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⋅ September 12, 2024
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Space.com

SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit (video)
Space.com
Polaris Dawn just made history again. SpaceX’s private crew of four astronauts performed the world’s first commercial spacewalk while soaring high above Earth on Thursday (Sept. 12) during the third day of a five-day trip to Earth orbit.
Spaceflight Now

Polaris Dawn crew gears up for Thursday spacewalk
Spaceflight Now
An artist’s impression of a Polaris Dawn astronaut flowing just outside the Crew Dragon capsule in the first commercial spacewalk. Graphic: SpaceX. Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX crew trainer Sarah Gillis prepared to open the forward hatch of …
CBS News

Polaris Dawn crew gears up for first commercial, non-government spacewalk
CBS News
With crewmates Anna Menon and Scott Poteet monitoring safety tethers and umbilicals inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Isaacman and Gillis plan to float out into open space after depressurizing the spacecraft around 2:23 a.m. EDT, using a scaffold-like …
The New York Times

This Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy Theories
The New York Times
The theory was that people adopt conspiracy theories to sate an underlying need to explain and control their environment, said Thomas Costello, another author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at American University. But …
CNN

Giant bubbles on the surface of a nearby star preview the fate of our sun
CNN
Astronomers have captured a sequence of images of a nearby star that track the motion of bubbling gas on its surface. ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Vlemmings et al.
Space.com

The bubbling surface of a distant star was captured on video for the 1st time ever
Space.com
Astronomers have gotten the first-ever detailed views of turbulent activity in a star other than our own sun. A time-lapse video released Wednesday (Sept. 11) shows enormous gas bubbles roiling on a nearby star called R Doradus, a red giant about 300 …
The New York Times

A Billionaire in Orbit and His Crew Prepare to Walk in Space
The New York Times
A view of the skywalker portion of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule with the Earth bright. The Polaris Dawn Skywalker platform on Wednesday, from a video posted on the social media site X.
Space.com

‘International Observe the Moon Night’ is Sept. 14. Here’s how to participate
Space.com
Saturday, Sept. 14 marks NASA’s annual Observe the Moon Night, a worldwide event to promote lunar science and astronomy, celebrate cultural connections to the moon, and promote amateur lunar observations. On the day, NASA will be hosting a broadcast …
BBC News

Royal Observatory’s photographer of the year won with eclipse image
BBC News
Ryan Imperio has been named the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year for a photograph that captures the progression of Baily’s beads during the 2023 annular eclipse. Baily’s beads are formed when sunlight shines through the …
BBC News

Mystery tremors were from massive nine-day tsunami
BBC News
The landslide – a mountainside of rock that collapsed and carried glacial ice with it – triggered a 200m wave. That wave was then “trapped” in the narrow fjord – moving back and forth for nine …