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Astronaut captures gorgeous green aurora shining behind Russian spacecraft docked at ISS (photo)

Submit on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 19:11

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has once again delivered an incredible space picture. His latest shows a Russian Soyuz spacecraft poised in front of a green auroral storm.

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Newborn moon may have had many mini-siblings in Earth orbit long ago

Submit on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 17:11

When Earth and our moon were much closer together than they are now, the duo could have had tiny companions, or a disk revolving around them in orbits around the pair’s poles, a new study finds.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds a shock near supermassive black hole (image)

Submit on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 05:11

By examining a distant supermassive black hole, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a shocking link between jets and dust around these cosmic titans.

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SpaceX targeting Aug. 26 for historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission

Submit on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 04:11

SpaceX is now targeting Aug. 26 for the launch of Polaris Dawn, a crewed flight to Earth orbit that will feature the first-ever private spacewalk.

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NASA considers sending Boeing Starliner astronauts home on SpaceX Dragon

Submit on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 03:11

As Starliner’s planned 10-day mission stretches past two months, the next ISS SpaceX launch will now delay into September to give NASA the option of including the Starliner crew on its ride home.

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China launches 1st batch of satellites for planned 14,000-strong megaconstellation (video)

Submit on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 02:11

A Long March 6A rocket launched 18 internet satellites Wednesday morning (Aug. 7), kicking off construction of a Chinese constellation that could eventually host 14,000 spacecraft.

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Private launch numbers will double by 2028, FAA says

Submit on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 01:11

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects the number of licensed launches each year to continue rising steeply, potentially reaching 338 by 2028.

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Bubble-blowing dead stars could create ‘most violent phenomena in the universe’

Submit on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 00:11

Scientists have tracked mysterious, violent blasts of radiation called fast radio bursts to plasma-blowing, highly magnetic dead stars or magnetars.

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