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⋅ October 28, 2024
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Space.com

SpaceX’s Starship booster was ‘1 second away’ from aborting epic launch-tower catch
Space.com
‘We were one second away from that tripping and telling the rocket to abort and try to crash into the ground next to the tower.’ Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
Space.com

SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut released from hospital, returns to Houston
Space.com
The NASA astronaut who was hospitalized for a night after the splashdown of SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission has been released and is doing well, according to the agency. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule ” …
Space.com

Watch comet ATLAS burn up as it flies into the sun (video)
Space.com
Like Icarus, comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) met its demise after flying too close the sun.
Space.com

NASA generated $76 billion for US economy in 2023, report says
Space.com
NASA’s efforts in science, exploration and beyond are helping drive economic growth across America, according to an agency study. NASA’s latest economic impact report reveals that its activities contributed $75.6 billion to the U.S. economy in fiscal …
Phys.Org

Sols 4343-4344: Late slide, late changes
Phys.Org
Curiosity is driving along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, heading for a good vantage point before turning westward and leaving the channel behind to explore the canyons beyond. The contact science for “Chuck Pass” on sol 4341 and …
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Have Discovered the First-Ever Triple Black Hole System
Popular Mechanics
Stellar-mass black holes typically form after a star goes supernova and collapses. However, the discovery of the first-ever triple black hole system, V404 Cygni, complicates that picture. This black hole is orbited by a very close star (which orbits …
syracuse.com

NASA astronaut released from hospital after return from space
syracuse.com
NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin were flown to the hospital for additional medical checks Friday after parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast aboard a SpaceX capsule.
Space.com

New study of Apollo 16 moon samples reveals hidden lunar history
Space.com
After landing in the heavily-cratered Descartes region in the lunar highlands, astronauts John Young, Charles Duke and Ken Mattingly collected roughly 200 pounds (96 kg) of material from the moon’s surface. Chemical analyses …
Coeur d’Alene Press

Our strong solar cycle may have peaked
Coeur d’Alene Press
Our sun has been making news headlines as we’re currently in a strong solar cycle that has generated numerous solar flares and coronal mass ejections. CMEs are a large release of plasma and accompanying magnetic field from the sun’s outer layer of its …
Harvard Crimson

Massive Meteor May Have Supercharged Early Microbial Life on Earth, Harvard Study Finds
Harvard Crimson
The findings are a striking example of how what is usually regarded as a kind of ecological disaster actually brought a “bio-essential” element — phosphorus — “across the entire globe,” according to Earth and Planetary Sciences professor Nadja Drabon, the …