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Happy Thursday, space fans!
We're almost through another week, but space doesn't take a day off so we have a lot to report! Yesterday, NASA dropped the news that its Perseverance Mars rover has found complex carbon in mudstones on the Martian surface, nearby the rocks found last year that they called the strongest possible biosignatures found to date. In these new observations, they found features that look like those created by life in rocks on Earth, adding evidence to the search for ancient life on the Red Planet.
In spaceflight news, a warning from NASA's Office of Inspector General has pointed to Kennedy Space Center and Wallops Flight Facility launch pads being overused and in need of serious, expensive repair. As NASA moves forward with the Artemis program of moon exploration, concerns are starting to bubble up about whether the agency's infrastructure is really up to the task. Elsewhere, the oldest asteroid impact site (3 billion years old!) was found in Australia, the largest and most-detailed image of our Milky Way was captured by the Euclid spacecraft, and so much more.
Check out what's big in space below:
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NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon and bolster a rapidly growing commercial space industry is facing an infrastructure obstacle.
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NASA's Artemis moon program differs from Apollo in many ways, including the attitudes of its astronauts.
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A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow the search for potentially habitable planets beyond Earth.
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"While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain."
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The ESA's dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid, has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed photo of this region ever made.
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Just after the summer solstice, a European weather satellite managed to capture a striking image of this celestial moment from space.
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Are you trying to avoid the temptation of Prime Day? From Project Hail Mary to Superman, we've got the best summer streaming deals to see you through.
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Love Project Hail Mary? You can own a Lego version of the titular starship and it's 16% off at Amazon UK, the cheapest it's ever been.
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'I feel like we were encouraged to fail in the best way possible, where we never felt any idea was too crazy for this team.'
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That's it for our space update today!
Stay tuned as we learn more about the upcoming mission set to save NASA's Swift observatory, boosting its altitude to keep it from falling to Earth. Space.com also got a sneak peek look at the space shuttle Endeavor in its brand-new, permanent home inside of the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, which they announced will be opening to the public (for free) on Nov. 13. We chatted with retired NASA astronaut Danny Olivas and marveled at the massive shuttle, which is mated to a real fuel tank as well as 2 rocket boosters. The shuttle is so large, the building has to be 20 stories tall!
If you want to connect even further with all things space, check out Space.com's new app, which just launched on both iOS and Android. And for those who might be in search of their new favorite telescope, eyepiece, or even Lego set (I'm eyeing that Project Hai Mary set), check out Space.com's Prime Day recommendations.
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Chelsea Gohd
Content Manager, Space.com
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