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September 13, 2023
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Space.com

James Webb Space Telescope watches seasons change on Saturn (video)

Using the powerful space telescope, astronomers saw the ringed planet’s northern summer cooling as a 7.5-year-long autumn approaches. Comments (0). Astronomers have observed summer giving way to autumn on the ringed planet Saturn in detail.

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Russia rolls Soyuz rocket to the pad ahead of Sept. 15 astronaut launch to ISS (photos)

The rocket is poised to launch three members of the space station’s Expedition 70 crew later this week. Comments (0). The nose of a green train car sits on the track in the foreground as gathered. The Soyuz 2.1a rocket for the MS-24 mission is rolled …

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James Webb Space Telescope deepens major debate over universe’s expansion rate

One of the biggest and most heated cosmic debates of our time surrounds a peculiar dilemma with a rather snappy name: Hubble tension. This phrase describes the fact that, even though scientists are aware …

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NASA’s UFO study team to announce results Sept. 14. Here’s how to watch live.

The agency commissioned a panel of experts in 2022 to examine data related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), a new term for UFOs that now encompasses abnormal objects or events in the sky, underwater or in space that can’t be immediately …

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EarthSky

A new Earthlike planet in the distant Kuiper Belt?

Fuzzy oblique ring on left with planets inside and a larger fuzzy sphere on right, Left, the planets orbiting our sun (the largest ball, in yellow), plus the primary Kuiper Belt – a doughnut-shaped realm of small icy bodies – at a distance of 30–50 Earth- …

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NASA’s Lucy asteroid-hopping probe captures 1st snapshot of space rock ‘Dinky’ (photo)

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft just sent home an impressive glimpse of the smallest asteroid target on its 12-year agenda to study intriguing space rocks. Asteroid Dinkinesh, a mere 0.5 mile-wide (1 kilometer-wide) rock residing in the inner part of the main …

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A big telescope on the moon could peer deeper into the universe than James Webb

Thanks to such cold temperatures, a lunar infrared telescope could detect the far infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum — radiation with wavelengths up to 200 micrometers. Far infrared wavelengths cannot be seen by any existing telescope …

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ABC News

Neil deGrasse Tyson brings journey through time and space to Earth in latest book

And his latest book, “To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery,” is no exception. The book is co-authored by Lyndsey Nyx Walker, senior producer for the StarTalk podcast …

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Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a ‘candid look’ at the history of spaceflight in new StarTalk book (exclusive)

Superstar astrophysicist and sagacious citizen of the universe Neil deGrasse Tyson really needs no formal introduction when it comes to all matters of a cosmic nature. The esteemed scientist, lecturer, author, podcaster, NASA consultant, …

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Cornell Chronicle

Decadal survey sets agenda for biological, physical sciences in space

Answer: There are really two purposes. First, it’s to give periodic input from the research community to the government as a signal for research priorities in the coming years. So it’s a very science-driven …

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