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NASA will announce its new astronaut class in September

Space.com - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 12:00pm
NASA will announce its new astronaut class in September, as well as details about the Artemis 2 crewed mission around the moon.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 5,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station, lands rocket at sea (video)

Space.com - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 11:00am
SpaceX launched its 33rd Dragon cargo mission early Sunday morning (Aug. 24), sending 5,000 pounds of cargo toward the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 174 — Gifts From Orbit

Space.com - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 10:34am
On Episode 174 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Lynn Harper to discuss some of the amazing research taking place aboard the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

Rocket Lab launches 5 satellites on mystery mission (video)

Space.com - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 10:00am
Rocket Lab launched five satellites for a confidential customer this evening (Aug. 23) on the 70th overall liftoff of its Electron rocket.
Categories: Astronomy

Jupiter quiz: Think you know about the Jovian gas giant?

Space.com - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 9:00am
This quiz will challenge your knowledge of Jupiter's features, moons, and the missions that have dared to get close.
Categories: Astronomy

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 10 launch today? How to watch it live

Space.com - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 8:25am
SpaceX hoped to launch its Starship Flight 10 test mission on Sunday (Aug. 24) at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), but is now targeting Aug. 25.
Categories: Astronomy

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APOD - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 8:00am

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Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Sky View Backpacker stargazing tent review

Space.com - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 8:00am
Sky View Tents' Backpacker provides a complete view of the night sky with a lightweight, no-frills design.
Categories: Astronomy

The Brain’s Map of the Body Is Surprisingly Stable—Even after a Limb Is Lost

Scientific American.com - Sat, 08/23/2025 - 7:00am

The brain’s body map doesn’t reorganize itself after limb amputation, a study found, challenging a textbook idea in neuroscience

Categories: Astronomy

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn could be the Mass Effect successor we've all been waiting for (preview)

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 5:00pm
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn looks set to be the next big RPG, and a major breakout moment for developer Owlcat Games.
Categories: Astronomy

Avionics issue delays launch of Blue Origin's 200th payload on 35th New Shepard spaceflight

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 4:00pm
Blue Origin is flying more than 40 science payloads on board its 35th New Shepard suborbital spaceflight. After an avionics issue the launch from West Texas is being rescheduled.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch Hurricane Erin swirl menacingly in the Atlantic Ocean in NOAA satellite video

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 3:30pm
Satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration watched Hurricane Erin as it swirled off of the U.S. coast on Aug. 11, 2025.
Categories: Astronomy

Moon Flybys Could Save Fuel On Interplanetary Missions

Universe Today - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 3:13pm

The Three Body Problem isn’t just the name of a viral Netflix series or a Hugo Award winning sci-fi book. It also represents a really problem in astrodynamics - and one that can cause headaches to mission planners in terms of its complexity, but also one that offers the promise of an easier way to enter stable orbits that might otherwise be possible. A new paper from researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology shows one way those orbital maneuvers might be enhanced while exploring planetary systems - by using a gravity assist from its moons.

Categories: Astronomy

A 3D Printed Alumnium Mirror Could Enable Enhance CubeSat Observations

Universe Today - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 3:13pm

Compact, reflective, easy to manufacture mirrors are a critical component for advancing astronomical technology in space. Mirrors are a key component in most telescopes, though they are notoriously hard to manufacture with the necessary precision, especially at large scales. A new paper from researchers in the UK uses additive manufacturing to make a thin, flexible, and lightweight mirror out of aluminum and analyzes its properties to see if it will be useful in applications such as CubeSats.

Categories: Astronomy

Tracking the Interstellar Objects 1I/'Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/Atlas to their Source

Universe Today - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 3:13pm

In a recent paper, researchers followed the trajectories of 1I/`Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/ATLAS - three installer objects that have entered the Solar System in the past decade - to constrain their possible origin. Through a series of Monte Carlo simulations, they came up with predictions of where they came from and how old they are.

Categories: Astronomy

One of the earliest galaxies in the universe was rich in oxygen. Could it mean life evolved earlier than we thought?

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 3:00pm
A galaxy in the early universe was rich with oxygen, astronomers have found. The discovery raises questions about how early life could have first appeared in the universe.
Categories: Astronomy

1st-of-its-kind quadruple star system could reveal secrets of 'failed star' brown dwarfs

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 2:31pm
A rare quadruple star system with two brown dwarfs orbiting two red dwarf stars could help shed light on how these "failed stars" change with age.
Categories: Astronomy

Antibiotics normally don’t increase the risk of autoimmune disorders

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 2:00pm
A study of more than 6 million children finds that exposure to antibiotics in the womb or early in life tends not to increase the risk of autoimmunity – but the relationship is complicated
Categories: Astronomy

Antibiotics normally don’t increase the risk of autoimmune disorders

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 2:00pm
A study of more than 6 million children finds that exposure to antibiotics in the womb or early in life tends not to increase the risk of autoimmunity – but the relationship is complicated
Categories: Astronomy

'What is Starfleet?' Modern 'Star Trek' is still trying to work that out, but 'Strange New Worlds'' latest episode might have the answer

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 2:00pm
In Star Trek's modern era, Starfleet and the Federation aren't the unquestioned forces for good they once were, but Strange New Worlds' latest episode aims to restore the faith.
Categories: Astronomy