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Watch Hunter’s Moon supermoon team up with Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in free livestream today

October 17th, 2024 by

The Full Hunter’s Moon of October 2024 will join Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the night sky on Thursday (Oct. 17), and you can enjoy both with a free livestream courtesy of the Virtual Telescope Project.

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Relive SpaceX’s epic Starship launch (and rocket catch) in these jawdropping photos and video

October 17th, 2024 by

The fifth flight test of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket on Oct. 13 demonstrated not only great engineering but also some amazing photography. Here are some of the best shots.

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A 21st-century moon suit: Axiom Space’s lunar spacesuit sports 4G comms, Prada looks and Oakley visors for Artemis astronauts

October 17th, 2024 by

Axiom Space’s new AxEMU spacesuit for Artemis moon missions features a variety of advanced tech, including 4G comms and an HD camera system.

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When will Boeing’s Starliner fly astronauts again? NASA still doesn’t know

October 17th, 2024 by

NASA is still unsure when it will next put astronauts on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which experienced issues during its first crewed test flight this summer.

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US and China will need to discuss moon mission plans, NASA chief predicts

October 17th, 2024 by

NASA and China will need to discuss exchanges of data and mission plans as the two sides move to build sustainable presences on the moon, according to NASA chief Bill Nelson.

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How did Mars turn into an uninhabitable desert? Curiosity rover rock samples may have answers

October 17th, 2024 by

NASA’s Curiosity rover has new insights into how Mars might have changed from a potentially habitable, water-rich planet to an absolutely uninhabitable desert.

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Perseverance rover watches a solar eclipse on Mars (photos)

October 17th, 2024 by

On Sept. 30, NASA’s Perseverance rover turned its eyes toward the sky and photographed a solar eclipse from Mars, capturing the tiny moon Phobos as it transited the sun.

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These ‘failed stars’ orbit so closely it took 29 years to tell they were a pair

October 16th, 2024 by

The first and most famous “failed star” discovered by humanity isn’t one brown dwarf, but two! The duo comprising Gliese 229B are so tightly bound they orbit each other in 12 days.

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