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Space.com

These findings suggest that similar moonlets could orbit distant exoplanets and their moons, researchers said. Currently the moon circles Earth from a distance of about 239,000 miles (384,600 kilometers), …

Space.com

A Mars orbiter has just taken a “deep dive” into an ancient Martian lake, figuratively, at least. Larger than any lake currently on Earth, the dried-up remnants of this ancient lakebed were just captured in incredible detail by the European Space …

ABC News

NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station after running into trouble with their new Boeing capsule. ByMARCIA DUNN AP aerospace writer. August 8, 2024, 1:11 PM.

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A devastating ancient comet strike in Turkey appears to be etched into what may be the world’s oldest lunisolar calendar, assuming the event happened in the first place. Archaeologists recently reinterpreted markings on a stone pillar at Göbekli Tepe …

The New York Times

Scientists in an expedition to the Mid-Atlantic ocean ridge lifted almost a mile of precious rocks from beneath an exotic feature linked to life’s possible beginning.

EarthSky

NASA’s DART mission successfully impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022. The collision altered the asteroid’s orbit. Now, new research suggests that Dimorphos likely formed from material spun off from its larger binary companion, Didymos …

Space.com

Scientists have found more evidence linking rapid blasts of energy that are brighter than entire galaxies to highly magnetic dead stars or “magnetars.” These neutron stars would have to possess winds of charged particles strong enough to inflate bubbles of …

NPR

The Perseids occur each year when the Earth plows through a stream of space rubble left behind by a large comet called Swift-Tuttle. Bits of debris going over 100,000 miles per hour strike the planet’s atmosphere, creating quick streaks of light and …

ABC News

NASA says chances are growing that two test pilots who flew a new Boeing capsule to the International Space Station in June may have to switch to SpaceX for a ride home. ByMARCIA DUNN AP aerospace writer. August 7, 2024, 2:10 PM.

BBC News

When two American astronauts blasted off on a test mission to the International Space Station on 5 June, they were expecting to be back home in a matter of days. But things didn’t quite go to plan. In fact, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams are …