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July 9, 2023
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Space.com

The climate of Mars changed dramatically 400000 years ago, Chinese rover finds

China’s Zhurong Mars rover has found evidence of a dramatic shift in Mars’ climate 400,000 years ago, in the form of dark ridges laid on top of bright dunes that ripple across the sands of Utopia Planitia, which the rover is exploring.

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Spaceflight Now

SpaceX to push the envelope with record-breaking 16th flight for a Falcon 9 booster

Booster 1058 is a distinctive member of the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 fleet because it was emblazoned with a red NASA ‘worm’ logo prior to the May 2020 flight of Demo-2, the first Cred Dragon mission to carry astronauts.

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Space.com

Huge granite ‘body’ on far side of the moon offers clues to ancient lunar volcanoes

Cooled magma deposits have been discovered under a lunar volcano that likely erupted 3.5 billion years ago. Comments (0). a photograph of the moon’s far side as seen from space. This image of the moon was obtained in 1996 as NASA’s Galileo spacecraft …

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Space.com

James Webb telescope detects the earliest strand in the ‘cosmic web’ ever seen

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a clump of ancient galaxies that may be the oldest strand of the “cosmic web” ever detected. Comments (1). Crackles of orange streak across a purple background, representing tendrils of …

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EarthSky

Astronomers see time moving in slow motion in early universe

According to our best understanding of physics, the fact that space is expanding should influence the apparent flow of time, with the distant universe appearing to run in slow motion. But observations of highly luminous and variable …

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KRTV Great Falls News

Aurora Borealis may put on a show later this week

The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, could be visible in more than a dozen states next week. The stunning display of light from outer space is expected to be visible in states from Alaska to Maryland, weather permitting, between July …

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Space.com

Yes, solar storms are increasing, but don’t lose sleep over an ‘internet apocalypse.’

Non-existent NASA warnings about a months-long global internet shutdown triggered by a major solar storm in 2025 began circulating online recently. Comments (1). a close-up of the sun shows a giant ball of fire in space. An artist’s rendering of the …

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Universe Today

Astrophysicists Propose New Way OF Measuring Cosmic Expansion

Massive objects such as galaxies, can bend gravitational waves from merging black holes, creating multiple copies of the same signal that reach Earth at different times. This delay between signals can be used to calculate cosmic expansion.

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CTV News

Several planets including Jupiter, Mars to be visible in night sky near moon this month

On July 11, Jupiter will be visible in the sky beneath the crescent moon in the eastern sky just before sunrise. The new moon — the time of month in which the moon appears to have disappeared …

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Boston Herald

Solar storm expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states, including New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine

Three months ago, the light displays were visible in Arizona, marking the third severe geomagnetic storm since the current solar cycle began in 2019. The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks has forecast …

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