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Happy Tuesday, space fans
For those of you in the U.S., I hope that you had a great Labor Day weekend. But if you've been out of the space loop for a few days, there's so much fun to catch up on. First up, NASA has a new antenna for its Deep Space Network. The new antenna is located in the Mojave Desert in California and will help the agency communicate with its technology out in space; everything from Voyager to the Artemis missions. In other exciting news, a private German rocket has reached orbit, making history as the first-ever rocket to reach orbit from Western European soil. And in stranger news, we took a deep dive into a longstanding space mystery, digging into detections made by an American satellite back in the '70s. Some experts think that these strange detections could have been pointing to a secret nuclear test. What do you think?
Check out what's big in space below:
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Was an usual flash detected off the coast of South Africa by an American satellite caused by a secretive atmospheric nuclear test?
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Like their compatriots here on Earth, the three NASA astronauts living aboard the International Space Station will get a well-deserved rest on Labor Day.
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Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket made history today (Sept. 5), becoming the first vehicle ever to reach orbit from European soil.
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The moon and Jupiter will meet before dawn on Sept. 8, before the moon hides the giant planet from view in a rare daytime occultation.
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Venus is sinking lower into the sunset this September, but the brilliant Evening Star won't be gone for long.
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Scientists have spotted the first hints that Einstein's formulation of gravity operates in the quantum realm.
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One day in history about 4.5 billion years ago was a dramatic one for Earth, potentially giving our planet an instant moon and an almighty headache all in one go.
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The Roman Space Telescope launched beyond Earth on Aug. 30. And one of the most amazing parts of the liftoff was the Falcon Heavy rocket's boosters returning back to our planet, safe and sound.
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Whether you're a Jedi or a Sith, if you love Star Wars' iconic vessels you'll want to own these ten Lego Star Wars starships.
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That's it for our space update today!
Stay tuned as we are anticipating big wins for some smaller players in the commercial space sector — it's not just SpaceX making waves these days. And while science fiction continues to seem closer and closer to science fact, this week we are celebrating 60 years of Star Trek. 60 years since Spock and Kirk first stepped foot onto our screens, changing the game forever. Since then, there have been a plethora of other Treks, movies, spinoffs, fanfictions, conventions, tributes and so much more. So join with us in celebrating the series that changed it all and made so many people fall in love with outer space.
And for all of you skywatchers out there, the sky has some special views in store this week. First up, today the moon will be obscuring Jupiter in broad daylight. An unusual sight indeed, it will take some tricky strategy to be able to see this one so make sure to check out our guide to be able to see it in the night sky. And speaking of disappearing planets, Venus is disappearing from the night sky, but the time to see this spectacle is running out — so look up!
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Chelsea Gohd
Content Manager, Space.com
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