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July 17, 2023
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Space.com

Russia’s Luna-25 moon lander reaches launch site for August 11 liftoff

On July 10, the Luna-25 spacecraft was sent to the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the country’s far east and delivered to its takeoff location for a scheduled sendoff this August. In a statement from Russian aerospace company …

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Space.com

‘Cannibal’ coronal mass ejection that devoured ‘dark eruption’ from sun will smash into Earth on July 18

Two coronal mass ejections have combined into an enormous cloud of magnetized plasma that is forecast to hit Earth on Tuesday and potentially trigger a strong geomagnetic storm. Comments (0). An image of the sun with a white ring surrounding the flash …

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Space.com

Water on Mars carved deep gullies and left a ‘great puzzle’ for Red Planet history

Scientists first discovered gullies on Mars in 2000. These strongly resembled channels that form on Earth in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, which are carved by water from melting glaciers. As such, the Martian ravines hinted that water once flowed on Mars, …

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The New York Times

A Fossil Dream as Big as Texas

Most people come to Ox Ranch — an 18,000-acre property outside Uvalde, Texas — for the thrill of hunting exotic animals in the Hill Country. But the ranch is also home to ancient secrets, as in lines of dinosaur tracks that cut across an empty creek …

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CBS News

NOAA warns X-class solar flare could hit today, with smaller storms during the week. Here’s what to know.

The strongest category of solar flares, known to potentially cause worldwide transmission problems and blackouts, could be emitted this week, scientists say. On Sunday, radio blackouts were already detected, though scientists did not say where.

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al.com

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer announces retirement

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer announced her retirement today after a 38-year career with the space agency capped by the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket launch around the Moon in November 2022. Singer was appointed as the …

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The Weather Channel

Shooting Star: French Woman Sitting on Her Terrace Struck By Mystery Space Rock

Can you imagine quietly sipping coffee and minding your own business when a random rock coming all the way from outer space decides to pick beef with you? As outlandish as this sounds, this is exactly what happened to a woman in the village of Alsace …

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St. Louis Public Radio

Astronomer and astrobiologist finds new meaning to life in memoir

Aomawa Shields’ fascination with stars and the universe beyond our own solar system started with the 1986 film “SpaceCamp.” Her curiosity eventually led her to pursue a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrobiology. Her NASA-backed research focuses on whether …

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Reuters

Webb telescope captures tantalizing evidence for mysterious ‘dark stars’

These three objects were identified by the James Webb Space Telescope Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) in December 2022. They initially were identified as galaxies that existed early in the universe’s history, but some scientists suspect …

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Phys.Org

Australians’ concern about climate change is increasing, according to report

More than two thirds of Australians are concerned about the long -term threat of climate change on our way of life, significantly higher than similar fears a two years ago and continuing an upward trend over the past decade, the annual Ipsos Climate …

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