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⋅ May 31, 2024
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Powerful new NOAA weather satellite set for June launch atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy
Space.com
It’s the final countdown (I know you’re singing along with me, don’t deny it!) But why not, as the countdown clock now reads less than a month until NOAA’s GOES-U satellite is slated to soar into space on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket.
BBC News

The mysterious pairs of planets we still can’t explain
BBC News
We thought we broadly understood how planets and stars form. But the discovery of dozens of pairs of young planets in a nearby nebula threatens to turn that on its head. They are worlds that simply defy explanation. Drifting through the Orion Nebula …
CNN

Asteroid’s puzzling moon likely formed after a sun-driven quake, study finds
CNN
The first image taken by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed that Dinkinesh had a surprising companion orbiting the asteroid. NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab.
Space.com

China’s Chang’e 6 probe to land on far side of the moon this weekend to return lunar samples to Earth
Space.com
Chang’e 6 is apparently targeting a landing on Sunday (June 2) Beijing time, which would likely be Saturday evening (June 1) for folks in North America. The mission will then spend three days studying its landing area and collecting samples.
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Massive, magnetic stars beyond the Milky Way detected for the 1st time
Space.com
“Studies of magnetic fields in massive stars in galaxies with young stellar populations provide crucial information on the role of magnetic fields in star formation in the early universe.” Comments (0). A blue scene of space with lots of stars, …
CNN

Meet the veteran astronauts riding aboard Starliner’s historic first crewed launch Saturday
CNN
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Cory S Huston/NASA.
CNN

Sunspots that caused solar storm could bring more auroras to Earth
CNN
Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis. When the energized particles from coronal mass ejections reach Earth’s magnetic …
Space.com

The cold lunar night may have finally swallowed Japan’s SLIM moon lander
Space.com
Until now, JAXA has had successful monthly check-ins with the lander in February, March, and April — the probe managed to survive a shocking three frigid lunar nights. Usually, spacecraft can’t even survive one of these two-week periods of cold isolation.
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Watch Rocket Lab launch shoebox-sized NASA climate satellite tonight
Space.com
Liftoff of the “PREFIRE and Ice” mission is scheduled for 11:00 p.m. EDT tonight (May 31).
CNN

Several planets may appear to align in the sky soon. Here’s what’s really going on
CNN
A telescope can help spot Uranus and Neptune when they appear to align with other planets early Monday morning in most parts of the world; Sunday is ideal for gazers in North America and Europe.