Final huge supermoon of 2024 appears this week — here’s when to see it
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Final huge supermoon of 2024 appears this week — here’s when to see it

It’s peak lunar viewing Dean Martin would have loved. Later in the week, the final supermoon of 2024 will give skywatchers an eyeful, Fox Weather reported. This Friday, the moon will appear up to 14% bigger with a more vivid hue than usual, according to Space.com. New Yorkers will be…

SpaceX’s Dragon to Reboost ISS for First Time, Paving Way for Future Deorbit Mission

SpaceX’s Dragon to Reboost ISS for First Time, Paving Way for Future Deorbit Mission

SpaceX is set to carry out a first-of-its-kind manoeuvre on November 8, with its Dragon cargo capsule performing a “reboost” of the International Space Station (ISS). The 12.5-minute engine burn will lift the ISS to a higher altitude, addressing the gradual orbital decay caused by Earth’s atmospheric drag. This task…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes Final Venus Flyby Before Historic Sun Encounter

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes Final Venus Flyby Before Historic Sun Encounter

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make a close approach to Venus on Wednesday, marking the spacecraft’s seventh and final flyby of the planet. This manoeuvre will set the probe on a course for its historic plunge toward the sun, bringing it within 3.8 million miles of our star’s surface —…

Photos of stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts raise concerns about their health: report
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Photos of stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts raise concerns about their health: report

Concerns for the health of the NASA astronauts stranded on the International Space Station have grown after recent images showing one of them looking severely drawn surfaced. Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore have been stuck on the ISS since June 6, when their Boeing Starliner experienced technical malfunctions. The two…

NASA’s Voyager 1 jumpstarts radio transmitter unused since 1981 to ‘phone home’
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NASA’s Voyager 1 jumpstarts radio transmitter unused since 1981 to ‘phone home’

The 47-year-old NASA Voyager 1 fell back on a radio transmitter it hadn’t used since 1981 to ping home base after a technical issue caused a days-long communication stall between Earth and the farthest-ever recorded spacecraft. The Voyager has been floating further and further away since its historic launch in…

South Korea’s KASA and NASA to Launch CODEX Solar Coronagraph to ISS

South Korea’s KASA and NASA to Launch CODEX Solar Coronagraph to ISS

South Korea’s space agency announced plans on Friday to launch a solar coronagraph to the International Space Station (ISS) in a collaborative mission with NASA. Developed as part of the Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX), this instrument is set to observe and gather data on the Sun’s corona and the solar…

SWOT Satellite Observes Seismic Tsunami Event in Greenland’s Dickson Fjord

SWOT Satellite Observes Seismic Tsunami Event in Greenland’s Dickson Fjord

An unprecedented nine-day tsunami following a significant rockslide in Greenland’s Dickson Fjord was recently recorded by the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, a collaborative mission by NASA and France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES). The event, which took place in September 2023, saw a unique pattern of…

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Uncovers Distinct Red Rocks with Green Spots at ‘Serpentine Rapids’

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Uncovers Distinct Red Rocks with Green Spots at ‘Serpentine Rapids’

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has provided a nighttime image of the Malgosa Crest abrasion patch located at “Serpentine Rapids.” This image was captured using the SHERLOC WATSON camera on the rover’s robotic arm. The abrasion patch, measuring 5 centimetres in diameter, features a notable green spot, approximately 2 millimetres wide….

JWST Spots Isolated Supermassive Black Hole-Powered Quasars in the Early Universe

JWST Spots Isolated Supermassive Black Hole-Powered Quasars in the Early Universe

Astronomers have uncovered something surprising while looking 13 billion years into the past using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). They’ve spotted supermassive black hole-powered quasars that appear to be hanging out in isolation. This is odd because, according to current theories, black holes need to be surrounded by a…

NASA Study Suggests Microbial Life May Thrive Beneath Martian Ice

NASA Study Suggests Microbial Life May Thrive Beneath Martian Ice

NASA’s recent research suggests that life may exist beneath Martian ice, as meltwater pools under dusty ice could offer a hospitable environment for microbial life. The study outlines how sunlight might pass through the ice, enabling photosynthesis in these meltwater pockets, similar to Earth’s cryoconite holes. Life Beneath Mars’ Ice?…