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Astronomers stumble across heaviest element ever discovered on an exoplanet, on a gas giant so hot it could 'rain iron'

Barium, which is two and a half heavier than iron, was found on two ultra-hot gas giants orbiting stars outside our solar system.

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Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What's behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped

In July, a puzzling new image of a distant extreme star system surrounded by surreal concentric geometric rungs had even astronomers scratching their heads. The picture, which looks like a kind of “cosmic thumbprint”, came from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s newest flagship observatory.

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Jupiter's moon may have secret lakes

Europa, a prime candidate for extraterrestrial life, has an icy surface that hides a bustling, watery interior

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Celebrating dawn of a new age

Last September, US billionaire and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman along with Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski and Sian Proctor made history by completing the world's first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth for three days.

Bangkok Post

NASA gets its planet-hunting telescope back online after glitch

NASA's extrasolar planet hunter TESS is pausing observations while it works to recover and go back to finding distant worlds.

Inverse

US opts to not rebuild renowned Puerto Rico telescope

The National Science Foundation has announced it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the world’s largest until it collapsed nearly two years ago

The Independent UK

Frank Drake obituary

Astrophysicist and astronomer whose Project Ozma searched for radio signals from planets that could support extraterrestrial life

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Watch a black hole spew on a neighboring galaxy

Galaxy RAD12 houses a supermassive black hole that spits radio jets at a galactic neighbor. It could help solve a longstanding mystery about star formation.

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NASA Unveils ‘flying Saucer’ That Will Help Humans Land On Mars

This technology could support landing crew and large robotic missions on Mars, as well as returning heavier payloads to Earth.

Zenger

Scientists Think One Of Saturn’s Moons Could Contain Life

The Cassini spacecraft discovered water under the moon's icy surface, opening up the idea that it could sustain life.

Zenger

NASA's asteroid deflection mission was more successful than expected. An expert explains how

On September 26, after a nine-month journey through the Solar System, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted an asteroid called Dimorphos.

The Conversation

Equatorial Launch Australia hit with lawsuit, including allegations of bullying against director Michael Jones

Operators of the Arnhem Space Centre in the remote Northern Territory are being sued by the company's former chief executive, who claims its current director made comments that were racist and discriminatory towards women.

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NASA confirms Artemis is on track for its November 14 launch attempt

NASA reiterated on November 3 that its upcoming lunar mission is still set to launch on Monday, November 14 at 12:07 a.m. Eastern from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will begin rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it was stowed during Hurricane Ian, at…

Inverse

Look! Startling Webb Telescope image may reveal an elusive source of stars and planets

In a fresh image released by the Webb Telescope team on October 12, one can see 17 strangely perfect light rings around star binary WR 140 emanating into the darkness of deep space.

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Secrets of dust shells surrounding WR 140 stars seen by James Webb Space Telescope revealed

Astronomers reveal how the spectacular rings surrounding a pair of stars captured in a surreal image by the James Webb Space Telescope were created.

Al Jazeera

SpaceX to take tourist Dennis Tito on Starship around the Moon

Tito’s wife plans to join him on the weeklong trip, but the launch date has yet to be determined.

Axios

World's first space tourist set to fly around the Moon with SpaceX

It's not clear how much Dennis Tito paid for the seats.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA’s new November targets mean night launch for Artemis

ORLANDO, Fla. — If NASA gets to finally ignite its massive candle for the Artemis I moon mission, it’s going to light up the night skies across Florida with three November launch dates that all fall after midnight targeted for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center.

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World's 1st Space Tourist Signs Up for Flight Around Moon

The world's first space tourist wants to go back — only this time, he’s signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship. For Dennis Tito, 82, it’s a chance to relive the joy of his trip to the International Space Station, now that he's retired with…

The Independent UK

James Webb Space Telescope reveals ‘fingerprint’ created by two stars

New images show rings which were created when the stars came close together and streams of gas they blew into space collided.

The Guardian - UK

James Webb telescope captures ‘cosmic fingerprint’ formed by two giant stars

Series of 17 concentric dust rings was spawned by Wolf-Rayet 140 binary system thousands of light years away

Inverse

Look: Images show debris from spacecraft-damaged asteroid 7 million miles from Earth

DART smacked into Dimorphos to test how an approach called “kinetic impact” could one day offer humanity a way to save planet Earth should a large asteroid fly toward us on a collision course.

The Hindu

Second development flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle likely this year

It will carry an Indian earth observation satellite

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily: Nasa confirms asteroid successfully diverted

Nasa has said it is a ‘defender’ of the planet, after its DART mission to divert the course of a far away asteroid was successful.

Birmingham Post

UK's first ever space launch edges closer as 'Cosmic Girl' lands in Cornwall

The UK's first ever horizontal satellite launch is set to boost opportunities for businesses and training

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