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Spaceflight Now

From left to right: Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, NASA commander Nicole Mann, and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 1 to prepare for launch to the International Space Station.

Space.com

An odd shield of supercharged gas protects dwarf galaxies from being ripped apart by the gravitational pull of the Milky Way, 30 years’ worth of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope reveal. For years, astronomers have struggled to explain why the …

Space.com

But not all scientists were convinced at that time. Mars is extremely cold, and for subglacial water to exist on the planet in the liquid form, there would have to be a source of heat, such as geothermal energy.

The Washington Post

As the leaves fall, enjoy how planets ascend: At sunset now, find Jupiter — the king of the planets — ascending the eastern sky and reigning in a luminous way. The large, gaseous planet appears above the treetops around 7:30 p.m. and can be seen …

Space.com

Eclipses happen when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun and casts a shadow on part of the planet either fully or partially blocking the light from the sun. Solar eclipses are never visible across the entire planet because the moon is much …

EurekAlert

The intensity and rate of melt during the penultimate ice melting was much higher than previously thought, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications. According to conclusions of the study, in this climate change …

Phys.Org

NASA said Friday it would try to launch its Moon mega-rocket in November, without committing to a precise date for the much-delayed Artemis 1 mission. The US space agency, which was forced to postpone its latest liftoff attempt due to massive Hurricane …

Minneapolis Star Tribune

“We’re geology nerds and this gets us really excited,” said Tony Runkel. lead geologist at the Minnesota Geological Survey, who said the site “for sure” is one of the most intriguing finds in his 33 years with the survey.

Mashable

The need to learn how to save the world from an asteroid might seem like a no-brainer, but planetary defense missions have had a hard time gaining government support — deemed too expensive for years. Planetary scientist Andrew Cheng, who works at Johns …

Phys.Org

A method to draw data in an area smaller than 10 nanometers has been proposed in a recent study published in Physical Review Letters. A joint research team led by Professor Daesu Lee (Department of Physics) of POSTECH, Professor Se Young Park …