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Historic Comet Expected to Dazzle Night Sky During October; Closest Approach on the 12th

Experience the brilliance of comet C/2023 A3, visible nightly this October, with its closest approach to Earth on October 12.

Latin Times

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 132 —Living in Martian Mushrooms

On Episode 132 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Lynn Rothschild on how mushroom mycelia might be utilized as a Mars habitat-building resource.

Space

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa

The Independent UK

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FAA clears SpaceX to resume Falcon 9 rocket launches

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced on Friday (Oct. 11) that it has given SpaceX the green light to resume launches of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.

Space

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS 2024: How, where and when to see rare comet

This comet that won't be back for another 80,000 years, according to NASA.

Axios

California rejects further SpaceX rocket launches after Musk’s ‘aggressive’ presidential race involvement

Questions have been raised as to whether actions by the space exploration company, owned by Musk, should be considered federal or private activity

The Independent UK

SpaceX Starship Flight 7 launch: Live updates

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.

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Will NYC be able to see the northern lights again tonight?

The aurora borealis was seen as far as Washington DC on Thursday

The Independent UK

'Stunning was the word': Astronauts snap amazing aurora photo from ISS during severe geomagnetic storm

NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Matthew Dominick captured a supercharged, super-red aurora display from the International Space Station.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope spies 'inside-out' star formation in ancient galaxy (image)

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed 'inside-out' star formation in a galaxy just 700 million years after the Big Bang, fleshing out our understanding of the early universe.

Space

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Moving In a ‘Very Unexpected’ Way, Bewildering Astronomers

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is acting like Jell-O, according to NASA and the European Space Agency.

Inverse

The key ingredients for life on Earth came from space, new evidence suggests

The vital ingredients for life on Earth may have been delivered by meteorites from larger bodies called "planetesimals" in the early solar system. The discovery could assist in the search for alien life.

Space

Hints of volcanic moon around alien planet may be 1st-of-its-kind discovery (video)

A sodium cloud detected in the vicinity of an exoplanet named WASP-49 b hints at the presence of a natural satellite, also known as an exomoon.

Space

Nearby exoplanet is a 1st-of-its-kind 'steam world,’ James Webb Space Telescope finds

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found a "first of its kind" world, an exoplanet that is twice the size of Earth and has an atmosphere packed with steam.

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Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane to attempt new 'aerobraking' maneuvers in orbit

The U.S. military's X-37B space plane is about to begin a series of novel maneuvers, according to a rare official update on the spacecraft.

Space

New Artemis moon camera gets 1st field test (photos)

Recently, an international team took the HULC moon camera out for a test drive in lunar-like conditions to improve the camera's design for Artemis moon missions.

Space

'It was 3 hours of magic': Spectacular auroras thrill stargazers across the world (and internet) as intense geomagnetic storm batters Earth (photos)

A powerful geomagnetic storm illuminated auroras that lit the skies over Earth on Thursday (Oct. 9) after X 2 solar flare that erupted from the sunspot AR 3848 on Tuesday (Oct. 8) evening.

Space

NASA images Uranus with epic team up of Hubble Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe have teamed up to image the ice giant Uranus, which will help inform future direct imaging of exoplanets.

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I saw the Northern Lights for the first time, thanks to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold

I never thought I'd be able to see the Northern Lights, let alone be able to take pictures. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold let me do just that, and more.

Inverse

Europa Clipper’s 7-Year, 1.8-Billion Mile Journey To Jupiter’s Moon Is More Intense Than You Think

Here's the winding road NASA's Europa Clipper must take through the Solar System to reach a special Jupiter moon.

Inverse

A Coronal Mass Ejection Just Slammed Into Earth’s Magnetosphere — Here’s Where You’ll See the Auroras

The Space Weather Center has published a new alert for auroras, which may be visible Thursday night as far south as Alabama.

Space

Gaia space telescope discovers 55 'runaway' careening away from stellar cluster at 80 times the speed of sound

Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud at speeds equivalent to 80 times the speed of sound.

Space

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why (video)

The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter's Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Could this be related to its overall shrinking?

Space

Hopes dim for another bright October comet after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

There's been talk of another spectacular comet putting on a show in our sky after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Unfortunately, however, it doesn't look like the newcomer will deliver.

Space

Solar storm bombarding Earth now may reach 'extreme' levels, sparking auroras down to Alabama and straining hurricane-weakened power grids

A severe solar storm sparked by an intense flare from the sun could reach "extreme" levels as it bombards Earth, NOAA officials warned Thursday (Oct. 10).

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