Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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https://weather.com/science/space/video/astronauts-stranded-in-space-with-no-return-set?cm_ven=hp-slot-3

 

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A moon of Uranus could have a hidden ocean, James Webb Space Telescope finds

Some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system reveal Ariel could be another solar system moon with buried liquid water.

www.space.com

 

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Saturn at the Moon's Edge
Image Credit & Copyright: Chengcheng Xu

 

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Webb telescope snapped photo of huge world — in a distant solar system

“It's exciting to actually see a planet there."

mashable.com

 

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Facing NGC 6946
Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Marinoni

 

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NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Shepherd

 

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Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas
Image Credit & Copyright: Chang Lee

 

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CNN — Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — two veteran NASA astronauts piloting the first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft — have now been in space for 63 days, roughly seven weeks longer than initially expected.

There is still no clear return date in sight.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/science/boeing-starliner-nasa-astronauts-return/index.html

 

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Firefly signs multi-launch agreement with L3Harris

Firefly Aerospace has won a contract from L3Harris for as many as 20 launches of its Alpha rocket over five years.

spacenews.com

 

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CNN — Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — two veteran NASA astronauts piloting the first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft — have now been in space for 63 days, roughly seven weeks longer than initially expected.

There is still no clear return date in sight.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/science/boeing-starliner-nasa-astronauts-return/index.html

The guests who just will not leave (the space station).

 

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Exaggerated Moon
Credit: Data: NASA, Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter; Image & Processing: Ildar Ibatullin

 

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Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle
Image Credit & Copyright: Gerald Rhemann

 

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The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Edelmaier and Gabriele Gegenbauer

 

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Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge
Image Credit & Copyright: Josh Dury

 

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Giant Jet from the International Space Station
Image Credit: NASA, Expedition 71 Crew, JSC, ESRS, Matthew Dominick; Processing: Simeon Schmauß

 

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Meteor Borealis
Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Dain

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/science/spacex-polaris-dawn-jared-isaacman-spacewalk/index.html

SpaceX is about to send four people on a wild — and risky — mission into the radiation belts.​

This crew of private citizens will also open the hatch of their spacecraft and expose themselves to the vacuum of space, marking the first time such a feat has been attempted by non-government astronauts. During this endeavor, the astronauts will be protected solely by brand-new Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) suits, which SpaceX designed and developed in just two and a half years.

 

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Rocket Lab-built Mars smallsats arrive at launch site

A pair of smallsats built by Rocket Lab for a NASA mission to Mars have arrived in Florida for a launch this fall on the inaugural flight of New Glenn.

spacenews.com

 

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IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Luis Romero Ventura

 

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The Zeta Reticuli star system

 

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The Dark Tower in Scorpius
Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby

 

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Stuck Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA says

Boeing's first crewed Starliner will return to Earth empty sometime in September, with its two astronauts waiting until February 2025.

www.space.com

 

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Supernova Remnant CTA 1
Image Credit & Copyright: Thomas Lelu

 

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Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, JPL, SSI, Cassini Imaging Team

 

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Tulip Nebula and Black Hole Cygnus X-1
Image Credit & Copyright: Anirudh Shastry