Space Thread

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Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end

The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy.On 27 March 2025, Gaia’s control team at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre carefully switched off the...

www.esa.int

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Rare quadruple supernova explosion will be brighter than the moon

A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine brighter than anything currently visible in the night sky. But humanity — and our planet — will be long gone before this happens.

www.livescience.com

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Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b

Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

www.bbc.com

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The Coldest Planet Ever Seen Is Circling a Stellar Corpse

This exoplanet’s glow confirms it’s real, and it's somehow survived a stellar death spiral.

gizmodo.com

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Scientists Say They May Have Spotted a Huge Hidden Planet Deep in Our Solar System

Astronomers have detected a promising sign of a ninth planet lurking at the the farthest reaches of the Solar System.

futurism.com

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NASA’s Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause

The mission team wanted to fix the thrusters, deemed unusable decades ago, before the radio antenna that sends commands to the probe went offline for upgrades.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

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Rocket Lab's 64th Electron mission is scheduled for launch today from 8:15 p.m. NZT / 08:15 UTC. The launch broadcast will begin below from T-20 minutes.

Live Stream | Rocket Lab

A live webcast of the launch will begin on this page approximately 20 minutes prior to the target T-0 time.

www.rocketlabusa.com

Black hole dance illuminates hidden math of the universe

"The appearance of such structures sheds new light on the sorts of mathematical objects that nature is built from."

www.space.com

US Representatives worry Trump's NASA budget plan will make it harder to track dangerous asteroids

"This is a natural disaster that is 100% preventable if we do our homework."

www.space.com

NASA continues building next-gen Roman Space Telescope despite budget worries

One half of the powerful new telescope passed major milestone tests, demonstrating space readiness.

www.space.com

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NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Found A 30,000-50,000 Kelvin "Wall" At The Edge Of Our Solar System

Temperatures there reach an astonishing 30,000-50,000 kelvin.

www.iflscience.com

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James Webb telescope ups the odds that 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the moon in December 2032 have increased to 4.3%.

www.livescience.com

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SpaceX's Starship explodes in Texas during preparations for 10th test flight

It's another setback for the Starship program.

www.space.com

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Long-Dead NASA Satellite Suddenly Lets Out Epic Blast of Energy

NASA's Relay 2 satellite had been dormant since 1967 — until last summer, when it emitted a very powerful burst of energy.

futurism.com

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The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its 1st exoplanet and snapped its picture (image)

The new planet TWA 7b is also the lightest exoplanet ever to be directly imaged.

www.space.com

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Remember That Asteroid NASA Deflected in a Test of Saving Earth? We Have Bad News

Scientists found that NASA's DART spacecraft ejected a massive barrage of boulders when it bashed into asteroid Dimorphos in 2022.

futurism.com

Debris From When NASA Smashed Asteroid Appears to Be Headed Back Toward Earth

Debris from an asteroid NASA deliberately smashed may be headed back to Earth in the first ever man-made meteor shower.

futurism.com

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SpaceX just launched disease-causing bacteria to the International Space Station

What they bring back may help us get to the bottom of public health problems on Earth, like antibiotic resistance and infectious disease spread.

www.space.com

Watch SpaceX's Crew-11 astronauts arrive at the ISS early Aug. 2

Crew-11 is scheduled to dock with the orbiting lab around 3 a.m. EDT on Saturday (Aug. 2).

www.space.com

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Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29

Blue Origin says to expect a big uptick of activity at New Glenn's launchpad.

www.space.com

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Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth

The intrepid spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026.

www.popsci.com

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Geminid meteor shower, one of the year's most reliable, peaks this weekend​

The annual Geminid meteor shower is set to peak this weekend, offering stargazers a chance to catch what is often one of the year’s best and most reliable displays of shooting stars.

The meteor shower has been active for more than a week, but it is expected to reach peak activity Saturday and Sunday evenings, according to NASA.

Geminid meteor shower, one of the year's most reliable, peaks this weekend

Under ideal conditions, skywatchers may be able to see as many as 120 meteors per hour, according to NASA.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Not long until 3I/Atlas makes its closest approach to Earth. This website looks interesting - here's a recent update:

Astronomers Capture First-Ever X-Ray Vision of Mysterious Interstellar Visitor: What They Found Changes Everything

Japanese XRM satellite achieves historic first X-ray detection of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, revealing a massive 400,000 km debris cloud and definitive evidence of natural comet behavior through unprecedented spectroscopic analysis.

i3atlas.com