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This new NASA center aims to help protect us from the growing threat of space weather

SpaceX is 'go' to launch its 29th cargo mission | Space Quiz! NASA's TESS telescope helps astronomers observe the fluctuating brightness of distant stars, which are caused by what? | New NASA center aims to protect us from space weather

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November 9, 2023

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SpaceX is 'go' to launch its 29th cargo mission

(Space.com / Josh Dinner)

SpaceX's next robotic cargo mission to the Space Station has been cleared for its Thursday (Nov. 9) liftoff. If all goes according to plan, the Dragon will arrive at the ISS around 5:20 a.m. EST (1020 GMT), Nov. 11. You can watch the launch, rendezvous and docking at Space.com.

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Space Quiz! NASA's TESS telescope helps astronomers observe the fluctuating brightness of distant stars, which are caused by what?

Learn the answer here!

Transiting exoplanets

Satellites orbiting Earth

Alien spacecraft

Dark matter

New NASA center aims to protect us from space weather

(NASA/SDO/Met Office)

The CLEAR center will bring together astronomers and astrophysicists with a wide variety of specialties, ranging from observers to theorists, to tackle the problem of solar energetic particle prediction.

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Skywatching

Where is the best place to see the April 2024 solar eclipse?

(Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

Witnessing a total solar eclipse is a rare opportunity - after next year's event, on April 8, 2024, the next chance to see a total solar eclipse in North America won't occur for more than 20 years.

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Spaceflight

NASA's Curiosity rover celebrates 4,000 'sols' on Mars

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Curiosity recently passed 4,000 "sols," or Martian days, on Mars since landing on Aug. 5, 2012. The rover is a key part of NASA's search for life on Mars and continues to pull up evidence of minerals, rocks and other parts of the environment shaped by water.

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Science & Astronomy

Exoplanet-hunting TESS telescope spies 8 'super-Earths'

(NASA, ESA, CSA, Dani Player (STScI))

To date, TESS has confirmed almost 400 exoplanets, and yet another 6,977 await confirmation. The satellite observes nearby stars, waiting for dips, or fluctuations in the brightness of the stars.

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SpaceX

SpaceX will launch Ireland's 1st-ever satellite this month

(ESA)

The Educational Irish Research Satellite 1, or EIRSAT-1, was built by University College Dublin students as part of the ESA Academy's Fly Your Satellite! (FYS) program. The gamma-ray astronomy cubesat project began in 2017 and is now due to fly on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at the end of November.

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Search for Life

Evidence of alien life may exist in our gas giants' moons

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ MSSS/ Kalleheikki Kannisto/ Space Science Institute)

Scientists are investigating specific geological features on the largest moons of both Jupiter and Saturn that could be ideal spots for the emergence of life elsewhere in the solar system.

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Entertainment

Good news, everyone! 'Futurama' scores 2 more seasons

(Hulu)

Hulu has just provided a supreme vote of confidence for "Futurama" by reinforcing its relationship with the quirky series and approving another two full seasons, which will extend the hilarity through season 14.

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Star Trek

'Lower Decks' gets choose-your-own-adventure book

(Paramount)

Based on fan response at the fan panel, "Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way" is possibly the most Trek project that IDW plans to put out in the next few months. NYCC 2023 marks the first time we learned about the book, but Antos promised some additional information between now and its release date in Fall 2024.

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