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⋅ August 11, 2024
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Space.com

Archaeology on the ISS? Scientists study how astronauts use and store stuff in space
Space.com
The International Space Station Archaeological Project aims to understand how astronauts use and store objects throughout the orbital laboratory to help inform development of future space habitats. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our …
BBC News

What happens when astronauts get stuck in space
BBC News
The two Nasa astronauts overstaying on the ISS aren’t the first astronauts to be stuck in space… and they probably won’t be the last. We’ve all been there…stuck for hours on a broken-down train, abandoned in an airport because of a software update or …
CNN

The strongest meteor shower of the year is about to peak. Here’s how to watch
CNN
The annual Perseid meteor shower is seen in the night sky on August 14, 2023, in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. NurPhoto/NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
WIRED

The Physics of Cold Water May Have Jump-Started Complex Life
WIRED
When seawater gets cold, it gets viscous. This fact could explain how single-celled ocean creatures became multicellular when the planet was frozen during “Snowball Earth,” according to experiments.
CBS News

The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight. Here’s when and how to watch in Massachusetts.
CBS News
BOSTON – The Perseid meteor shower, one of the best shooting star displays of the year, is set to light up the night sky above Massachusetts tonight. On Sunday night, the Earth will pass through a fairly thick layer of comet debris (fragments of rock …
Space.com

SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on Aug. 11
Space.com
SpaceX intends to launch 23 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Sunday (Aug. 11), as part of a planned spaceflight doubleheader for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the 23 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s …
The New York Times

Ancient Calendar, Recently Discovered, May Document a Long-Ago Disaster
The New York Times
A researcher at the University of Edinburgh has discovered what he believes is the earliest calendar of its kind at Gobekli Tepe, an archaeological excavation site in what is now southern Turkey that used to be an ancient complex of temple-like …
Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites from the Kennedy Space Center
Spaceflight Now
SpaceX is preparing for the second of three planned launches over the weekend. A Falcon 9 rocket will send 23 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff from historic Launch Complex 39A is set for …
Livescience.com

Fossils from Greenland’s icy heart reveal it was a green tundra covered in flowers less than 1 million years ago
Livescience.com
Greenland was almost completely ice-free at some point in the last one million years, fossilized flowers from a core sample taken from the center of the island reveal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
The Guardian

‘It’s going to be hair-raising’: high-risk slingshot move will send robot craft to Jupiter
The Guardian
European space scientists will this week attempt one of the most daring operations ever undertaken in interplanetary flight. On Wednesday, they will direct their Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) to make a flyby of Earth and its moon and carry out the …