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Tiny, compact galaxies are masters of disguise in the distant universe − searching for the secrets behind the Little Red Dots

Astronomers exploring the faraway universe with the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s most powerful telescope, have found a class of galaxies that challenges even the most skillful creatures in mimicry – like the mimic octopus. This creature can impersonate other marine animals to avoid predators. Need to be a flatfish?…

The Conversation

Space travel comes with risk − and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than any private mission has before

Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can’t survive unprotected in a pure vacuum for more than two minutes. Getting to space involves being strapped to a barely contained chemical explosion.

The Conversation

Boeing Starliner departs ISS without its astronaut crew. How to watch it land on Earth tonight

Boeing's Starliner capsule will depart the ISS without astronauts today (Sept. 6), and you can watch the action live.

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Boeing's Starliner Spacecraft To Return To Earth From ISS Today

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft prepares to return from the ISS, contributing to space research and advancing exploration capabilities.

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Asteroid slams into Earth triggering stunning green 'fireball' above the Philippines — 8 hours after it was 1st spotted

On Wednesday (Sept. 4), astronomers spotted a never-before-seen asteroid, 2024 RW1, around eight hours before it entered Earth's atmosphere. The "harmless" space rock quickly burned up as predicted, creating a bright green streak across the night sky before spectacularly exploding.

LiveScience

Astronaut watches a meteor explode over Earth in a bright green fireball in stunning video from ISS

A new video from an astronaut's vantage point in space captures a bright green burst over Earth as a meteor exploded in the night sky.

Space

Listen to the eerie sounds of an exploded star in new NASA video

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have rereleased new "sonified" images of nearby objects, including the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.

Space

Lucky alignment of 2 spacecraft reveals how solar wind gets a magnetic push

Energy-packed plasma waves pump enough energy into streams of solar wind to propel them to their unexpectedly high speeds, observations by two sun-studying spacecraft suggest.

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Boeing Starliner astronauts have years of medical studies helping them with longer stay in space

Starliner's astronauts will spend at least 8 months in space, longer than a typical ISS crew. But numerous other astronauts have safely spent a year on the ISS, or even longer.

Al Jazeera

Asteroid disintegrates safely in ‘fireball’ flash over the Philippines

The asteroid, known as 2024 RW1, is only the ninth to have been spotted before its impact with the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Netflix's newest documentary will help you appreciate a beloved Tom Hanks movie

Netflix's new Apollo 13: Survival takes a documentary look at the same events that inspired Ron Howard's Apollo 13.

The Independent UK

Small, harmless asteroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere over the Philippines

NASA says a small, harmless asteroid has burned up in Earth’s atmosphere

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The Guardian - UK

A cool flame: how Gaia theory was born out of a secret love affair

The long read: Scientist James Lovelock gave humanity new ways to think about our home planet – but some of his biggest ideas were the fruit of a passionate collaboration

Space

Hubble Telescope spies a very sparkly mini-galaxy (image)

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged one of Andromeda's dwarf galaxies. It's named Pegasus.

The Guardian - US

Apollo 13: Survival review – fascinating, if clinical, retelling of space history

Netflix’s archival documentary relives the near-fatal explosion of 1970 with remarkable and urgent footage

Inverse

Inside the Tense Decision Between NASA and Boeing to Send Starliner Home Alone

A meeting got tense when NASA and Boeing discussed a topic of "huge magnitude" — the Starliner's ability to safely return its astronauts.

International Business Times

NASA Admits Tension With Boeing Over Space Rescue Plan

NASA admitted on Wednesday there was "tension" during meetings with Boeing executives about how to bring home two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station, but denied reports of shouting matches.

Fortune

Two astronauts are stuck in space. Soon, the solution could be an elevator

For the first time in nearly 150 years, the space elevator is out of the realm of sci-fi and into the orbit of mission possible.

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'There was some tension in the room', NASA says of decision to bring Boeing's Starliner spacecraft home without astronauts

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will fly back to Earth for a landing on Sept. 7, but without its crew. Its two astronauts will ride home on SpaceX Crew Dragon in February 2025.

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