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SpaceX Starship launches: Live updates

October 12th, 2024 by

Read the latest news about SpaceX’s Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.

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‘Stunning was the word’: Astronauts snap amazing aurora photo from ISS during severe geomagnetic storm

October 12th, 2024 by

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Matthew Dominick captured a supercharged, super-red aurora display from the International Space Station.

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James Webb Space Telescope spies ‘inside-out’ star formation in ancient galaxy (image)

October 12th, 2024 by

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed ‘inside-out’ star formation in a galaxy just 700 million years after the Big Bang, fleshing out our understanding of the early universe.

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Hints of volcanic moon around alien planet may be 1st-of-its-kind discovery (video)

October 12th, 2024 by

A sodium cloud detected in the vicinity of an exoplanet named WASP-49 b hints at the presence of a natural satellite, also known as an exomoon.

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The key ingredients for life on Earth came from space, new evidence suggests

October 12th, 2024 by

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from larger bodies called “planetesimals” in the early solar system. The discovery could assist in the search for alien life.

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Nearby exoplanet is a 1st-of-its-kind ‘steam world,’ James Webb Space Telescope finds

October 11th, 2024 by

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found a “first of its kind” world, an exoplanet that is twice the size of Earth and has an atmosphere packed with steam.

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Space Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane to attempt new ‘aerobraking’ maneuvers in orbit

October 11th, 2024 by

The U.S. military’s X-37B space plane is about to begin a series of novel maneuvers, according to a rare official update on the spacecraft.

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Nabta Playa: A mysterious stone circle that may be the world’s oldest astronomical observatory

October 11th, 2024 by

Nabta Playa in Egypt is an ancient stone circle that researchers suspect was used to determine the summer solstice, which signaled rain was on the way.

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