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James Webb Space Telescope captures vibrant details of the Milky Way’s galactic neighbor (photo)

Submit on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 21:11

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the Milky Way’s neighbor, NGC 6822, glowing green and gold while punctuated by bright red and blue stars, revealing its lack of metal.

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NASA’s Psyche mission to metal asteroid undergoes vital testing for October launch

Submit on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 20:11

With the completion of a comprehensive flight software test campaign, NASA engineers are “counting down the days” as the metal-rich-asteroid-bound Psyche probe nears its October launch date.

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AI is helping scientists reveal star ages. Here’s how

Submit on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 19:11

Trained on a neural network on 6,000 stars, the EAGLES algorithm will be used on surveys of millions more.

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See the moon snuggle up to Saturn in the night sky this week

Submit on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 17:11

The moon is set for a close approach to the gas giant Saturn on Wednesday (Aug. 2) and again on Thursday (Aug. 3), at which time the two will also be in conjunction.

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Black hole jet surprises scientists with ‘peculiar’ radio signal

Submit on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 17:11

For the first time, astronomers have spotted small-scale super-fast changes in a jet of super-energetic plasma jet blasting out from a small black hole.

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Massive sun ‘umbrella’ attached to asteroid could help fight global warming, scientist says

Submit on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 04:11

Hoping to combat our planet’s rising temperatures, a scientist from the University of Hawaii explains a very futuristic way of shielding the Earth from sunlight.

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Mystery of space debris found on Australian beach may be solved

Submit on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 02:11

The mystery of a huge piece of space debris that washed up on a beach in Western Australia may have been solved by the Australian Space Agency.

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Space weather forecasts to get a boost from new probe on the International Space Station

Submit on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 01:13

A new space weather sensor is heading to the International Space Station to help scientists understand how the sun’s outbursts alter Earth’s upper atmosphere.

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