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⋅ August 16, 2024
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Space.com

How a quantum sensor on the ISS could revolutionize space exploration
Space.com
“I expect that space-based atom interferometry will lead to exciting new discoveries and fantastic quantum technologies impacting everyday life, and will transport us into a quantum future.” Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, …
The New York Times

Unusual Origin Found for Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
The New York Times
The siliceous asteroids that impact Earth usually come from the asteroid belt. But it is still unclear how a massive carbonaceous asteroid ended up on a collision course with our planet. One possible origin is a population of carbonaceous asteroids that …
Space.com

Astrophotographers capture rare Jupiter and Mars encounter (photos)
Space.com
On Aug. 14, avid astrophotographers turned their attention to the sky a couple of hours before sunrise and captured a rare planetary “meet-up” between Jupiter and Mars. It’s been over two years since Jupiter and Mars appeared this close together in the …
Space.com

Astronomers find black hole’s favorite snack: ‘The star appears to be living to die another day’
Space.com
The flare-up — which can be likened to turning on a cosmic light switch billions of times brighter than our sun — pointed to a star being shredded and consumed by a supermassive black hole, which lurks in the center of a faraway galaxy and weighs roughly …
CNN

Dinosaur-killing asteroid was likely a clay-rich mudball, scientists say
CNN
Sixty-six million years ago, the story of life on Earth took a dramatic turn when an asteroid collided with what’s now the Yucatán Peninsula in Chicxulub, Mexico. The aftereffects of the collision resulted in the extinction of an estimated 75% of animal …
Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 116 payloads on Falcon 9 rideshare mission: Transporter-11
Spaceflight Now
Update 4:25 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms successful deployment of the first 69 satellites out of 116 total payloads. Its third upper stage burn out of four is coming up in about 15 minutes. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force …
BBC News

The superstorms from space that could end modern life
BBC News
A sudden solar superstorm is thought to be behind a devastating bombardment of high-energy particles around 14,000 years ago (Credit: Nasa). The Sun is going through a period of high activity, but it is nothing compared to an enormous solar event that …
Space.com

James Webb Space Telescope adds to the confusing drama of Hubble tension
Space.com
A wonderously spiralling galaxy filled with bright whites and warms points of gold in the starry. NGC 3972, which is a galaxy 66 million light years away in Ursa Major, was one …
Space.com

What Boeing Starliner astronauts are doing on ISS as NASA works on their ride home
Space.com
Boeing Starliner’s two NASA astronauts have been busy in space since arriving two months ago on the first-ever crewed Starliner mission. While astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were expected to spend 10 days in space after their June 5 launch, …
Space.com

The sun might’ve just had a record-breaking number of visible sunspots
Space.com
They are actually dark areas typically the size of the entire Earth on the sun’s surface. Plus, they exhibit strong magnetic fields that can fire off solar flares, which spew pulses of electromagnetic radiation into space.