JWST found water-altered clay minerals on two of Neptune’s tiny inner moons and its rings that probably formed deep inside much larger icy worlds — compelling evidence that today’s moons may be rubble from Neptune’s original satellite system, destroyed wh
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
JWST found water-altered clay minerals on two of Neptune’s tiny inner moons and its rings that probably formed deep inside much larger icy worlds — compelling evidence that today’s moons may be rubble from Neptune’s original satellite system, destroyed wh

Webb found magnesium-rich phyllosilicates on Larissa, Galatea and Neptune’s rings, pointing to altered rock excavated from much larger ancient icy bod...

Source: Space Daily

If You'd Invested $10,000 When SpaceX Went Public, Here's How Much Money You'd Have Today
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
If You'd Invested $10,000 When SpaceX Went Public, Here's How Much Money You'd Have Today

Space Exploration Technologies' (NASDAQ: SPCX) initial public offering (IPO) drew huge interest from retail and institutional investors, and acco...

Source: Biztoc.com

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
Spying on a Split Comet

Traversing through the solar system, a comet split in two, and a recent study used six months of observations to investigate when and why. The post Sp...

Source: Sky & Telescope

It's harder to poop in space. Scientists may finally know why
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It's harder to poop in space. Scientists may finally know why

Spaceflight can do strange things to the human body — including making it harder for astronauts to poop.

Source: Space.com

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Ship 40 arrives at Christmas Island, Plans Return to Starbase

SpaceX has successfully guided Starship Ship 40 to a location just off the coast of… The post Ship 40 arrives at Christmas Island, Plans Ret...

Source: NASASpaceFlight

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Live coverage: SpaceX to send Starlink satellites to orbit with Tuesday night launch from California

The Starlink 17-50 mission will add another 24 broadband satellites to the company’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force ...

Source: Spaceflight Now

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New report takes closer look at the Space Force spending surge

Aerospace Corp. analysis finds most growth concentrated in classified programs, target tracking, missile warning and command and control The post New ...

Source: SpaceNews

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NASA Glenn’s Legacy Forged Through Decades of Flight Research

Many of NASA’s most important aerospace breakthroughs that began in the laboratory were ultimately proven in the sky. For decades, e...

Source: NASA

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Wishing for rockets

The demand for launch services is higher than ever, but the supply of rockets today is very constrained. Jeff Foust reports on the various factors tha...

Source: The Space Review

Harvard endowment discloses $2.2 billion SpaceX stake
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Harvard endowment discloses $2.2 billion SpaceX stake

Harvard Management Co. disclosed a $2.2 billion stake in SpaceX, making Space Exploration Technologies Corp. the largest single stock position in the ...

Source: Biztoc.com

Intuitive Machines Climbs 6% on $600M Satellite Award; SpaceX, Rocket Lab Unchanged
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Intuitive Machines Climbs 6% on $600M Satellite Award; SpaceX, Rocket Lab Unchanged

A surprise authorization on a massive satellite program sent Intuitive Machines surging while every space peer sat completely still, raising a pointed...

Source: 24/7 Wall St.

Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
What Can We Actually Find on an Exoplanet? Part 2: A Machine to Find Another Earth

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is being built for one purpose: to directly image another living Earth. Inside the coronagraph that must block ten bi...

Source: Universe Today

See gorgeous views of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse captured from space
Space Technology 3 weeks ago
See gorgeous views of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse captured from space

Orbiting spacecraft captured incredible views of the moon's shadow darkening Earth during the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse.

Source: Space.com

Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan Naidu helps uncover a possible ‘black hole star’ from the early universe
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Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan Naidu helps uncover a possible ‘black hole star’ from the early universe

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an exceptionally bright, red object from the early universe that may be a previously ...

Source: The Times of India

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NRO to expand use of HawkEye 360’s satellite intelligence

NRO contract increases U.S. government access to satellite data used to locate radars, ships and other electronic emitters The post NRO to expand use ...

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomers discover cosmic monster that is neither star nor black hole
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Astronomers discover cosmic monster that is neither star nor black hole

James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal a mysterious object from the early universe that may be a black hole wrapped in a vast, star-like envel...

Source: Business Standard

James Webb spotted a bizarre object just 660 million years after the Big Bang that looks like an enormous star but shines with roughly 100 billion Suns’ worth of energy — because hidden inside its star-like cocoon is an accreting black hole, rather than a
Astronomy Research 3 weeks ago
James Webb spotted a bizarre object just 660 million years after the Big Bang that looks like an enormous star but shines with roughly 100 billion Suns’ worth of energy — because hidden inside its star-like cocoon is an accreting black hole, rather than a

MoM-BH*-1 may be a young massive black hole inside a dense, nearly dust-free gas cocoon that turns accretion power into a star-like spectrum. The post...

Source: Space Daily

Watch European astronaut make history during spacewalk today
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Watch European astronaut make history during spacewalk today

On Aug. 18, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot will become the first French woman ever to perform a spacewalk, and you can watch the histor...

Source: Space.com

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MOTHRA Shows Us A Star Being Recycled in the Helix Nebula

Astronomers used new MOTHRA telescope in Chile to image the famous Helix Nebula. They found 22 glowing shock waves where stellar debris from a dying s...

Source: Universe Today

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Mars Curiosity Rover Discovers Massive Field of Polygons

The surface of Mars is home to some of the most breathtaking and awe-inspiring landscapes in the solar system. This is primarily due to the Red Planet...

Source: Universe Today