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Archive for May, 2025

Blue Origin launches 1st New Zealander to reach space, 5 others on latest New Shepard suborbital flight (video)

May 31st, 2025 by me

Blue Origin completed its 12th human spaceflight today (May 31), flying six passengers on a 10-minute trip beyond the Karman Line and back.

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Aurora alert: Severe geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Alabama and northern California tonight

May 31st, 2025 by me

Attention aurora chasers! Powerful geomagnetic storm conditions could trigger northern lights at mid-latitudes tonight as a coronal mass ejection impact is imminent.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 163 — The Trials of Starship

May 31st, 2025 by me

On Episode 163 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss Starship’s recent test flight with reporter Mike Wall.

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Watch a brilliant ‘fireball’ meteor explode over China on May 28 (video)

May 31st, 2025 by me

It was likely a sporadic meteor unrelated to any major shower.

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Venus is at its farthest from the sun on June 1: Here’s how to see the bright ‘morning star’ this weekend

May 31st, 2025 by me

Venus will rise in the eastern sky in the pre-dawn hours of June 1 alongside Saturn and Neptune.

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Trump’s 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third

May 31st, 2025 by me

The Trump administration’s 2026 budget request cuts NASA funding by $6 billion, which would lead to the cancellation of Mars sample-return and other high-profile missions.

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‘Cosmic miracle!’ James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen

May 31st, 2025 by me

The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again, discovering the “mother of all early galaxies,” a record-breaking distant object that existed just 280 billion years after the Big Bang.

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Why is the European Space Agency beaming a waltz at NASA’s Voyager 1 probe this weekend?

May 31st, 2025 by me

Saturday’s celestial concert salutes ESA’s 50th anniversary and 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II.

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