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⋅ March 11, 2024
NEWS
CBS News

4 International Space Station crew members undock, head for Tuesday splashdown in Gulf of Mexico
CBS News
NASA commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japanese flier Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov separated from the upper port of the station’s forward Harmony module at 11:20 a.m. EDT as the two …
Space.com

‘Interstellar meteor’ vibrations actually caused by a truck, study suggests
Space.com
A new study casts more doubt on the supposed success of an interstellar fishing expedition. On Jan. 8, 2014, a space rock about 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) wide exploded over the western Pacific Ocean. In 2019, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb and his colleague …
Space.com

What will it be like to experience the total solar eclipse 2024?
Space.com
Beads, bands and beauty; Diamond Ring . . . then darkness; The crown of the sun; Prominences; Sky illumination; stars and planets; Another “Diamond Ring” heralds the end; Final thoughts.
Space.com

Some ‘dead’ stars hide celestial fountains of youth beneath their surfaces
Space.com
White dwarfs are the stars that will be left behind when stars like the sun “die,” smoldering away in space as cooling stellar embers. Recent observations indicated that some of these stellar corpses may actually take longer to cool off than previously …
Space.com

Watch live as SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts undock from the ISS today
Space.com
Watch starting at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT). … Four astronauts are scheduled to leave their orbiting home today (March 11) to return to Earth, and you can watch it live.
The Washington Post

It’s dangerous to look at a partial eclipse. Science explains why.
The Washington Post
In such moments you will be tempted to look at the curious sight of our favorite star being not all there, but you can only do so safely if you wear eclipse glasses that filter out most of the solar radiation.
Space.com

NASA gets $25.4 billion in White House’s 2025 budget request
Space.com
NASA won’t be getting a big budget boost next year. The White House allocated $25.4 billion to NASA in its federal budget request for fiscal year 2025, which was released today (March 11). That’s a 2% increase over the $24.9 billion the agency is …
Spaceflight Now

Crew-7 begins journey home following six-month stay at the International Space Station
Spaceflight Now
A journey of more than half a year orbiting around the world is coming to an end for the four-member team of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission. The Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 …
Space.com

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida
Space.com
SpaceX launched 23 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Sunday (March 10). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT).
Space.com

Powerful solar flare eruption from ‘sneaky’ sunspot triggers widespread radio blackouts (video)
Space.com
The relatively small, unassuming sunspot AR3599 has been crackling with minor solar flares in recent days — but it surprised everyone by unleashing a strong M7.4 class solar flare on Sunday (March 10) at 8:13 EDT (1213 GMT).