Tuesday, March 25, 2025

NASA says removal of 'first woman, person of color' language from Artemis websites 'does not indicate' moon mission crew change

Mysterious blue spiral spotted over European skies | Space Quiz! How many stars are typical inside a Dwarf Galaxy? | Artemis websites remove 'first woman, person of color'
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March 25, 2025
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The Launchpad
Mysterious blue spiral spotted over European skies
(Daniel Puchalski)
A strange blue spiral lit up the skies over Europe on Monday night (March 24), causing residents of the U.K. and other European countries like Croatia, Poland, and Hungary to flood social media with photos and videos, along with requests to identify this weird light. Some users even speculated that the spiral could be the work of aliens!
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Space Quiz! How many stars are typical inside a Dwarf Galaxy?
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VoteHundreds of thousands
VoteAround a million
VoteA few thousand
VoteA few billion
Artemis websites remove 'first woman, person of color'
(NASA)
NASA websites no longer state that the Artemis 3 lunar mission will aim to land the first person of color and the first woman on the moon - a longstanding goal of the Artemis program that the agency has consistently called upon when discussing lunar plans.
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Skywatching
'Solar horns' will appear during March 29 solar eclipse
(Starry Night)
For North Americans in the right place at the right time -- and who get clear skies - there's a chance to see the unique spectacle of "solar horns," a phenomenon where the cusps of an eclipsed crescent sun appear as two distinct points above the horizon during sunrise. For observers in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada aiming to witness this rare event, selecting the optimal location is crucial.
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Spaceflight
Space pirates already have their sights set on Earth orbit
(Alones Creative/Getty Images)
Put on your eye patch and crank up your best "arrr." And while you're at it, plop down a stack of doubloons and conjure up visions of Captain Jack Sparrow! Talk about "high crimes" and misdemeanors. The growing pace of space as a commercial resource brings with it the prospect for misdeeds, corruption, piracy, and war. The Center for the Study of Space Crime, Policy, and Governance (CSCPG) is looking into the risks of piracy in space and solutions to this potentially devastating economic and legal problem.
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Science & Astronomy
'Dark universe' spacecraft finds 2,674 new dwarf galaxies
(ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA/Francine Marleau, et al, 2025)
The latest wide-scale analysis of data from the Euclid Space Telescope has demonstrated just how big of an impact this European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft is set to have on science. Importantly, it also shows that in science, sometimes good things come in small packages.
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SpaceX
Fram2 ready for world's 1st crewed flight over Earth's poles
(SpaceX)
A Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Fram2 crew aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience no earlier than March 31, the company said in online post over the weekend, indicating the mission's crew had completed training at SpaceX's facilities in Hawthorne, California.
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Technology
Star Catcher sends electricity across NFL football field
(Star Catcher)
Star Catcher has completed a successful ground demonstration of its wireless energy-beaming technology. It's a major milestone in the development of orbital systems capable of collecting energy from the sun and wirelessly transferring it to ground or space-based receivers as usable electricity, according to the Florida startup.
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