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CNN

In this view looking up in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, all of the work platforms that surround the Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft are fully retracted on March 16.

Astronomy Magazine

A red-hued eclipsed Moon hangs in the sky in May 2022. The second of this year’s total lunar eclipses will occur this week. Nick Mischo (Flickr). Friday, November 4. After passing 3° south of Neptune at 4 A.M. EDT, the Moon slips 2° south of Jupiter at …

CNN

A bright fireball is seen above Brkini, Slovenia, on November 12, 2015, during a Taurid swarm. This month, another swarm is upon us, with fireballs that can be seen in the sky throughout November.

Space.com

While NASA officials stressed in a media teleconference today (Nov. 3) that the agency’s highly anticipated Artemis 1 moon mission will be challenging, they stated they are confident in the upcoming launch attempt on Nov. 14.

Phys.Org

One of the smallest and mightiest organisms on the planet is a plant-like bacterium known to marine biologists as Prochlorococcus. The green-tinted microbe measures less than a micron across, and its populations suffuse through the upper layers of the …

CNET

Hubble image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1068. NASA / ESA / A. van der Hoeven. About 47 million light- …

Spaceflight Now

A camera on Rocket Lab’s recovery helicopter shows the Electron booster under its parachute following launch in May. Credit: Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab will try again Friday to catch an Electron first stage booster after launching from New Zealand with a …

Phys.Org

This is a bit like how archaeologists study the diets of extinct humans such as the Neanderthals and early homo sapiens. This is about more than satisfying curiosity. Understanding our ancestors’ diets may reveal critical clues about their evolutionary …

Phys.Org

The researchers used computer simulations to show that actin and its partner protein, myosin, engage in a tug-of-war, with myosin trying to trap actin in local clusters and actin attempting to flee. If actin wins, actin filaments escape myosin’s pulling …

CNN

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted underwater in January, it created a plume of ash and water that broke through the third layer of Earth’s atmosphere. It was the highest-recorded …