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NASA's asteroid-slamming spacecraft catches 1st look at target (photo)

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Artemis 1: Return to the Moon

NASA targets Sept. 23 for next Artemis 1 launch attempt, but a lot has to go right

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NASA needs to fix a hydrogen leak, ace a fueling test and secure a critical safety system waiver to even try to launch this month.

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The Launchpad

NASA's asteroid-slamming spacecraft catches 1st look at target (photo)

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NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft just beamed back the first image of its target, the moonlet Dimorphos, as well as its body it orbits, the asteroid Didymos.

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Scientists create coldest matter in the universe in a lab

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A team of researchers has cooled matter to within a billionth of a degree of absolute zero, colder than even the deepest depths of space, far away from any stars.

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Discovery of alien world with strange, tilted orbit puzzles astronomers

(Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF)

The orbit of an exoplanet around a star in a binary star system has been portrayed in three dimensions for the first time. The planet orbits its star at a different angle to the plane of the orbit of the two stars, and the misalignment could offer clues as to how planets form in binary systems.

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POLL QUESTION:

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft just beamed back the first image of its target, the moonlet Dimorphos, as well as the body it orbits, the asteroid Didymos. What does the name "Didymos" (or δίδυμος) mean in Greek?

Learn the answer here!

Skywatching

See the conjunction of the moon and Saturn on Thursday (Sept. 8)

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The second largest planet in the solar system will pair up with the moon over New York in the evening on Thursday.

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Science & Astronomy

What are bosons?

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Bosons are particles that carry energy and forces throughout the universe.

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Spaceflight

Moon mining claims fall into gray area of international law, so how to avoid conflict?

(NASA)

It's been 50 years since humans last visited the moon, and even robotic missions have been few and far between. But the Earth's only natural satellite is about to get crowded.

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Search for Life

New class of exoplanet! Half-rock, half-water worlds could be abodes for life

(Pilar Montañés (@pilar.monro))

A new type of exoplanet - one made half of rock and half of water - has been discovered around the most common stars in the universe, which may have great consequences in the search for life in the cosmos, researchers say.

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Telescopes & Binoculars

Sky-Watcher Explorer 130 EQ2 telescope review

(Jamie Carter)

A good choice for serious beginners on a budget, the versatile Sky-Watcher Explorer 130's equatorial mount lacks a little precision yet remains an effortless way to explore the night sky through a reflector with plenty of aperture.

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