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Dust devils on Mars may spark lightning — possibly threatening NASA's Perseverance rover

Space.com - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 9:00am
Our Red Planet explorers may encounter a peculiar threat.
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SpaceX rocket sets reuse record on 500th Falcon 9 launch

Space.com - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 8:20am
SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit today (July 2), on the 500th Falcon 9 rocket launch in the company's history.
Categories: Astronomy

For Dolphins, Echolocation May Be More Like ‘Touching’ Than ‘Seeing’

Scientific American.com - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 6:45am

Dolphins seem to “feel” their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar

Categories: Astronomy

Northern lights may be visible in these 13 US states tonight as the sun hurls solar storm toward Earth

Space.com - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 6:06am
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.
Categories: Astronomy

Stunning image of a supernova reveals a dead star that exploded twice

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 6:00am
Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars go boom twice in the blink of an eye
Categories: Astronomy

Stunning image of a supernova reveals a dead star that exploded twice

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 6:00am
Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars go boom twice in the blink of an eye
Categories: Astronomy

Could AI Make Drone Shows Less Technically Challenging?

Scientific American.com - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 6:00am

AI can allow engineers to focus on artistry over technical details for drone shows

Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers capture incredible 1st image of a dead star that exploded twice. How did it happen?

Space.com - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 5:00am
Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing space-lovers with stunning eye-candy.
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APOD - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 4:00am

What do you see when you look into this sky?


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It's raining stars.


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Are these trees growing on Mars?


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Tidally locked in


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APOD - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 4:00am

Big beautiful barred spiral


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APOD - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 4:00am

An interstellar expanse of glowing gas and obscuring dust presents


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APOD - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 4:00am

Does the Milky Way always rise between these two rocks?


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The Presence of Certain Minerals May Explain Why the Lunar Farside and Nearside are so Different

Universe Today - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 12:37am

Why does the Moon have two different faces?. That question frames the lunar dichotomy: The nearside that faces us is different than the lunar farside. Scientists have worked hard to understand why that is, and new research says that the presence of certain minerals could explain why.

Categories: Astronomy

HAKUTO-R Mission 2's Crash was Caused by its Laser Range Finder

Universe Today - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 12:37am

The Japanese company ispace released the technical details that likely doomed the landing of their Hakuto-R Mission 2 lunar lander earlier this month. According to a press release, their engineers narrowed down the issue to a failure of the spacecraft's Laser Range Finder (LRF). Engineers suspect that the LRF's performance deteriorated during flight, causing it to be slow to make its measurements and update its descent speed correctly. It hit the Moon at 42 meters a second, crashing hard.

Categories: Astronomy

Exoplanet Hunters May Be Misrepresenting The Likelihood Of Their Findings

Universe Today - Wed, 07/02/2025 - 12:37am

There’s nothing to get a scientist’s heart pumping like a good, old-fashioned statistical debate. When it comes to topics like finding Earth analogues or hints of a biosignature in an atmosphere, those statistical debates could have real world consequences, both for the assignment of additional observational resources, but also for humanity’s general understanding of itself in the Universe. A new paper from two prominent exoplanet hunters, David Kipping from Columbia and Björn Benneke from UCLA, argues that their colleagues in the field of exoplanet detection have been doing statistics all wrong for decades, and make a argument for how better to present their results to the public.

Categories: Astronomy