Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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Boeing's 1st crewed Starliner to return to Earth without astronauts on Sept. 6

Undocking will occur no earlier than 6:04 p.m. ET on Sept. 6.

www.space.com

If all goes according to plan, the [uncrewed] capsule will undock at 6:04 p.m. EDT (2204 GMT) on Sept. 6 and land under parachutes six hours later in White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.

 

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NASA selects Intuitive Machines for south pole lunar lander mission

NASA has selected Intuitive Machines to deliver a set of payloads to the south polar region of the moon in 2027, the first CLPS award in nearly 18 months.

spacenews.com

 

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NASA Inspector General issues harsh report on delayed SLS mobile launcher project

The ML-2 mobile launcher could cost more than six times originally projected and delay Artemis missions.

www.space.com

 

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Archaeologists find huge, 2,500-year-old Egyptian astronomy observatory

The facility tracked the sun's movements closely.

www.space.com

 

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Star Factory Messier 17
Image Credit & Copyright: Gaetan Maxant

 

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IFN and the NGC 7771 Group
Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Mandel and Bob Fera

 

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NGC 247 and Friends
Image Credit & Copyright: Acquisition - Eric Benson, Processing - Dietmar Hager

 

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A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Andrea Vanoni

 

[Dr.]

SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn astronauts to attempt world's 1st-ever private spacewalk (video)

Polaris Dawn has risen.

www.space.com

Planned: First ever private/citizen space walk. And highest altitude for a crewed mission since Apollo.

 

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China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035

The ambitious project consists of two phases, the first of which aims to complete a basic lunar outpost roughly a decade from now.

www.space.com

 

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Horsehead and Orion Nebulas
Image Credit & Copyright: Antoine & Dalia Grelin

 

[Dr.]

Polaris Dawn Crew Completes 1st Private Spacewalk From SpaceX Capsule

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur leading the mission, and Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX engineer, exited and later re-entered the vehicle’s hatch in a milestone for commercial space travel.

www.nytimes.com

Spacewalk complete. Capsule hatch has been closed and capsule repressurized.

 

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NASA's Juno probe spots massive new volcano on Jupiter moon Io

Comparison with Galileo data reveals huge new volcano and lava flows.

www.space.com

 

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Young Star Cluster NGC 1333
Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana

 

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Aurora Australis and the International Space Station
Image Credit: NASA, ISS Expedition 71

 

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Webb telescope peers into our galaxy's outskirts, sees stunning scene

"It’s a little bit like a firecracker."

mashable.com

 

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A sprinkling of cosmic dust may have helped kick-start life on Earth

The origin of life on Earth has long remained a mystery.

www.space.com

 

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Mercury's Vivaldi Crater from BepiColombo
Image Credit: ESA, JAXA, BepiColombo, MTM

 

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The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus
Image Credit & Copyright: Davide Broise

 

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The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant
Image Credit & Copyright: Neil Corke; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego)

 

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Melotte 15 in the Heart Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Richard McInnis

 

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Approaches
Image Credit & Copyright: Brian Valente & Greg Stein

 

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Webb telescope finds a 'weird' galaxy with something brighter than stars

This could explain so much.

mashable.com

 

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This exoplanet circling a dead star may mirror Earth's fate — if our planet survives a dying sun, that is

"We do not currently have a consensus whether Earth could avoid being engulfed by the red giant sun in 6 billion years."

www.space.com

 

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Stellar Streams in the Local Universe
Image Credit: David Martinez Delgado et al.