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Artemis 2 will use lasers to beam high-definition footage from the moon (video)

By Josh Dinner

Artemis 2 astronauts will be testing out laser communications around the moon to enable faster transmission of images and video.

Artemis 2 will beam high-speed video from the moon using lasers | Space

 

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Rock that punched hole in New Jersey house confirmed to be 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite

By Sharmila Kuthunur


'It was clear it was not an Earth rock.'


​Rock that struck New Jersey house Monday confirmed to be meteorite | Space

 

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South Korean moon probe snaps picture of NASA's powerful lunar orbiter (photo)

By Andrew Jones


NASA's ShadowCam imager on the Danuri spacecraft captured a view of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.


​South Korean moon probe snaps picture of NASA's powerful lunar orbiter (photo) | Space

 

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SpaceX launch of private Ax-2 astronauts just put the 600th person in orbit

By Robert Z. Pearlman

Rayyanah Barnawi is also the first Saudi woman to fly in space and first Arab woman to orbit Earth.

SpaceX's Ax-2 astronaut launch just put the 600th person in orbit | Space

 

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Watch this giant sunspot erupt in barrage of powerful solar flares as it turns to face Earth (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic

The volatile sunspot is not alone.

Watch this giant sunspot erupt in powerful solar flare barrage (video) | Space

 

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How long will the new supernova visible in the night sky last?

By Nola Taylor Tillman


Scientists expect it will slowly fade away until it can no longer be seen in visible light.


​How long will the new supernova visible in the night sky last? | Space

 

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Queen legend Brian May helped NASA ace its asteroid-sampling mission, new book reveals.

By Tereza Pultarova

Asteroid Bennu proved a trickster for NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid explorer, rewriting everything scientists had thought about space rocks.


Queen legend Brian May helped NASA ace its asteroid-sampling mission | Space

 

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'Sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth could soon bombard us with solar storms

By Harry Baker

A massive sunspot region made up of at least six different sunspot groups has emerged on the sun's nearside.


Enormous 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth could soon bombard us with solar flares | Space

(Image credit: NASA/SDO/HMI)

One of the largest and most densely populated sunspot regions seen in more than a decade has appeared on the sun's nearside to Earth — and has begun to unleash a barrage of solar storms that are shaking up our home star's surface in a big way. The sunspots' emergence could make it an interesting few weeks for Earth, which will soon be in the firing line of these eruptive dark patches...

 

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I don't like this!

 

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I don't like this!View attachment 59501

Does look foreboding.
Or an entrance to a worm hole.

 

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This is an interesting article.


I'm sending my name to Jupiter's moon Europa on a NASA spacecraft — and here's why you should, too

By Monisha Ravisetti


At the time I'm writing this, nearly 900,000 human names are set to travel to a Jovian moon.



You just have to sign up for NASA's free "Message in a Bottle program" here. The campaign closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on Dec. 31 (0459 GMT on Jan. 1); at the time I'm writing this, almost 900,000 names have been entered.

 

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Total solar eclipse April 8, 2024: The longest and most visible for the US in 100 years

NewsBy Joe Rao

When a total solar eclipse attains a duration of over 4 minutes it certainly should be considered as an exceptional eclipse.
Total solar eclipse April 8, 2024: The longest and most visible for the US in 100 years | Space


Farther down the article is a nice map that shows most of the United States will see at least a partial solar eclipse. Hoping the weather cooperates because I will be in the path of totality.

 

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NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has flown its last flight after suffering rotor damage

NewsBy Mike Wall

'The historic journey of Ingenuity, the first aircraft on another planet, has come to end.'

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has flown its last flight after suffering rotor damage | Space