Monday, May 15, 2023

Rock that fell through house confirmed to be 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite

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May 15, 2023
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Falling rock confirmed to be 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite
(Hopewell Township Police Department)
A metallic-looking rock that smashed through the roof of a residential home in New Jersey is indeed a meteorite.
Full Story: Space (5/13) 
South Korean moon probe snaps pic of fellow lunar orbiter
(NASA/KARI/Arizona State University)
NASA's ShadowCam imager on the Danuri spacecraft captured a view of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Full Story: Space (5/14) 
Space quiz! 85% of meteorites found on Earth belong to what class of space rocks?
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Space Deal of the Day
Best telescopes for beginners 2023
(Future)
The best telescopes for beginners on the market for budding astronomers and astrophotographers bring the cosmos closer than ever before.
Full Story: Space (4/22) 
Spaceflight
What Skylab means to an astronaut on a space station
(NASA/montage by collectSPACE.com)
At eight years old, NASA astronaut Steve Bowen's experience watching the United States' first space station cross the night sky fueled his interest in spaceflight.
Full Story: Space (5/14) 
SpaceX launches 56 new Starlink satellites, lands rocket
(SpaceX)
SpaceX launched new batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit early Sunday morning (May 14) and landed a rocket at sea in the company's latest successful mission.
Full Story: Space (5/13) 
Science & Astronomy
Photos capture mega solar storm during solar eclipse
(Petr HorÑlek, Josef Kujal, Milan HlavÑč)
A stunning composite image of the sun during a recent 'hybrid eclipse' in Australia is further proof that solar activity is ramping up.
Full Story: Space (5/15) 
Saturn is 'moon king' again with 62 newfound satellites
(NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, and J. DePasquale (STScI))
Sorry, Jupiter.
Full Story: Space (5/12) 
Technology
ChatGPT on Mars: How AI can help study the Red Planet
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
It isn't difficult to imagine a robot wheeling and dealing on the surface of Mars, factory-wired with ChatGPT or a similar artificial intelligence language model.
Full Story: Space (5/14) 
Entertainment
Carl Sagan film 'Voyagers' casts Andrew Garfield
(Getty Images)
Andrew Garfield is signed on to play the legendary astronomer/astrophysicist Carl Sagan.
Full Story: Space (5/13) 
Star Wars
The Mandalorian has forgotten what made us fall in love
(Disney+)
The captivating story of Din Djarin and Baby Yoda is in danger of becoming a footnote in the wider Star Wars universe.
Full Story: Space (5/12) 
 
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Friday, May 12, 2023

Boom! Largest explosion in space rages for 3 years

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Strange sounds in Earth's atmosphere baffle scientists
(Matt Champlin/Getty Images)
A solar-powered balloon mission detected a repeating infrasound noise in the stratosphere. Scientists don't know what is making it.
Full Story: Space (5/11) 
Boom! Largest explosion in space rages for 3 years
(John A. Paice)
The blast lasted for three years and is over ten times as powerful as the brightest supernova .
Full Story: Space (5/11) 
Space quiz! A solar-powered balloon mission detected a repeating infrasound noise in the stratosphere. Which layer of the atmosphere is found just above the stratosphere?
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Space Deal of the Day
Best power banks for astronomy and astrophotographers
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Our roundup of the best power banks for skywatchers and astrophotographers who need power on the go while traveling - from short hikes to long camping trips.
Full Story: Space (4/26) 
Skywatching
Don't miss the half-lit third quarter moon today
(emreberan/iStock/Getty Images)
The moon will be halfway between the fully illuminated Flower Moon and May's completely dark new moon.
Full Story: Space (5/12) 
Don't miss Venus before it turns into a 'Morning Star'
(Yuga Kurita/Getty Images)
The planet Venus is at its peak of visibility in the evening sky this week.
Full Story: Space (5/11) 
Science & Astronomy
1 million cosmic baby pictures form a vast star atlas
(ESO)
The new atlas is 'revealing objects that no one has ever seen before.'
Full Story: Space (5/11) 
Curiosity rover finds water-carved 'book' rock on Mars
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
On Mars, you can't judge a book-shaped rock by its cover.
Full Story: Space (5/11) 
Search for Life
Perseverance rover spies signs of raging rivers on Mars
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS)
'We're thinking about rivers on a different scale than we have before.'
Full Story: Space (5/11) 
2 'super-Earths' spotted in habitable zone of nearby star
(Original image by ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser; alterations by Robert Lea)
NASA's TESS spacecraft found the two planets, which are slightly larger than Earth.
Full Story: Space (5/12) 
Entertainment
Everything we know about Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
(Paramount Pictures)
Autobots and Decepticons are making their roaring return to the big screen this summer.
Full Story: Space (5/12) 
 
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