arstechnica.com Ranking the 25 coolest things in space so far during the 21st century
Taking stock of spaceflight one-quarter of the way through the 2000s.
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This is an image of the star WOH G64, taken by the GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI). This is the first close-up picture of a star outside our own galaxy, the Milky Way. The star is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, over 160 000 light-years away. The bright oval at the centre of this image is a dusty cocoon that enshrouds the star. A fainter elliptical ring around it could be the inner rim of a dusty torus, but more observations are needed to confirm this feature.
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www.scientificamerican.com The Arecibo Message, Earth’s First Interstellar Transmission, Turns 50In 1974 we beamed a radio transmission into space that changed the way we think about our place in the cosmos
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www.space.com Axiom Space partners with fashion house Prada to design Artemis 3 moon suits'It is a true celebration of the power of human creativity and innovation to advance civilization.'
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arstechnica.com Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister“There is some black dust-like material that’s visible. We’re hoping that’s from Bennu.”…
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www.space.com Incredible new moon images show Artemis 3 landing sites near the lunar south pole (photos)This striking composite shot appears in National Geographic Magazine's special space issue out on Sept. 19.
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mashable.com Webb finds molecule only made by living things in another worldCould this exoplanet be inhabited?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5090028
Webb finds molecule only made by living things in another world
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/8135104
Honorable mention: The video was posted to https://lemmy.world/c/mealtimevideos 4 days ago: https://lemmy.world/post/4942489. I did not want to use the YouTube link as the primary link, hence reposting instead of cross-posting.
Further reading about the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT):
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Crater_Radio_Telescope
- https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2020_Phase_I_Phase_II/lunar_crater_radio_telescope/
- https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2021_Phase_I/Lunar_Crater_Radio_Telescope/
They want to build the telescope on the far side of the Moon, to shield it from terrestrial (man-made) radiation. Is this premise in peril by other Moon missions? For example, do NASA or other space agencies have plans to build other bases on the far side of the moon, which could emi
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www.space.com OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe heads toward Earth for Sept. 24 sample deliveryOSIRIS-REx put itself on course for Earth with a crucial thruster firing on Sunday (Sept. 10).
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www.space.com India's Aditya-L1 solar probe takes an epic selfie with Earth and moon (photos, video)Hello, spacecraft! Hello, Earth and moon!
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www.space.com India launches Aditya-L1 solar observatory, its 1st-ever sun probeThe mission will tackle some of the sun's biggest mysteries.
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Space Exploration @sopuli.xyz pinkdrunkenelephants @sopuli.xyz Watch SpaceX launch 13 satellites for the US Space Force today
www.space.com SpaceX launches 13 satellites for US Space Force, lands rocket — and ties its own record (video)SpaceX has now launched 61 missions in 2023, with four months left to go.
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m.timesofindia.com PM: Chandrayaan-3 landing point to be named 'Shiv Shakti', Chandrayaan-2 lander impact place as 'Tiranga'; August 23 will be Space day | India News - Times of IndiaIndia News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi early on Saturday announced that the point at which Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram soft-landed will be named 'Shiv Shakti',
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Space Exploration @sopuli.xyz pinkdrunkenelephants @sopuli.xyz The James Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet: the dramatic close-up of dozens of stars at the moment of birth.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1386923
NASA unveiled the latest snapshot Wednesday, revealing 50 baby stars in a cloud complex 390 light-years away. The region is relatively quiet yet full of illuminated gases, jets of hydrogen and even cocoons of dust with the delicate beginnings of even more stars.
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m.economictimes.com A message from NASA: Bill Nelson congratulates ISRO for successful landing of Chandrayaan-3Bill Nelson, the Administrator of NASA, congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on its successful soft landing of the lunar satellite, Chandrayaan-3. Nelson expressed NASA's pleasure in being a partner on this mission. NASA, as the leading space agency, has its own missions to re...
