Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage

"Pics or it didn't happen."

mashable.com

 

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James Webb Turns to Examine Planet Showing Potential Sign of Life

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has turned its full attention towards the distant ocean-covered world called K2-18b last week.

futurism.com

 

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https://www.space.com/planet-9-cometary-bodies-neptune-solar-system

 

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers some early universe galaxies grew up surprisingly fast

"This means we will have to adjust our views on early galaxy evolution."

www.space.com

 

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GK Per: Nova and Planetary Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Deep Sky Collective

 

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How 'tiger stripes' on Saturn's moon Enceladus point to habitability: Study

 

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NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

 

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IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Colombari & Mauro Narduzzi

 

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NRO’s first batch of next-generation spy satellites set for launch

NRO’s first batch of next-generation spy satellites set for launch

spacenews.com

 

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M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Drew Evans

 

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Sun unleashes near X-class solar flare: M9.5 eruption sparks radio blackouts across the Pacific (video)

The solar flare is the most powerful eruption from sunspot region R3654 yet.

www.space.com

 

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NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
Image Credit & Copyright: Processing - Jean-Baptiste Auroux, Data - Mike Selby

 

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L3 Harris wins $765.5 million contract to develop GeoXO imager

L3 Harris wins $765.5 million contract to develop GeoXO imager L3Harris Technologies won a $765.5 million NASA contract to develop the imager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Extended Observations satellite program.

spacenews.com

 

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3 ATs
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)

 

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SpaceX reveals EVA suit design as Polaris Dawn mission approaches

SpaceX has unveiled long-awaited spacesuits intended for spacewalks that will first be used on an upcoming private spaceflight.

spacenews.com

 

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A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star
Illustration Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech

 

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Starliner: Nasa to fly new Boeing space craft to ISS

Two Nasa astronauts are due to set off to the International Space Station in a new spacecraft in the early hours of Tuesday morning UK time.

www.google.com

 

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Orion and the Ocean of Storms
Image Credit: NASA, Artemis 1

 

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SabreSat: Redwire's vehicle to dart through very low Earth orbit

Redwire is designing SabreSat for government intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

spacenews.com

 

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Black Hole Accreting with Jet
Illustration Credit: NASA, Swift, Aurore Simonnet (Sonoma State U.)

 

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'Lost' satellite found after orbiting undetected for 25 years

The satellite had gone off the grid from radar not once but twice — once in the 1970s and then again in the 1990s.

www.space.com

 

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This diamond exoplanet lost its atmosphere — then it grew another

"We measured the thermal emissions from this rocky planet, and the measurement indicates that the planet has a substantial atmosphere. It is very exciting."

www.space.com

 

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The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters
Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Stocks