion of the Nasa space shuttle in 1986 is a gripping, damning catalogue of underfunding, labyrinthine bureaucracy and fatal corner-cutting

The Guardian - UK

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover enters new Red Planet territory: 'Bright Angel'

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been rerouted across a Red Planet dune field to reach the Marian territory known as "Bright Angel"

Space

Join the FAA's virtual public meeting about SpaceX's Starship this evening

The FAA is holding a virtual public meeting this evening (June 17) about the potential environmental impact of SpaceX's Starship operations in Florida, and you can participate.

Space

Shine on, Starliner! Aurora glows green as astronauts test spacecraft ahead of return to Earth June 22 (image, video)

Boeing Starliner has seen its one-week test mission in space double to about two weeks. That allowed time for an incredible aurora show during thruster testing on June 15.

Space

NASA moon orbiter spots Chinese lander on lunar far side (photo)

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken its first look at China's Chang'e 6 spacecraft on the moon's far side.

Space

Nations realise they need to take risks or lose the race to the Moon

The Nasa-led Artemis-3 mission will place the first human boots on the surface of the Moon since Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the lunar surface in December 1972.

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NASA engineers finally fix Voyager 1 spacecraft — from 15 billion miles away

The Voyager I spacecraft went haywire last year, but NASA engineers say they have finally fixed its data transmission systems and are receiving usable signals from all four science instruments.

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NASA's stunning Pride flag is made entirely from space imagery

It's a treat for astronomy fans.

The Conversation

The Hubble telescope has shifted into one-gyro mode after months of technical issues − an aerospace engineering expert explains

Imagine keeping a laser beam trained on a dime that’s 200 miles away. Now imagine doing that continuously for 24 hours, while riding a merry-go-round. Seem difficult? Well, that’s basically what the Hubble Space Telescope does.

Space

Something 'kicked' this hypervelocity star racing through the Milky Way at 1.3 million miles per hour (video)

A low-mass star races through the Milky Way at over a million miles per hour, a journey that began with either the supernova explosion of a vampire star or an encounter with black holes.

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At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, but 2 jet-blasting black holes

The two black holes at the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 are true behemoths with masses of 18.35 billion and 150 million times the mass of our Sun.

Al Jazeera

‘Scared as hell’: Climate scientists risk jobs, jail to save dying planet

Overwhelmed scientists embrace civil disobedience and specialised therapy to deal with rising eco-anxiety.

Digital Camera World

Photos of astronauts' pets sent into space using NASA's first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system

Over 500 images of cats, dogs, snakes, and cows owned by astronauts were sent between Earth and space

LiveScience

Space photo of the week: 'Earthrise,' the Christmas Eve image that changed the world

Snapped from lunar orbit in 1968 by NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who died this week at age 90, 'Earthrise' is perhaps the most iconic image of our planet ever taken.

Tom’s Hardware

Scientists used a retired supercomputer to prep for NASA’s Roman mission — Argonne Theta supercomputer created nearly four million simulated images

NASA is preparing to launch a new space telescope and is calibrating expectations with a supercomputer and the OpenUniverse project.

Space

Could nearby stars have habitable exoplanets? NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory hopes to find out

Astronomers are using the Chandra X-ray Observatory to study stars' radiation and establish the feasibility of exoplanet habitability.

Space

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 115 —Our Friendly Mr. Sun

On Episode 115 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Alex Young of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center about the sun and solar activity cycles.

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