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NASA commissions independent review of delayed Psyche mission to metal asteroid

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is moving into a review after software testing issues forced an extended launch delay to at least July 2023. Its future remains uncertain.

To get Artificial Gravity on the Moon, you'd Need a Giant Rotating Lunar Base

Living and working in space for extended periods of time presents a number of challenges. These include radiation, as locations beyond Earth’s protective magnetosphere are exposed to greater levels of solar and cosmic rays. There’s also the need for self-sufficiency since Lunar or Martian bases are too far to rely on regular resupply missions like the International Space Station (ISS). Last, there’s the issue of low gravity, which is especially pressing for long-term missions and habitats beyond Earth. If humanity’s future truly lies in space, we must devise solutions to this issue in advance.

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Jupiter is now rising in the evening sky. Here's how to spot the king of the night.

Jupiter is starting to rise around midnight, and will even meet up with the moon on Tuesday (July 19).

Russia dismisses space agency chief in wake of international controversies

Russia has dismissed its controversial space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin following multiple international controversies.

See a Rare Transit of Iapetus on July 17–18

It's tiny. It's challenging. But you won't get the chance to see Iapetus transit the globe of Saturn again until 2037!

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James Webb Space Telescope detects clouds on a 'hot Jupiter' that we thought had clear skies

The James Webb Space Telescope is already confounding expectations, showing that we still have much to learn about the atmospheres of "hot Jupiters."

Amazing photos of the Buck supermoon of 2022 from around the world

The largest full moon of 2022, the Buck Moon put on quite a show for moongazers all over the world yesterday (July 13).

Week in images: 11-15 July 2022

Week in images: 11-15 July 2022

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Wildfire near Salamanca: before-and-after

Image: These Copernicus Sentinel-2 images, one year apart, show the area affected by wildfire around Las Batuecas - Sierra de Francia Nature Reserve near Salamanca in western Spain.

The Earliest Galaxies Rotated Slowly, Revving up Over Billions of Years

A team of astronomers have used the ALMA telescope to find a slowly-rotating galaxy in the early universe. That galaxy is the youngest ever found with a measured rotation, and it’s much slower than present-day galaxies.

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Goodbye, Comet K2! Next stop is closest approach to the sun

Mysterious comet K2 made its closest approach to Earth yesterday and is continuing its journey toward the sun.

Star-mapping Gaia spacecraft spots a pair of Jupiter-like planets

Gaia scientists are agog after finding out that the star-spotting spacecraft can double as a planet-hunter.

The oldest, brightest black holes in the universe were born from violent gas attacks, new study suggests

Researchers found that streams of cold gas could create 'seeds' of quasars — ultraluminous supermassive black holes — in the early universe, solving a decades-old mystery.

Casio G-Shock wristwatch pays tribute to NASA astronaut launch and entry suits

A new, limited edition wristwatch takes it cue, or rather hue, from the bright color of the launch and entry suits worn by NASA astronauts. Casio's latest G-Shock features an orange body and strap.

This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 15 – 23

The waning Moon says hi to late-night Saturn, the Teapot starts tilting, the Great Square thrusts up, and the Milky Way arches high.

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A New Instrument is Going to the ISS to Study the Climate Impact of Dust in Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

People often seem surprised when they learn that NASA doesn’t just look out to the other planets, stars, and galaxies. It’s also an agency that studies our own home planet—from space! And why not? Earth is part of the solar system, too. So, to that end, there’s a new Earth studies mission called EMIT on its way to the International Space Station. It’s designed to track dust as it moves from one place to another on our planet through through our atmosphere.

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Dragon capsule launches on SpaceX's 25th cargo mission to the space station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this evening (July 14), sending a robotic Dragon resupply craft toward the International Space Station.

Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to launch of space station cargo mission

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch SpaceX’s 25th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Follow us on Twitter.

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Jupiter, too! New James Webb photos show giant planet's rings, moons and more

The Webb team released some tantalizing photos of Jupiter today (July 14), highlighting the $10 billion telescope's ability to study targets close to home.

Here are the Locations in the sky for the First JWST Images

On the morning of Tuesday, July 12th, the world was treated to the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope – the most detailed images of the cosmos taken by the most powerful telescope ever! These featured familiar features from our galaxy, including updated images of the Carina Nebula, a nebula surrounding a stellar remnant (the Southern Ring), a collection of merging galaxies (Stephans Quintet), an exoplanet (WASP 96b), and a deep field image showing thousands of galaxies and gravitational lenses (SMACS 0723).

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Watch an exclusive clip for Apple TV+'s 'For All Mankind' season 3 episode 6

The US and Russia reach Mars, but old tensions threaten to divide the historic mission in this exclusive clip for this week's sixth episode of "For All Mankind" on Apple TV+.


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