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NASA’s Crew-12 members gather for a portrait in the pressure suits they wore while departing the International Space Station inside the SpaceX …
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‘Freakish’ discovery of 9 million-year-old capybara tooth supports idea that Atacama wasn’t always a desert
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAn illustration of ancient capybaras enjoying coastal wetlands, which may have looked somewhat like the Atacama Desert around 9 million years ago. …
Media are invited to join NASA for a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 15, to preview the agency’s contributions …
For many longtime cotton farmers in the Texas High Plains, the 2026 drought sparked flashbacks to catastrophic harvests of the past. Miserably …
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1,000-mile-long cloud that forms and vanishes on Mars every day obeys ‘exotic physics’ never seen on Earth
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA 1,000-mile-long (1,600 kilometers) Martian cloud that emerges and then quickly disappears from the Red Planet’s sky nearly every day is even …
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NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 35th Station Resupply Launch, Arrival
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogNASA and SpaceX are targeting 6:33 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 13, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment, …
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‘Completely unexpected’: Astronomers spy never-before-seen ‘phoenix planet’ rising from the ashes of a dead star
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAstronomers have spotted a never-before-seen type of “phoenix planet” rising from the ashes of a dying alien sun. The discovery, which the …
Explanation: “Happy New Year!” No, wait, this is not a fireworks display. This image shows Nebula Pa 30, observed with the Gemini …
After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA, Northrop Grumman’s …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed many protostars and stars within the glowing gases of NGC 7129. Hot, atomic hydrogen gas …
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Lunar occultation of Jupiter: The biggest planet will disappear behind the crescent moon in a once-in-a-decade alignment tomorrow
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogYou may have watched the moon block out the sun during a solar eclipse, but have you ever seen it do that …
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Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away | MIT News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogLike Earth, most planetary bodies circle their star in stable, detached orbits. These companionable systems can suddenly change when a planet comes …
From an astronaut’s perspective looking back at Earth, a patch of bright rock in arid southern Madagascar may appear out of place. …
Explanation: A deep image of the Sombrero galaxy reveals surprises. M104 is named the Sombrero galaxy because, on shorter exposures, it looks …
Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 Before we landed, …
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Auroras appear in broad daylight in Smile spacecraft’s eerie first images of Earth — Space photo of the week
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogEarth glows like a half moon while a giant aurora writhes over the North Pole in this ultraviolet image from the new …
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La NASA abre solicitudes para próxima promoción de directores de vuelo
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogLee esta nota de prensa en inglés aquí. La NASA busca líderes para uno de los puestos más prestigiosos de la Tierra …
Among the many risks astronauts face during long-haul spaceflight, an extended stay in microgravity is one of the most consequential for long-term …
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Heading Home: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Concludes Station Science Mission
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogNASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with the crew scheduled to return in early October. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, …
Explanation: On sol 1943 of its journey of exploration across the surface of Mars, the Curiosity Rover recorded this selfie at the …
As part of NASA’s ongoing Inspiration Tour, NASA astronaut Christina Koch will highlight America’s strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation at …
Storms drenched Nepal’s mountainous Lumbini and Gandaki provinces with waves of torrential rain between September 24 and 27. The deluge, arriving late …
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Google launches Project Suncatcher, a step towards AI data centers in space : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA prototype of the Project Suncatcher satellite at the Planet Labs facility in San Francisco, California. Planet Labs PBC hide caption toggle …
In this Oct. 1, 2026, photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape …
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‘We may need to think differently’: Star system with ‘backward’ planet moving the wrong way around its star has scientists puzzled
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogResearchers have discovered an exoplanet that travels around its small, red star backward, much like a rubber duck spinning against the current …
Explanation: Have you ever seen the full moon rise? This colorful image was photographed last weekend in Sicily, just outside the town …
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Ancient hydrogen spotted in the early universe could open a new way to study space’s baffling expansion
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogScientists have a new tool for mapping the universe’s perplexing acceleration. A Canadian telescope designed to chart the distribution of hydrogen gas …
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Saturn at opposition 2026: How to see the bright planet’s rings and moons during its best viewing opportunity all year
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogSaturn is about to reach its annual opposition this week, when it appears at its brightest and biggest all year and becomes …
Explanation: Peculiar spiral galaxy Arp 78 is found within the boundaries of the head strong constellation Aries. Some 100 million light-years beyond …
