 | | Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com | Web Version | | | |  | The Launchpad We have lots of stories for today's roundup, starting with an asteroid the size of an airliner speeding toward Earth. You can watch this live on our website as asteroid designated 2025 QD8 is expected to pass roughly 135,465 miles (218,009 kilometers) from our planet.
Other headlines for today include a dive into the decision to eliminate the UK Space Agency, exploring whether future telescopes could be rectangular and ISS astronauts serving up space sushi for dinner.
It's Tuesday so we have our quiz of the week as part of our "Tuesday Trivia." From event horizons to spaghettification, you can test your knowledge of black holes with our new quiz found at the bottom of the newsletter. We have all that and more for your daily read. Thanks for exploring with us.
Keep looking up,
Kenna
Content Manager, Space.com | | | See live views of asteroid 2025 QD8 ahead of its close approach to Earth later this week. | | | The U.K. government's decision to eliminate the nation's space agency didn't come as a surprise to insiders. | | | Space quiz! When was the UK Space Agency founded? | | | | Space Deal of the Day | The Potensic Atom 2 is an upgrade on its successful predecessor and now you can get the lowest-ever price on a useful bundle when you get it on Amazon. | | | | Spaceflight | "Since I landed in Lucknow around 7:30 this morning, I must have clicked about 2,000 selfies." | | | | Science & Astronomy | "Thanks to Solar Orbiter, we're getting to know our star better than ever." | | | "The surfaces of Nix and Hydra are as close to unaltered as you can get." | | | | Technology | "We show that this design can, in principle, find half of all existing Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars within 30 light-years in less than three years." | | | | Entertainment | "Get to the rocket. Pack your loot. Pack your weird guns." | | | | Star Trek | Titan Books' hardcover cartoon collection makes you see militant Klingons in a whole new light. | | | | Trivia Tuesday: Quiz of the week | This quiz invites you to journey into the depths of these gravitational giants. | | | | Today in Space | On Episode 175 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by by Daniel Selva to talk about crew interactions and trust with AI using computers. | | | On Sept. 2, 2016, the European Space Agency finally located Philae, its long-lost comet lander. | | | Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts use creativity and culture to make life in orbit feel a little more like home. | | |  | | | | | | | Future US LLC © | | Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036 | | | | |
