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An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is
During the second step of humankind’s first-ever lunar-Earth flyby, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) captured this stunning view of Earth. The image covers the northern Pacific Ocean, with North America starting to appear on the right (east) side of the Earth image. The image was taken by Juice monitoring camera 1 (JMC1) just at 00:09 CEST on 21 August 2024, as Juice was heading towards its closest approach to Earth. This successful flyby of Earth redirected Juice’s path through space to put it on course for a flyby of Venus in August 2025.
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Spacecraft successfully slingshots around Earth and the moon in a historic first on its way to Jupiter
A rare blue supermoon appears in the night sky over Sydney on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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When and how to see the rare super blue moon
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Mark Garlick
Dinosaur-killing asteroid was likely a giant mudball, study says
the image of sketches is from Kepler's book in 1609, "Phaenomenon Singulare Seu Mercurius In Sole, Thomae Scheueri, Lipisiae"
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler thought he sketched Mercury orbiting across the sun. What he actually captured has solved a solar mystery
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China.
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NASA’s decision on Boeing Starliner astronauts more than a week away
This is a composite image of SNR 1181, the remains of an explosion hundreds of years ago caused by the merger of two stars. A bright, multi-colored, spherical nebula sits in the middle of the canvas surrounded by a field of stars that appear as white dots. In the center of the nebula is a small point of aqua-colored light. This is the hot white dwarf star that was left behind after the likely merger of two smaller white dwarfs caused an explosion. From this single point of aqua light, several spectacular rays expand outward, resembling a single firework bursting in celebration in the night sky.
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A supernova shone in the night sky 1,000 years ago. Astronomers have now found its leftover ‘zombie star’
NASA's InSight spacecraft and its recently deployed Wind and Thermal Shield were imaged on Mars on Feb. 4, 2019, by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. On Feb. 2, 2019, InSight's robotic arm placed the special shield over its seismometer on the Martian surface to protect the instrument from wind and extreme temperatures. The green object in this image is the InSight lander; the white dot just below it is the shield, which is especially bright and reflective. The shield is a little less than 6 feet (1.8 meters) away from the lander. The dark circles on either side of the lander are its solar panels. The total width of the lander with both panels open is 19 feet, 8 inches (6 meters).
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Underground reservoir on Mars could fill oceans on the planet’s surface, study finds
Annual perseid meteor seen in the sky on August 14, 2023, in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka.
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Meteors will stream across the sky in one of the year’s most anticipated celestial shows
TAIYUAN, CHINA - AUGUST 06: A Long March 6A rocket carrying the satellite group blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on August 6, 2024 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China. The satellite group, consisting of 18 satellites, was launched at 2:42 p.m. aboard a Long March 6A carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully. (Photo by VCG/VCG via AP )
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Chinese rocket breaks apart in low-Earth orbit, creating a cloud of space debris, US Space Command says
iss071e265073_stk (July 3, 2024) --- Boeing's Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA's Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port. This view is from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the port adjacent to the Starliner.
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Boeing Starliner astronauts have now been in space more than 60 days with no end in sight
iss071e182991 (June 13, 2024) --- The Starliner spacecraft on NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above Egypt's Mediterranean coast.
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NASA delays SpaceX astronaut mission as rumors swirl about Boeing Starliner’s safety
A Long March-5 rocket carrying the Chang'e 5 lunar mission lifts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in China's Hainan Province in 2020.
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China moon samples reveal water molecules in groundbreaking discovery, scientists say
Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (Viper)
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Inside the scramble to save NASA’s half-billion-dollar, water-hunting moon rover
This colorful view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER's primary mission. These colors are not what Mercury would look like to the human eye, but rather the colors enhance the chemical, mineralogical, and physical differences between the rocks that make up Mercury's surface.
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Mercury could have an 11-mile underground layer of diamonds, researchers say
As it sped away from Venus, NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this seemingly peaceful view of a planet the size of Earth, wrapped in a dense, global cloud layer. But, contrary to its serene appearance, the clouded globe of Venus is a world of intense heat, crushing atmospheric pressure and clouds of corrosive acid.
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The discovery of a possible sign of life in Venus’ clouds sparked controversy. Now, scientists say they have more proof