Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Europe's new Vega C rocket launches 7 satellites on debut mission

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The Launchpad
What's next for the James Webb Space Telescope?
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Now that the telescope is fully operational and the fanfare has concluded, the real science can begin.
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Europe's new Vega C rocket launches 7 satellites on debut mission
(ESA/Arianespace)
It was third time lucky for Europe's new Vega C rocket when it launched for its debut flight from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Wednesday (July 13) after a two-hour delay.
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Perseverance Mars rover collects its 10th rock sample
(NASA)
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has collected its 10th tiny rock sample as it continues exploring the Red Planet looking for fragments of Martian soil that might harbor traces of past life, which a future mission might deliver to Earth.
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According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, July's full moon is known as the Buck Moon, although each month's full moon often has many names from Native American, Colonial American, and European sources. Which of the following is another name for July's full moon?
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Amazon Prime Day
Space.com's top 20 Prime Day deals: telescopes, binoculars, cameras and more
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We've rounded up the top 20 Amazon Prime Day deals on space-related gear from telescopes to cameras and binoculars to star projectors.
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Skywatching
Supermoon alert: The biggest full moon of 2022 rises tonight
(Mark Miller Photos via Getty Images)
The largest supermoon of 2022 - July's full Buck Moon - rises above the eastern horizon tonight.
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Science & Astronomy
Mysterious cosmic 'heartbeat' detected billions of light-years from Earth
(NRAO/AUI/NSF)
Astronomers have discovered a repeating fast radio burst lasting 1,000 times longer than similar events that may come from a distant neutron star "on steroids."
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SpaceX
Twitter sues Elon Musk to hold him to $44 billion purchase deal
(SpaceX)
Twitter filed a lawsuit against Musk on Tuesday (July 12) seeking to hold the SpaceX and Tesla chief to his agreement to buy the social media company for $44 billion.
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Spaceflight
Rocket Lab launches US spy satellite to orbit
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Rocket Lab has delivered another spacecraft to orbit for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which operates the nation's fleet of spy satellites.
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Entertainment
James Webb Space Telescope documentary premieres tonight, complete with heralded new images
(NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI)
A new PBS documentary explores the two decades of teamwork it took to get NASA's $10 billion deep space observatory ready for science.
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Star Wars
Disney Plus unveils trailer for new 6-part docuseries honoring Industrial Light & Magic
(Disney+)
To honor the incredible legacy of the special effects studio, a new six-part docuseries produced by Imagine Entertainment and titled "Light & Magic" is headed for Disney+ starting on July 27, 2022.
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