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An international team of astronomers employing NASA’s Webb Space Telescope captured an exoplanet 12 light years away, and in a location that may be familiar to fans of science fiction. The alien planet orbits the K-type star Epsilon Indi A, which is around the same age as Earth’s Sun, but is slightly cooler.

NASA's Image Of An Alien Planet 12 Light Years Away Gives Astronomers Chills

Has it ever crossed your mind that the moon you gaze at today is not in the same spot it was millions, thousands, or even hundreds of years ago? The idea might seem far-fetched, but science tells us that our moon is slowly, but surely, drifting away. Billions of years...

Our moon is drifting away, and Earth will never be the same without it

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The Voyager I spacecraft was in the news once again in June as NASA was able to restore transmissions from all four of its temporarily disabled instruments. Launched way back in 1977, the unmanned craft is now the most distant man-made object in the universe: 15.5 billion miles from Earth, and constantly increasing that distance […]
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NASA Launched This Spacecraft 47 Years Ago and It’s Now 15 Billion Miles Away

The White House announced earlier this year it would implement a unified time standard for the Moon by 2027, an essential measure as NASA aims to establish a permanent presence on the lunar surface. Two Colorado-based researchers proposed a solution in a recently published scientific paper involving clocks floating in space to calculate the time difference between the Earth and the Moon.

NASA might put floating clocks in space. Here's why

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SCIENTISTS have discovered a unique trait on the metal-rich asteroid Psyche by using the James Webb Space Telescope. Researchers identified a water component on the mysterious – and priceless – asteroid 16 Psyche, suggesting that hydration exists in the form of rust. In 2017, researchers discovered traces of water on Psyche’s surface. “Spectra from the […]

Precious ‘golden asteroid’ worth $100,000 quadrillion might be rusting as scientists probe rock before 2029 Nasa visit

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[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

Celestron 114/910 Newton Planetary camera QHY5L-II-C Filter UV -IR cut Q-Barlow 2,25X Baader Planetarium Software: Sharpcap 4.1, PIPP, Astrosurface V1, GIMP. On the morning of 21 August 2024, at 5:31 local time, the occultation of Saturn by the Moon occurred. This is an image of me taken from a video in which the lunar rim and the planet were almost "in contact" just before the beginning of the phenomenon. You can see the great difference in brightness and apparent size of the two celestial bodies, with Saturn being many times larger but also vastly more distant than our satellite. The event lasted about an hour.

The Lunar occultation of Saturn

One of the most beloved Hollywood stars in the history of television, in particular, was actress Frances Bavier, who died in 1989 at age 85. The likable actress became best known for her compassionate and nurturing role as Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show (CBS, 1960-1968).

Beloved 'Andy Griffith Show' Actress Frances Bavier ("Aunt Bee"): A Look Back at Her Life and Career

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New “breathtaking” images of the moon have been beamed back to Earth from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Juice mission.On Monday night the spacecraft began performing a the first ever fly-by of its kind on a shortcut to Jupiter via Venus.First it used the moon’s gravity, and then on Tuesday night it will use the Earth’s, as a natural brake – slowing itself down and then sling-shotting on to the next phase of its journey.
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ESA’s Juice mission takes ‘breathtaking’ images of the moon

A Jupiter-bound European spacecraft made history as it briefly returned to Earth in a “flawless” fly-by.The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) performed a risky manoeuvre known as gravity assist, coming just 4,250 miles (6,840km) above the planet’s surface on Tuesday at 10.56pm UK time.The tricky move – the first ever fly-by of its kind – saw the spacecraft use the moon and the Earth’s gravity as a natural brake to slow itself down and send it towards Venus.This technique allows Juice to take a shortcut to Jupiter through the inner solar system and save precious fuel, according to the European...

ESA’s Juice spacecraft on its way to Venus after ‘flawless’ Earth fly-by

A collaborative international effort has produced a catalog detailing 126 (120 confirmed, 6 candidates) exoplanets using TESS and Keck Observatory data, broadening knowledge of their diverse types and potential for hosting life. An international team of scientists, including significant contributions from astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi’s Institute for Astronomy...

Astronomers Uncover Vast Array of Strange Alien Worlds

You’re reading this because something catastrophic terminated the more than 150-million-year reign of the dinosaurs. What opened the doors for mammals to dominate Earth was likely an extraterrestrial object; probably an asteroid. Where that asteroid came from has not been entirely clear. But new research might have gotten a giant step closer to solving this mystery. According to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, the rogue space rock probably came from far beyond Jupiter, and was likely laced with traces from the stars that existed before the Sun.

Scientists Finally Know Where the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Came From — At Least They Think

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A look back at how NASA nailed the landing of its Curiosity Mars rover in August 2012, and what that success meant for Red Planet exploration.

How NASA's Curiosity rover changed Mars landings forever (photos)

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 Stunning new images of the moon have been beamed back to Earth from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Juice mission showing some sign of real colour differences on the lunar surface.On Monday night the spacecraft began performing a the first ever fly-by of its kind on a shortcut to Jupiter via Venus.First it used the moon’s gravity, and then on Tuesday night it will use the Earth’s, as a natural brake – slowing itself down and then sling-shotting on to the next phase of its journey.During this risky manoeuvre, Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) managed to capture some pictures...

New stunning images of the moon taken during first ever fly-by

The Juice spacecraft, a European Space Agency mission to visit the icy moons of Jupiter, has just made a world’s first maneuver. This week, the craft swung back to Earth on its way to Jupiter and used both Earth and the moon’s gravity to slingshot it onward, in the first lunar-Earth flyby.

Juice spacecraft slingshots around Earth and moon in world’s first maneuver

On Sept. 26th, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroids Redirect Test (DART) collided with Dimorphos, the small moonlet orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos. In so doing, the mission successfully demonstrated a proposed strategy for deflecting potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs)—the kinetic impact method. By October 2026, the ESA's Hera mission will rendezvous...

Debris from DART could hit Earth and Mars within a decade, say scientists

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of exoplanets with extremely small orbits around their stars. But what about exoplanets that get close enough to be devoured by their star, and what if it's an Earth-sized exoplanet?. This is what a recent study posted to the arXiv preprint server and accepted to...

Good thing we found this Earth-sized planet now—it's about to be destroyed

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Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

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Something in space powerful enough to slingshot a would-be star out of the Milky Way at a million miles an hour is mystifying scientists. A team of citizen scientists first discovered the object while they were working on NASA’s Backyard Worlds Planet 9 project, which uses images from the space agency’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Explorer) mission. The mission ran from 2009 to 2011 and mapped the sky in infrared light. Once scientists at NASA got involved, they’ve since learned more about the object, including what it could be made of and where it came from.

Astronomers Just Discovered A Low-Mass Object Flying At a Million Miles Per Hour

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

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See Amazing Images from First-Ever Earth-Moon Flyby

The European mission to Jupiter’s icy moons provided us with some amazing views closer to home, of Earth and the Moon. An intrepid interplanetary traveler paid...

See Amazing Images from First-Ever Earth-Moon Flyby

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