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Microbial life could potentially survive in the harsh conditions near the lunar south pole, suggested Prabal Saxena, a planetary researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “One of the most striking …

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‘They have a significant number of launches to go, and that of course, gives me concern about the December of 2025 date.’ Comments (0). a large rocket on the surface of the moon. Artist’s illustration of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle on the moon.

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Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, crewmates on the station’s current Expedition 69 mission, spent 6 hours and 3 minutes performing the extravehicular activity (EVA) on Friday (June 9). The two …

Spaceflight Now

Astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg suited up and floated outside the International Space Station Friday for a spacewalk to install and unroll an upgraded solar array wing delivered to the complex earlier this week by a SpaceX Cargo Dragon supply …

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A stunning new image shows Mars in an entirely new light, revealing intricate details of the Martian surface. The image was released to commemorate 20 years of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft. Since the Mars Express entered …

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The moon makes for a great guide to locate the ringed planet Saturn in the night sky tonight. The moon will make a close approach to Saturn in the early morning sky on Saturday (June 10) in the hours following midnight. Skywatchers in New York City …

The New York Times

A review of archives suggests that efforts to protect Earth from contamination by any organism brought back from the lunar surface were mostly for show. Give …

Phys.Org

It has almost been 20 years since the establishment of the field of two-dimensional (2D) materials with the discovery of unique properties of graphene, a single, atomically thin layer of graphite. The significance of graphene and its one-of-a-kind …

CNN

The supernova was first spotted within the spiral arms of the Pinwheel Galaxy by Japanese astronomer Koichi Itagaki on May 19. Itagaki, an avid supernova hunter, has discovered more than 80 of the stellar explosions using his observatory in the mountains …

Smithsonian

As more areas grow brighter with light pollution, national parks across the country have become dark-sky havens. Sarah Kuta. Daily Correspondent. June 9, 2023 5:27 p.m.. Entrance sign to Bryce Canyon National Park at night Bryce Canyon is one of …