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Space.com

It originated not from astronomy, but astrology; first coined by an astrologer, who arbitrarily defined it as “a full moon which occurs with the moon at or near (within 90-percent of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit (perigee).”.

Space.com

India will launch its first sun-studying spacecraft this weekend, if all goes according to plan. The Aditya-L1 solar observatory is scheduled to launch Saturday (Sept. 2) at 2:20 a.m. EDT (0620 GMT; 11:50 local India time), the Indian Space Research …

Space.com

The United States Space Force is about to get an unprecedented view of some of the most distant reaches of Earth orbit. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch the multi-payload Silent Barker mission, also designated as NROL-107, on Tuesday (Aug.

Space.com

The next full moon will rise on Wednesday, Aug. 30, and it will be one of the brightest and largest moons of 2023. The term “Blue Moon” has nothing to do with color, but since the 1940s has commonly referred to the second of two full moons that fall in …

Spaceflight Now

A SpaceX Crew Dragon ferry ship docked at the International Space Station Sunday after a 29-hour rendezvous, bringing four fresh crew members to the lab to replace four others wrapping up a six-month stay in orbit. Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, …

Space.com

“If astronauts are to be able to undergo safe space missions, we need to understand how their immune systems are affected.” Comments (0). Artist’s illustration of two Artemis astronauts at work on the lunar surface. How will space missions like this …

The New York Times

JAXA, the Japanese space agency, is gearing up to launch two very different space missions from one rocket: a new X-ray telescope that will spy on some of the hottest spots in our universe, and a small experimental robotic moon lander.

Spaceflight Now

The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, or XRISM for short, pronounced as ‘crism’ by the mission team, is a collaboration between the Japanese Space Agency JAXA, NASA and ESA, the European Space Agency. X-ray telescopes need to be placed in space as …

Spaceflight Now

A next-generation X-ray space telescope and an experimental lunar lander are poised for launch Sunday from Japan. An H-2A rocket is scheduled to liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:26 p.m. EDT (9:26 a.m. local time / 0026 UTC).

Phys.Org

A major red tide event occurred in waters off Southern California in the spring of 2020, resulting in dazzling displays of bioluminescence along the coast. The spectacle was caused by exceedingly high densities of Lingulodinium polyedra (L. polyedra), …