Curated by John Schmit

Sunday, November 28, 2021

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Week 47



 News From Around The Web

 


Musk predicts first Starship orbital launch in early 2022

Zap! NASA readies a new laser test to speed up space communications

Solar Orbiter returns to Earth before starting its main science mission

Astra’s Rocket 3.3 reaches orbit on fourth attempt

 Moonshot: Japan recruits first new astronauts in 13 years

NASA's DART mission has a sequel. How Europe's HERA will explore an asteroid impact aftermath

There’s So Much Pressure at the Earth’s Core, it Makes Iron Behave in a Strange Way

Orion Bar region investigated in detail by Russian astronomers

Amateur Astronomer Discovers New Dwarf Galaxy

Pangea Aerospace tests aerospike engine

Washington State University Conquers Lunar Dust with BIG Idea Dust Mitigation Concept

Europe’s space agency dreams of launching its own astronauts amid ambitious ‘Accelerator’ plans

Air Force Space Plane: Nearing 600 days in Earth Orbit

Massive Comet Exploded over Atacama Desert 12,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Infant Star in IC 2631

Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter soar in amazing new videos from Perseverance rover

The worlds next door: Looking for habitable planets around Alpha Centauri

Hubble takes a grand tour of the solar system

LightSail 2 solar sailis still soaring above Earth more than two years after launch

Highly specialized team to design vehicle for sustainable lunar surface mobility operations

No transits of Proxima Centauri planets in high-cadence TESS data

 

 

 

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Sunday, November 14, 2021

Week 46

 

 News From Around The Web

 


Rosetta's 'rubber ducky' comet makes closest approach to Earth, will disappear for 200 years

The Moon's top layer alone has enough oxygen to sustain 8 billion people for 100,000 years

Lego Education will send astronaut minifigures to the moon with NASA's Artemis 1 mission

RadCube reaches out

China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter changes orbit to begin planetary survey

Space Force leader suggests education secretary should be on the National Space Council

Russia successfully tests 'space radiation shield'

A new era of planetary exploration: What we discovered on the far side of the moon

Understanding the Early Universe Depends on Estimating the Lifespan of Neutrons

Huge haul of fast radio bursts hints at astrophysical origins

Space companies forge alliance to reduce in-orbit debris by 2030

US physicist Michio Kaku eyes the future of space travel, China’s ambitions and the need for a new treaty

Hunting for alien planets

Space diplomacy: Isro preparing to launch nano satellite for Bhutan

Net Zero Space Initiative Calls for Protecting Earth Orbit’s Environment

Roman Space Telescope will help drive new era of cosmological discovery

Simulations provide clue to missing planets mystery

Astronomy Jargon 101: Cosmic Microwave Background

Docking the Perseverance robotic arm

Astronaut training in the land of volcanoes

 

 

 

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