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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

See Saturn, Venus and Mars as moon shines near bright Antares

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Elon Musk says SpaceX's 1st orbital Starship will 'hopefully' launch in May

(SpaceX)

SpaceX's huge Starship rocket for eventual trips to the moon and Mars could go orbital for the first time just two months from now, if all goes according to plan.

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See Saturn, Venus and Mars as moon shines near bright Antares

(Stellarium)

A plethora of worlds and a bright star will be visible in the early morning Wednesday (March 23) to predawn risers. All in the sky during the same period will be ringed Saturn, bright Mars, and cloudy Venus, along with the moon and the bright star Antares.

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Comet Leonard has broken into pieces as it rounds the sun: report

(Chris Schur)

An icy wanderer known as Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1) fell apart during its perihelion, or closest approach to the sun, the report said. Perihelion was projected for Jan. 3, roughly a year after the comet's discovery.

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Spaceflight

Russia strikes Ukraine with new hypersonic missiles: Here's how they work.

(Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Image)

Will this herald a new era when these super-fast weapons could come to dominate warfare?

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Dark-matter hunter and 4 other European spacecraft need rockets after Russia invasion

(ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG - P Piron)

Five European spacecraft, including a telescope searching for dark matter and dark energy, have been left without a launch ticket after Russia stopped supplying rockets to Europe in response to economic sanctions against the invasion of Ukraine. The European Space Agency (ESA) is now looking for alternatives to get these spacecraft into orbit.

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Why NASA's new 'mega moon rocket' is so incredible

(Nasa/Getty Images)

The vehicle is officially known as the Space Launch System (SLS) and is part of NASA's Artemis program. It just rolled out to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday (March 17) for prelaunch testing of the Artemis 1 mission.

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Science & Astronomy

5,000 exoplanets! NASA confirms big milestone for planetary science

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Astronomers have added the 5,000th alien world to the NASA Exoplanet Archive, officials with the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California announced on Monday (March 21).

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China's moon and Mars missions are delivering exciting science results

he Tianwen 1 orbiter and rover mission, which launched for Mars in July 2020, and Chang'e 5, which gathered the youngest lunar samples ever collected and delivered them to Earth later that year, have thrilled scientists with their results.

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Tracks of China's Zhurong Mars rover spotted by NASA orbiter

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona)

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the image of Zhurong on March 11, according to a post from the researchers behind MRO's powerful HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.

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