ScientistPankaj: Interstellar object 'Oumuamua still puzzling scientists 5 years after discovery

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Interstellar object 'Oumuamua still puzzling scientists 5 years after discovery

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October 19, 2022

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Interstellar object 'Oumuamua still puzzling scientists 5 years after discovery

(ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser)

Although its origins are still hazy, interstellar objects like 'Oumuamua may be the product of wandering planets in young planetary systems.

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NASA greenlights spacewalks again after March water incident

(NASA TV)

A review of the March 2022 spacewalk incident revealed no spacesuit hardware failures, NASA says.

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1,500 supernovas offer most precise survey of dark energy and dark matter to date

(NASA/CXC/U.Texas)

Two decades' worth of observations of supernova explosions and a powerful new analysis tool has provided the most accurate accounting of dark energy and dark matter to date.

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POLL QUESTION:

Saturn officially has 63 moons, with another 20 currently awaiting confirmation. Which one of Saturn's moons is the only moon in the solar system to have a substantial atmosphere?

Learn the answer here!

Skywatching

The Orionid meteor shower peaks Oct. 21. Here's what to expect

(David Hoffmann Photography/Getty Images)

For a few days centered on Oct. 21 each year, the Earth sweeps through a swarm of meteoroids known as the Orionids; widely scattered bits and pieces shed by the most famous of all comets, Halley's Comet.

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Science & Astronomy

Magnificent Pillars of Creation sparkle in new James Webb Space Telescope image

(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI))

The Hubble Space Telescope made them famous, but the new James Webb Space Telescope is now truly bringing the iconic Pillars of Creation to life, revealing hundreds of newly born stars sparkling inside the famous dust clouds.

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Saturn's moons: Facts about the weird and wonderful satellites of the ringed planet

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)

Moons are rife in the Saturnian system and they come in all shapes and sizes.

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SpaceX

SpaceX technician in coma after rocket test accident: report

(ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

OSHA fined SpaceX $18,475 for two safety violations related to the incident.

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Spaceflight

Virgin Orbit may aid NATO in Europe with 'responsive launch infrastructure'

(Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson)

Virgin Orbit will develop a plan to help boost the resiliency of NATO and its allies.

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Technology

Satellites spot gargantuan Airbus Beluga jet unloading satellite for SpaceX launch (photo)

(Airbus)

Satellites watched as an absolutely massive Airbus Beluga aircraft unloaded a satellite at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida ahead of a planned SpaceX launch.

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Space crystals project aims to put human DNA on the moon in 2023

(Intuitive Machines)

Space Crystals LLC plans to crystallize client DNA in space and put those stable crystals on the surface of the moon via lunar landers. Space Crystals has booked payload space for its first such delivery on a lander mission in 2023.

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