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Colossal X-class solar flare suggests return of sunspot group that fueled May's epic auroras (video)

X-flare suggests return of sunspots from May's auroras | Space Quiz! How long does it take the sun to complete one full rotation? | This Week In Space podcast: Episode 112 - Mars on Pause?

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The Launchpad

X-flare suggests return of sunspots from May's auroras

(NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / helioviewer.org)

The colossal sunspot group AR3664 responsible for the epic May 2024 solar storms and widespread auroras is back - well, almost. Though sunspot group 3664 remains hidden from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory's view - scientists can track the sunspot's progress across the sun's far side by observing how it affects the sun's vibrations or seismic echoes, using helioseismology data.

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Space Quiz! How long does it take the sun to complete one full rotation?

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 112 - Mars on Pause?

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On Episode 112 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rob Manning, Chief Engineer Emeritus of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about Mars exploration and, in particular, Mars Sample Return.

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Skywatching

'Mr. Eclipse:' calculated dates for over 13,000 eclipses

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If one were to mention the name, "Mr. Eclipse," most amateur and professional astronomers would immediately recognize it as the nom de plume for Fred Espenak, a retired emeritus American astrophysicist who worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center. But he is far better known for his work on eclipse predictions.

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Spaceflight

"We really just needed to work through it as a team."

(NASA)

Starliner is still set to fly on its historic first flight with astronauts on June 1, but that could change as the team works through "complicated" issues following a small helium leak. NASA and Boeing officials emphasized they are carefully weighing the decision to launch Starliner's first test mission with astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The approximately one-week mission is known as Crew Flight Test (CFT) and includes NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, both former U.S. Navy test pilots.

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Science & Astronomy

Astronomy has a bullying and harassment issue

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The Royal Astronomical society (RAS) calls its latest bullying and harassment report a "damning" one. It reveals a major systemic problem in the fields of astronomy and geophysics. After surveying 661 employees affiliated with astronomy and geophysics professions, the RAS has stressed an "urgent" need to address bullying and harassment across the fields.

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SpaceX

SpaceX targeting June 5 for 4th test flight of Starship

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We may be less than a week away from Starship's next test flight. SpaceX announced that it's targeting June 5 for the fourth-ever liftoff of Starship, the giant vehicle it's developing to get people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond.

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Technology

NASA superalloy investment to benefit US economy

(NASA/Jef Janis)

NASA has invested in an innovative superalloy as part of its Technology Transfer Program, a program that allows technology built for missions to be utilized for other commercial purposes.

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Star Wars

Watch Jedi battle hand-to-hand in new clip for 'The Acolyte'

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Zooming towards its official June 4 release date, Disney+'s newest "Star Wars" live-action series "The Acolyte" will be a true test for the 47-year-old franchise during a temporary lull in big screen space opera action from that galaxy far, far away. "The Acolyte" and its 8-episode first season will roll out as a product of The High Republic era in the "Star Wars" timeline, a period of growing unrest when the fabled Jedi Knights reigned supreme some 100 years prior to the events of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" and the entire Skywalker Saga.

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