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Salute Apollo 17’s 50th anniversary with freshly restored moon mission shots

Submit on Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 00:11

NASA restoration wizard Andy Saunders on Apollo 17’s restored photos in his new book, “Apollo Remastered”

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China picks 4 international payloads for historic sample-return mission to moon’s far side

Submit on Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 23:11

China has revealed that four international experiments will fly on its historic Chang’e 6 sample-return mission to the far side of the moon in 2025.

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Ursid meteor shower shines with ideal dark sky conditions this year

Submit on Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 22:11

The moon will be at new moon phase on Dec. 23 when the Ursid meteor shower reaches its peak, meaning it won’t provide any hindrance at all for meteor watching.

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Europa’s icy crust may let more material into hidden ocean than thought

Submit on Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 21:11

New research shows that even smaller impacts can warm and soften enough ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa to send material sinking into the underlying ocean.

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Superdense neutron star likely has solid crust, NASA telescope finds

Submit on Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 20:11

NASA’s IXPE space telescope observed a neutron star with a powerful magnetic field in X-rays for the first time, finding polarization and a likely solid crust.

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Why haven’t aliens contacted Earth? New Fermi Paradox analysis suggests we’re not that interesting yet

Submit on Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 18:11

We have absolutely no evidence for any extraterrestrial civilization, let alone life. This is Fermi’s great paradox: If life can happen, it should be common, and if it’s common, we should already know about it. But we don’t.

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This may be the last Mars photo from NASA’s InSight lander before it dies on the Red Planet

Submit on Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 18:11

This photo from NASA’s InSight lander on Mars just may be its last as the power-starved lander approaches the end of its life on the Red Planet.

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Hole spotted in leaky Russian Soyuz spacecraft

Submit on Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 09:11

An inspection of the leaky Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station has revealed a small hole, though it’s unclear if it was caused by a micrometeoroid strike.

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