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October 18, 2024
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Space.com

SETI tests new alien-hunting strategy, but TRAPPIST-1 planets remain silent

Some 25 million radio signals were detected, but all were eliminated by a clever computer code as terrestrial radio frequency interference. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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Space.com

Hunter’s Moon supermoon 2024 puts on a frightfully good show for skywatchers around the world (photos)

The largest and brightest full moon of 2024 lit up the skies of Earth on Thursday (Oct. 17), with skywatchers across the globe on hand to capture the lunar face in its full glory. This Hunter’s “supermoon” may have been over a week early for Halloween, …

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Space.com

Europe makes moves to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029

MILAN — The European Space Agency (ESA) has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with an asteroid due to make a close approach to Earth in 2029. ESA signed a contract worth € …

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CNN

Scientists pinpoint the origins of humanity’s love of carbs

Duplication of a certain gene may have helped shape adaptation to starchy foods, a new study has found. Huizeng Hu/Moment RF/Getty Images. Sign up …

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Space.com

Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to see bits of Halley’s comet burn up in the night sky

The Orionid meteor shower 2024 reaches its peak in the pre-dawn hours on Monday, Oct. 21, but this year a bright moon could make it difficult to see these shooting stars. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an …

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Space.com

Europe launches ambitious ‘Moonlight’ program to support lunar exploration

ESA officially launched the Moonlight Lunar Communications and Navigation Services (LCNS) program here at the International Astronautical Congress on Tuesday (Oct. 15), with the aim of providing services for the more than 400 moon missions planned by space …

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Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

A Falcon 9 stands ready for a Starlink mission at Cape Canaveral’s pad 40. File photo: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. Update 4:38 p.m. EDT: SpaceX is moving to their 24 …

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BBC News

The dash not to miss once-in-a-lifetime comet snap

When Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was this way previously, Neanderthals were still alive. It meant that Jono Kimber, from Ellesmere in Shropshire, knew the margins of success were already tight as this visitor would not hang around. Tricky light, however, was …

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Space.com

SpaceX launching 20 Starlink internet satellites from Florida tonight

A rocket launch carves an orange arc into a dark night sky in this long-. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base …

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Reuters

Three decades later, first brown dwarf ever found offers a surprise

These two brown dwarfs are gravitationally locked to each other in what is called a binary system, an arrangement commonly observed among stars. So the brown dwarf that three decades ago was named Gliese 229B is now recognized …

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