Monday, December 6, 2021

China's Yutu 2 rover spots cube-shaped 'mystery hut' on far side of the moon

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China's Yutu 2 rover spots cube-shaped 'mystery hut' on far side of the moon
(CNSA/Our Space)
China's Yutu 2 rover has spotted a mystery object on the horizon while working its way across Von Kรกrmรกn crater on the far side of the moon.
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The only total solar eclipse of 2021 creates dazzling sight over Antarctica
(Felipe Trueba/Imagen Chile/AFP via Getty Image)
The only total solar eclipse of 2021 took place under especially isolated circumstances today, sweeping over sparsely populated Antarctica and surrounding areas to create a spectacular sight.
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The only total solar eclipse of 2021 in pictures: Amazing photos from Antarctica
(Theo Boris and Christian A Lockwood)
Scientists went to the ends of the Earth to see the rare total solar eclipse of 2021 in Antarctica. Here's what they saw.
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Fuel leak delays Atlas V rocket launch to early Tuesday morning: Watch it live
(United Launch Alliance)
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is scheduled to launch the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission at 4:04 a.m. EST (0904 GMT) Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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Spaceflight
Astronauts see only total solar eclipse of 2021 from space station (photos)
(NASA)
Astronauts at the International Space Station got a glimpse of the only total solar eclipse of 2021, which was otherwise only visible to a few lucky observers in Antarctica.
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Military interest in the moon is ramping up
(Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
"Cislunar space has recently become prominent in the space community and warrants attention," a recent Air Force Research Laboratory document states.
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Astronaut's daughter packs father's space mementos for Blue Origin launch
(Laura Shepard Churchley via collectSPACE.com)
Laura Shepard Churchley is bringing more than just memories of her father on her upcoming Blue Origin launch into space. As the eldest daughter of the United States' first astronaut, Churchley has packed a stash of special items that not only made the trip before, but went further - to the moon and back.
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Science & Astronomy
Massive simulation of the universe probes mystery of ghostly neutrinos
(NASA, ESA and J. Olmsted (STScI))
A team of Japanese scientists has built the largest-ever cosmic simulation to include tiny "ghost" particles called neutrinos. To explore one of physics' biggest unsolved mysteries, the researchers used a whopping 7 million CPU cores to solve for the evolution of 330 billion particles and a computational grid of 400 trillion units.
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Newborn star (unsuccessfully) plays 'hide-and-seek' in gas cloud
(NASA, ESA)
Peekaboo! We see you, little star. While you can't easily see the celestial object inside all of this gas surrounding it, a new Hubble Space Telescope image shows a huge plasma jet emanating from the young star.
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Curious Kids: What are the rings around planets made of?
(Pixabay)
Lots of us are familiar with pictures of the planet Saturn and its unmistakable ring. In fact, Saturn doesn't have just one ring - if you look through a telescope, you will see that Saturn actually has at least eight rings. This is called a ring system.
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SpaceX
NASA says SpaceX is only provider so far able to provide astronaut taxi rides
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The company received three more mission orders for Crew Dragon as Boeing Starliner works to get off the ground.
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Skywatching
Watch the moon shine near Venus tonight on its way toward Saturn and Jupiter
(NASA)
Venus and the moon make a dazzling duo in the night sky tonight (Dec. 6), starting the moon's multi-day journey past a slew of planets.
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Here's what the only total solar eclipse of 2021 was like from a cruise ship near Antarctica
(Joe Rao)
Space.com's night sky columnist Joe Rao reports how clouds blocked eclipse views as day turned to night during the total solar eclipse of Dec. 4, 2021 over Antarctica.
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Watch the entire total solar eclipse of 2021 in just 1 minute! (time-lapse video)
(Theo Boris/Christian Lockwood /JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition/NASA TV)
You can watch the sun disappear and reappear from view in just one spectacular minute on Dec. 4, 2021 in this time-lapse video of the only total solar eclipse of the year. It was an incredible view from Union Glacier, Antarctica.
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