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Explore Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa in NASA virtual tour (photos)

Submit on Friday, November 1st, 2024 21:12

Thanks to images from various NASA spacecraft, we can get an up-close look at the Jupiter ocean moon Europa long before the agency’s Europa Clipper probe arrives.

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Perseverance rover watches ‘googly eye’ solar eclipse from Mars (video)

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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a ‘googly eye’ solar eclipse on Sept. 30 as the planet’s moon Phobos passed in front of the sun.

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November’s new moon makes a close pass to Venus

Submit on Friday, November 1st, 2024 19:11

The new moon of November 2024 occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.

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Small moon of Uranus may have once had a subsurface liquid water ocean

Submit on Friday, November 1st, 2024 17:11

Surface features of Uranus’ icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

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Boeing can recover from its Starliner troubles, but it can’t afford any other misfires

Submit on Friday, November 1st, 2024 04:11

The partial failure of Starliner’s mission doesn’t help Boeing’s effort to bounce back from its problems. The company’s reputation has not been irreparably damaged, however. Boeing can recover and is taking the right initiatives to re-emphasise a safety culture – something that’s crucial to its business going forward.

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Earth sure looks spooky in these ‘hyperspectral’ images from Europe’s Hera asteroid probe

Submit on Friday, November 1st, 2024 03:11

These strange shots of Earth are a Halloween treat.

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Stare into the ‘blood-soaked eyes’ of 2 spooky galaxies in new Hubble, JWST images (video)

Submit on Friday, November 1st, 2024 02:11

Two of the world’s most powerful space telescopes have spied a spooky pair of galaxies in deep space, staring out like a pair of “blood-soaked” eyes ?just in time for Halloween.

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India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 sample-return mission to moon’s south pole

Submit on Friday, November 1st, 2024 02:11

India is eyeing a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return mission, followed by an uncrewed lunar lander and rover in collaboration with Japan.

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