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⋅ August 17, 2024
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The New York Times

Stranded in Space? NASA Doesn’t See the Starliner Astronauts That Way.
The New York Times
That is what has happened to Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, two NASA astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. During the test flight, the propulsion system malfunctioned, and engineers are …
CNN

Nearly 600-pound ice age mammoth tusk discovered in Mississippi
CNN
Amateur fossil hunter Eddie Templeton usually knows when he’s onto something. Having scoured creek banks in Mississippi since he was a kid, Templeton’s made several stunning extinct mammal finds, including a mastodon mandible, numerous bones from a giant …
The New York Times

Fossils Show Giant Predatory Sea Scorpions Were Distance Swimmers
The New York Times
But in the oceans of the Paleozoic era more than 400 million years ago, animals known popularly as sea scorpions were apex predators that could grow larger than people in size. “They were effectively functioning as …
Space.com

Perseid meteor shower rains ‘shooting stars’ over Stonehenge in glorious astrophotography image
Space.com
The Perseids, one of the year’s most prolific meteor showers, peaked this week, raining dozens of “shooting stars” per hour through Earth’s skies. Some lucky stargazers caught a double feature of …
Space.com

Why is a ‘once-in-a-decade’ Supermoon Blue Moon happening twice in 2 years?
Space.com
two large skyscrapers on either side of a large bright full moon – the supermoon blue. A Supermoon Blue Moon rises beyond skyscraper office buildings in the Cuatro Torres business district in Madrid, …
Space.com

Robotic Russian Progress 89 cargo ship docks at ISS with tons of fresh supplies (video)
Space.com
An uncrewed Russian cargo ship successfully docked at the International Space Station early Saturday (Aug. 17) to deliver tons of fresh gear, food and other vital supplies. The automated Progress 89 spacecraft linked up with the International Space …
Space.com

SpaceX launches 116 satellites on epic Transporter 11 rideshare mission, lands rocket (video)
Space.com
SpaceX launched an epic rideshare mission to space today (Aug. 16). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 116 different satellites launched on the company’s Transporter 11 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 2:56 p.m. EDT (1856 GMT; …
CBS News

When and where to see August’s rare supermoon blue moon
CBS News
August’s supermoon blue moon, the first of 2024’s four consecutive supermoons, will appear full from Sunday through Wednesday, giving astronomy fans a rare show when they look to the skies. The full moon will reach peak illumination on Monday at 2:26 …
The Washington Post

When to see one of the biggest and brightest full moons of the year
The Washington Post
An August full moon, often called the sturgeon moon, will grace the sky on Monday. 2 min.
Reuters

South American lungfish has largest genome of any animal
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) – The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature – in some sense, a living fossil. Inhabiting slow-moving and stagnant waters in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana and Paraguay, it is the …