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⋅ August 5, 2024
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Space.com

The sun is a ‘runaway world collector’ that can trap passing rogue planets
Space.com
A dark blue sphere creating a circular trail of white smoke with a yellow multi-. An illustration showing a rogue planet orbiting the solar system at a vast distance. ( …
Space.com

Perseid meteor shower 2024 peaks this weekend. Here’s how to see summer’s best ‘shooting stars’
Space.com
This year, the Perseid meteor shower should reach its peak during the overnight hours of late Sunday night into early Monday morning (Aug. 11-12), when there is almost no moon, making the late-night sky nice and dark for shooting star spectators and …
CNN

These scientists want to safeguard Earth’s species by cryogenically preserving them on the moon
CNN
“Initially, a lunar biorepository would target the most at-risk species on Earth today, but our ultimate goal would be to cryopreserve most species on Earth,” said Mary Hagedorn, a research cryobiologist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation …
USA TODAY

2 months after Starliner launched, astronauts still haven’t returned: See timeline
USA TODAY
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and Boeing Starliner capsule lift off June 5 from. NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams were tentatively scheduled to spend little more …
ABC News

Arctic fossils indicate ice shelf is not as stable as previously thought, scientists say
ABC News
Scientists are warning of a catastrophic sea level rise if the ice in the Arctic melts, a very real possibility. The Arctic is the front line for climate change and the melting could have catastrophic effects on …
InsideClimate News

New Study Reveals Signs of an Ancient Tundra Ecosystem Beneath Greenland’s Thickest Ice
InsideClimate News
Sometime in the past 1.1 million years, the thickest part of the Greenland Ice Sheet melted completely, scientists said in a study released today that analyzed fossilized bits of moss, wood shards, insect and fungi fragments, as well as the seed of an …
Popular Mechanics

A Wild Discovery Suggests Earth Had Multiple Hidden Moons
Popular Mechanics
Most scientists agree that a major collision 4.5 billion years ago with a protoplanet named Theia formed the Earth-Moon system. Now, a new study from the University of Nevada argues that, out of the chaos of that collision, polar circumbinary “moons” …
Space.com

The moon and Venus join close together in the night sky Aug. 5
Space.com
Of all of the monthly meetings between the moon and Venus this year, this one is by far the closest. The only caveat is that the pair won’t be very high, as the dynamic duo sets just one hour after the sun. Comments (0). When you purchase through links …
San Francisco Chronicle

Perseids 2024: How to see one of the year’s buzziest meteor showers in the Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle
In this long exposure photo, a streak appears in the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower at the Guadarrama mountains, near Madrid, in the early hours of Aug. 12, 2016. The annual shower peaks next weekend.
Aviation Week

Intuitive Machines, SEOPS Reach Launch Services Agreement
Aviation Week
HOUSTON—Intuitive Machines, Inc. (IM) and SEOPS, LLC. say they have reached an agreement to provide launch rideshare delivery services to destinations ranging from geostationary transfer orbit to the Moon’s surface and Earth/Moon Lagrange points.