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Huge solar tornado as tall as 14 Earths hurls plasma cloud into space. Here's the video.

By Tereza Pultarova


Solar tornadoes are made of plasma and shaped by the sun's magnetic field.

Huge solar tornado as tall as 14 Earths hurls plasma cloud into space (video) | Space

 

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Mysterious Russian satellite breaks up in orbit, generating cloud of debris.
By Mike Wall


Kosmos 2499 broke apart in early January, according to the U.S. Space Force.

Mysterious Russian satellite breaks up in Earth orbit | Space

 

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Artemis 1 moon mannequins unpacked from Orion spacecraft (photos)

By Elizabeth Howell

Campos, Helga and Zohar flew around the moon last month to help NASA prep for crewed lunar missions.

Artemis 1 mannequins going home after epic moon mission | Space

 

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Nice Images of Jupiter from James Webb and Hubble.

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Something weird is happening in Jupiter's atmosphere, 40-year study shows

Story by Tereza Pultarova​

Something weird is happening in Jupiter's atmosphere, 40-year study shows (msn.com)

 

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NASA's InSight lander just recorded its biggest quake on Mars ever

By Andrew Jones

The mega-marsquake, which is 5 times stronger than the previous record, may be the last big find from the InSight Mars Lander.

NASA's InSight recorded a marsquake 5 times more powerful than previous record | Space

 

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Boom! Watch an inflatable space station module explode on video

By Elizabeth Howell

Sierra Space completed this test to prepare for Orbital Reef, a private space complex to replace the International Space Station.


​Boom! Watch this inflatable space station explode on video | Space

 

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NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft leaves moon's orbit to head home

By Brett Tingley

Orion now begins its long journey back to Earth.


​Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft leaves moon's orbit to head home | Space

 

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Beautiful interactive map of the universe lets you journey through space-time almost to the Big Bang

By Robert Lea

The map, created with Sloan Digital Sky Survey data, is the first to display the span of 200,000 galaxies with pinpoint accuracy.


Interactive map of the universe journeys through space-time | Space


The link to the sky map is down just a little bit located in the first full paragraph. Below is part of the paragraph showing the link.

"[FONT=&quot]Astronomers created the map, which shows the positions and real colors of 200,000 [/FONT]galaxies[FONT=&quot], using two decades' worth of data collected by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The interactive map can be downloaded for free at [/FONT]mapoftheuniverse.net[FONT=&quot], allowing the public to access information that was previously available only to scientists."[/FONT]

 

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Wow! Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft captures live view of Earth and moon from deep space (video)
Story by Elizabeth Howell • Yesterday​

Wow! Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft captures live view of Earth and moon from deep space (video) (msn.com)

 

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Fox Weather

'Continent-size' dust storm takes out NASA's seismic station on Mars
Heather Brinkmann - Yesterday​

'Continent-size' dust storm takes out NASA's seismic station on Mars (msn.com)

There is also a Related video: NASA: Sound Of Meteoroids Hitting Mars

 

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Asteroid smacked by NASA spacecraft now has a debris trail more than 6,000 miles long

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by MARCIA DUNN LA Times
Asteroid smacked by NASA spacecraft now has a debris trail more than 6,000 miles long (msn.com)

"The asteroid that got smacked by a NASA spacecraft is now being trailed by thousands of miles of debris from the impact..."

 

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Major solar flare disrupts Hurricane Ian disaster response

By Tereza Pultarova

And there may be more to come because a large active sunspot has just come into Earth's view.
Major solar flare disrupts Hurricane Ian disaster response | Space

"...Simultaneously, a stronger-than-usual solar wind, a stream of charged particles constantly emanating from the sun, is currently blowing toward our planet from a coronal hole (an opening in the magnetic field of the sun). The combination means that the CMEs may trigger a noticeable geomagnetic storm on Earth in the coming days. NOAA predicts(opens in new tab) that a moderate (G2) geomagnetic storm might hit the planet on Tuesday (Oct. 4), possibly causing minor power grid issues at high latitudes and affecting satellites in low Earth orbit..."

 

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US Space Force tests robot dogs to patrol Cape Canaveral

By Brett Tingley

The quadrupedal robots are well suited for repetitive tasks.

US Space Force tests robot dogs to patrol Cape Canaveral | Space

 

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Food in space: What do astronauts eat?

By Andrew Webb Contributions from Daisy Dobrijevic

"No one goes to space for the food...but the views are amazing."

Food in space: What do astronauts eat? | Space

 

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Surprise! Asteroid wider than 2 football fields barrels past Earth

By Brandon Specktor

Astronomers just discovered the sneaky asteroid on July 26.


Surprise! Asteroid wider than 2 football fields barrels past Earth | Space

 

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A cosmic time machine: How the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe

By Sara Webb

It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking photos of our universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

How the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies | Space

 

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Huge Chinese rocket booster falling from space after launching space station module

By Elizabeth Howell

No one yet knows where the massive booster will come down after launching a new space station module Sunday (July 24).

China space station module's massive rocket falling from space | Space

 

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A huge comet will make its closest approach to Earth in July. Here's how to watch it live.

By Samantha Mathewson

Watch a huge comet make its closest approach to Earth online | Space

"One of the farthest active comets ever spotted will make its closest approach to Earth on July 14, and you can catch the action live online. Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), called K2 for short, is finally making its way into view of Earth after the Hubble Space Telescope first spotted it in the outer reaches of the solar system in 2017..."

 

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Sun fires off huge solar flare from new sunspot coming into view

By Elizabeth Howell published May 3rd
Auroras are unlikely this time around as the event took place on the limb of the sun.

Sun fires off huge solar flare from new sunspot coming into view | Space

 

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On This Day In Space: May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space

By Hanneke Weitering
On This Day In Space: May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space | Space

"On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space. He launched from Cape Canaveral on a Mercury-Redstone rocket in a space capsule named Freedom 7."