ScientistPankaj: Brilliant fireball explodes over North America as satellites capture flash from space (video)

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November 15, 2024

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The Launchpad

Tianzhou 8 cargo launch to Tiangong space station today

(CCTV)

A Long March 7 rocket topped with the Tianzhou 8 cargo spacecraft was rolled out to its pad at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island early Wednesday (Nov. 13) local time. An official time for launch has yet to be announced, but navigation warnings indicate the rocket is scheduled to lift off on Friday (Nov. 15) around 10:10 a.m. EST (1410 GMT; 11:10 p.m. Beijing time). A livestream for the event will be provided closer to launch, if previous Tianzhou cargo missions are any guide.

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Space Quiz! What space probe returned samples of asteroid Ryugu in 2020?

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Satellites capture fireball flash over North America

(AMS/Matthew Craig)

Another fireball lit up the skies this week, this time over the U.S. Midwest and parts of Canada - but unlike the last one, this one came from outer space. The meteor burned up on the morning of Nov. 13, around 6:31 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (8:31 a.m. EST or 1331 GMT). The resulting fireball appeared to travel southeast and was visible from Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces in Canada and throughout Montana, Idaho and parts of Washington, Wyoming and North Dakota. Numerous doorbell cameras, dash cameras and cell phones captured the fiery spectacle, showing a green streak brightening for a few seconds as it streamed across the early morning sky.

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Skywatching

Auroras are just getting started. The best is yet to come.

(Juan Maria Coy Vergara via Getty Images)

There's no doubt we've been treated to some remarkable aurora shows this year (the May superstorms and the recent strong activity in October spring to mind) but what if I told you this was only the beginning of some incredible northern lights activity?

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Spaceflight

FAA creating new committee to update launch regulations

(SpaceX)

U.S. launch regulations could soon get an overhaul. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today (Nov. 14) that it's creating a new committee to review and update its "Part 450" launch and reentry licensing rule.

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Science & Astronomy

Asteroid reveals how our system's planets and moons grew

(JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST)

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system. Analysis of three grains returned to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa2 mission in 2020 showed evidence of an ancient magnetic field preserved in the asteroid's geological record, a new study reports.

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SpaceX

SpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 Super Heavy rocket to pad

(SpaceX)

Both pieces of SpaceX's Starship megarocket have made it to the launch pad ahead of their expected test flight on Monday (Nov. 18). SpaceX rolled Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, out to the pad at its Starbase site in South Texas today (Nov. 14). The company documented the move via X, in a post that included three photos.

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Technology

NASA rockets seed artificial clouds below glowing auroras

(Ivar Sandland)

It's not every day you get to watch a rocket launch into a sky glowing with colorful auroras - and it's even rarer to see that rocket leave swirling clouds in its wake as part of a NASA science experiment. But that's exactly what Ivar Sandland of Bodo, Norway saw on Nov. 10 during a minor geomagnetic storm. Sandland operates Nordland Adventures, a tour and adventure company in Northern Norway.

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Star Trek

'Lower Decks' S5e5: What's the problem with Starbase 80?

(Paramount+)

Starbases are supposed to be a home away from home for starship crews, a sanctuary where they can take a time-out in Starfleet-approved surroundings. Starbase 80 is different, a space station so riven with neglect that many officers believe it's cursed. Starbase 80 has been mentioned on several previous occasions in "Star Trek: Lower Decks" - Mariner was temporarily exiled there, while Captain Freeman's doppelganger is the station's commander in a parallel universe. Now, in new episode "Starbase 80?!", we get to see what life is really like at the Federation's least desirable pitstop.

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