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Why ground-based telescopes are key to DART asteroid-smashing mission’s success

Submit on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 17:11

For NASA’s DART spacecraft, the drama happens in space, but mission success relies on telescopes back on Earth.

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Save £50 on the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130 telescope

Submit on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 12:11

This app-enabled telescope comes with the usual Celestron quality and is a handy £50 off on Wex Photo Video with a discount for US-based astronomers, too.

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DART asteroid crash: What time will NASA probe hit Dimorphos on Sept. 26?

Submit on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 07:11

A NASA spacecraft will soon make history when it crashes into an asteroid in the world’s first planetary defense test. Here’s what time it will happen and how to watch.

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‘Drag sail’ to deorbit satellites receives $750K in seed funding

Submit on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 04:11

Small satellite deorbiting technology received a funding boost from NASA and an investment partner, as the Spinnaker drag sail’s team aims for commercial sales in 2023.

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Wonder at the ‘false dawn’ of zodiacal light in early autumn

Submit on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 04:11

Zodiacal light is a phenomenon that occurs when sunlight is scattered by interplanetary dust. Until the full moon on Oct. 9, this light will be visible along the eastern horizon in the predawn hours.

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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon launch scheduled for Sept. 27 despite gathering storm

Submit on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 03:11

NASA continues to target Tuesday (Sept. 27) for the launch of Artemis 1 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, even though a big storm could head toward the Space Coast soon.

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Dead stars in Milky Way’s companion galaxy cause mysterious gamma-ray cocoon

Submit on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 03:11

Rapidly spinning dead stars in the dwarf galaxy Sagittarius are the source of gamma-ray emissions within the massive bubbles that blow out from our galaxy.

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FCC denies SpaceX $900 million in Starlink funding

Submit on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 02:11

Starlink was rejected for a nearly $900 million rural funding opportunity. SpaceX said the funding ruling was ‘grossly unfair.’

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