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NASA's 1st SLS Megarocket Core Loaded Onto Barge Ahead of Key Engine Test

By Mike Wall

The rocket core is headed to Mississippi for a "green run" test.

https://www.space.com/nasa-sls-megarocket-core-stage-barge-rollout-photos.html

 

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Why SpaceX's Starlink Satellites Caught Astronomers Off Guard

By Mike Wall

Nobody knew they'd be this bright.

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-megaconstellation-surprise-astronomers.html

 

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Will Bright Star Betelgeuse Finally Explode? A Look at the Dimming Red Giant in Orion's Shoulder

By Chelsea Gohd 3 days ago

It can't hurt to look up at the night sky just in case.

https://www.space.com/dimming-star-betelgeuse-red-giant-could-explode-supernova.html

 

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There May Be Active Volcanoes on Venus: New Evidence

By Charles Q. Choi 3 days ago

They may have erupted in the last few years!

https://www.space.com/venus-may-have-active-volcanoes-new-evidence.html

 

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The Hubble Telescope Turns 30 This Year. Here's How Astronomers Will Celebrate.

By Meghan Bartels 5 hours ago

https://www.space.com/hubble-space-telescope-nasa-30th-anniversary-plans.html

 

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An Astronaut Got a Blood Clot in Space. Here's How Doctors on Earth Fixed It.

By Leonard David 3 days ago

"An unidentified astronaut aboard the International Space Station had a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) — or blood clot — in the jugular vein of their neck, according to a new case study."

https://www.space.com/astronaut-suffers-blood-clot-on-space-station.html

 

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The 100 Best Space Photos of 2019

By Hanneke Weitering - Space.com Associate Editor, Christine Lunsford a day ago
The year 2019 was an amazing one for space photography.

The year 2019 was an amazing one for space photography. From rocket launches to the northern lights, cosmic views dazzled us as the year made its annual trip around the sun.
Here are 100 of our favorite space images from the last 365 days to get you pumped up for the year 2020 in space!

https://www.space.com/100-best-space-photos-2019.html

 

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Satellites Show Glaciers Rapidly Shrinking from Climate Change

By Elizabeth Howell 3 days ago

https://www.space.com/satellites-show-rapidly-shrinking-glaciers.html

 

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Astronaut Christina Koch Breaks Record for Longest Space Mission by a Woman

By Robert Z. Pearlman

https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-christina-koch-breaks-female-spaceflight-record.html

 

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Planetary Confusion — Why Astronomers Keep Changing What It Means to Be A Planet

By Christopher Palma

https://www.space.com/planetary-con...ep-changing-what-it-means-to-be-a-planet.html

"As an astronomer, the question I hear the most is why isn't Pluto a planet anymore? More than 10 years ago, astronomers famously voted to change Pluto's classification. But the question still comes up."

PLUTO is NOT a planet.

PLUTO is a DOG.

 

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The Most Energetic Flashes of Light in the Universe Produce Deadly Nuclear Reactions

By Paul Sutter

Don't get anywhere near these gamma-ray bursts.

https://www.space.com/gamma-ray-bursts-are-deadlier-than-thought.html

"Gamma-ray bursts are among the most powerful events in the universe, ignited when stars die in massive explosions or when they merge in … massive explosions."

 

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Planetary Confusion — Why Astronomers Keep Changing What It Means to Be A Planet

By Christopher Palma

https://www.space.com/planetary-con...ep-changing-what-it-means-to-be-a-planet.html

"As an astronomer, the question I hear the most is why isn't Pluto a planet anymore? More than 10 years ago, astronomers famously voted to change Pluto's classification. But the question still comes up."

 

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Earth's Magnetic North Pole Continues Drifting, Crosses Prime Meridian

By Stephanie Pappas

https://www.space.com/earth-magnetic-north-passes-prime-meridian.html

"Earth's magnetic north pole, which has been wandering faster than expected in recent years, has now crossed the prime meridian."

 

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Curious Kids: Why is the Moon Called the Moon?

By Toby Brown 6 days ago
https://www.space.com/curious-kids-why-is-the-moon-called-the-moon.html

 

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NASA Spacecraft Spies Huge New Storm on Jupiter After Death-Dodging Maneuver

By Mike Wall 6 days ago

Juno has now spotted seven giant cyclones near Jupiter's south pole.
https://www.space.com/nasa-juno-dodges-death-jupiter-polar-storm.html

SAN FRANCISCO — NASA's Juno probe discovered a giant new storm swirling near Jupiter's south pole last month, a few weeks after pulling off a dramatic death-dodging maneuver.

 

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China's Farside Moon Rover Breaks Lunar Longevity Record

By Leonard David a day ago

The mark had been held by the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 1 rover.

"China’s farside lunar rover Yutu 2, part of the country's Chang'e 4 mission, has broken the longevity record for working on the surface of the moon."

https://www.space.com/china-change-4-rover-moon-record.html

 

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NASA's Mars Lander 'Mole' Is Digging Again as Marsquake Mystery Baffles Scientists

By Meghan Bartels

https://www.space.com/mars-insight-mole-moving-marsquake-zone-discovery.html


"The troubled "mole" on NASA's InSight Mars lander is moving again, even as scientists working on the robot's seismometer ponder new marsquake mysteries."

 

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot Storm Isn't Dying Anytime Soon

By Samantha Mathewson 15 hours ago Science & Astronomy

https://www.space.com/jupiter-great-red-spot-not-shrinking.html

 

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On This Day in Space! Nov. 26, 2011: Curiosity Rover Launches to Mars

By Hanneke Weitering, Elizabeth Howell an hour ago Spaceflight

https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html

 

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Solar Wind Plays Haunting Music on Earth's Magnetic Field

By Elizabeth Howell 21 hours ago Science & Astronomy

https://www.space.com/sounds-of-solar-wind-earth-magnetic-field.html