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On Monday (Sept. 18), NASA confirmed that, after three failed attempts, its Curiosity Mars rover managed to reach a precarious destination on the Red Planet: The Gediz Vallis Ridge. As to why this formation was worth such turmoil for Curiosity?

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BP-NELL-PEG has shown promising results of combatting microgravity bone loss in mice. However, it is yet to be tested in humans. Comments (0). A syringe is seen with a tiny bit of yellowish liquid inside. An image of the drug in a small syringe.

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a small capsule falls toward earth under an orange and white parachute. A training model of the sample return capsule is seen is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval …

NPR

KWONG: …From NPR. REGINA BARBER, HOST: We’re entering a new era of astrophysics, one where the ideas and models of how the universe was created are being tested …

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This striking composite shot appears in National Geographic Magazine’s special space issue out on Sept. 19. Comments (0). a large crater on the grey, cratered surface of the moon. A new mosaic of Shackleton Crater as seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance …

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Asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA intentionally hit with a rocket during its DART mission in September 2022, is behaving in unpredicted ways.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch for a record-setting 17th time tonight (Sept. 19). Topped with 22 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites, the Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:47 p.m. …

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The ice giant Neptune will be at opposition on Tuesday (Sept. 19), meaning it will be in a straight line with our planet and the sun, with Earth in in the center. The eighth and most distant planet from the sun, Neptune, will also make its closest …

Scientific American

At this year’s Analog Astronaut Conference, none of these problems seemed unsolvable. Scientists and space enthusiasts were gathered at Biosphere 2, a miniature Earth near Tucson, Ariz., which researchers had built partly to simulate a space outpost.

BBC News

Last month, India made history when it became the first country to land a lunar mission near the Moon’s south pole. Chandrayaan-3’s lander and rover – called Vikram and Pragyaan – spent about 10 days in the region, gathering data and images to be sent …