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⋅ August 10, 2024
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Space.com

How can we build landing and launch pads on the moon?
Space.com
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CNN

Where did the ‘hobbit’ humans come from? New fossils shed light
CNN
Researchers found fossils of the extinct species Homo floresiensis at the Mata Menge excavation site, seen circa 2014, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Gerrit van den Bergh.
The Wall Street Journal

Two Astronauts Are Stuck in Space. Here’s How They’re Passing the Time.
The Wall Street Journal
Sunita Williams made headlines years ago for running a marathon on a treadmill—at the International Space Station. Preparing to return in June for a one-week visit, she didn’t plan on a repeat. “This time we might have…too little time to be able to do …
Space.com

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 123 — The Mighty Perseids
Space.com
On Episode 123 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Isaac Arthur talk with astronomer Steve Fentress about the Perseids meteor shower. Each year, there are a handful of impressive meteor showers, and one of the largest and best this year will …
Phys.Org

Flood of ‘junk’: How AI is changing scientific publishing
Phys.Org
Scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik fears that a flood of AI-generated images and text in academic papers could weaken trust in science. An infographic of a rat with a preposterously large penis. Another …
Yahoo News

The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here’s how to see shooting stars.
Yahoo News
“Not only is the shower rich in bright meteors and fireballs — No. 1 in fact — it also peaks in mid-August when the weather is still warm and comfortable,” Bill Cooke, who leads the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in …
The New York Times

This Is a Picture of the Last Thing Seen by NASA’s Asteroid Hunter
The New York Times
On Thursday, scientists and engineers in Southern California got an exclusive glimpse at a recent snapshot of Fornax, a constellation of stars in the Southern Hemisphere. The image itself is not particularly exciting, at least not to the untrained eye.
Yahoo News

Watch how NASA’s Artemis astronauts could escape their rocket in an emergency (photos, video)
Yahoo News
The next moon astronauts have a rapid escape route, in case of emergency. Should something go awry with the Space Launch System rocket supporting the Artemis 2 mission, an emergency exit via baskets will be at …
BBC News

Perseid meteor shower: When and how to watch
BBC News
The Perseid meteor shower – which Stargazers say is one of the best meteor showers of the year – is set to peak between August 11th and 13th. But you don’t need to wait that long, the first meteors were visible in July and will continue throughout most …
Florida Today

2 SpaceX launches this morning: Everything to know about Starlink missions from Cape Canaveral
Florida Today
Then at 9:03 a.m., the second Falcon 9 should launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This is the Starlink 10-7 mission. Combined, both launches should lift 44 internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit on northeasterly trajectories.