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NASA has postponed the launch of its next flagship mission to Jupiter by at least another day as the agency and SpaceX conduct additional checks to ensure the spacecraft is ready to fly after Hurricane Milton battered its Florida launch site.

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view from the international space station of red and green auroras over earth. NASA astronaut Don Pettit shared this photo of auroral displays, taken from the International Space Station, via X …

masslive.com

The Connecticut River is home to an ancient denizen of the deep, the shortnose sturgeon. The fish is a kind of living fossil, perhaps one of the oldest animals. Some scientists think sturgeon date back as far as 200 million years.

Space.com

‘The FAA notified SpaceX on Oct. 11 that the Falcon 9 vehicle is authorized to return to regular flight operations.’ Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. a black and white …

The Washington Post

“This is a huge deal,” said Robert Pappalardo, the project scientist for the Europa Clipper at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. NASA officials had hoped to launch the spacecraft Thursday on …

ABC News

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly …

BBC News

A comet that was seen from Earth last month for the first time in 80,000 years might be visible with the naked eye in the UK on Saturday evening, according to the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). The society said Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has been …

Phys.Org

Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and citizen science data from the iNaturalist app, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed some of the most detailed maps yet showcasing the distribution of California plant …

SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration will allow SpaceX to resume Falcon 9 flights after an upper stage anomaly nearly two weeks ago as the company awaits approval for its next Starship launch. In a statement late Oct. 11, the FAA said it …

Discover Magazine

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