Spaaaaace (Part 1)

James Webb Space Telescope looks closer to home with Jupiter snaps

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looks overexposed.

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Constructing a radio telescope on the far side of the moon to observe ultra long wavelengths that would otherwise be absorbed by the earth’s ionosphere.

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That graph makes optical telescopes look like they can project rainbows…
Let’t build some of those!

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That’s the adaptive optics kicking in.

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Have spacesuit, will travel…

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Chinese booster rocket tumbles back to Earth: ‘Non-zero’ chance of hitting populated area

Space boffins are watching the skies for a 23 metric ton Chinese rocket booster that is expected to crash back to Earth.

The debris measures 53.6 meters in length and is a remnant of a mission earlier this week to deliver the Wentian laboratory module to China’s Tiangong space station.

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Data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has led scientists to conclude that the Moon hosts around 200 “pits” that offer stable and human-friendly temperatures.

The pits "always hover around a comfortable 63F/17C, NASA stated on Wednesday.

A steady 17C contrasts markedly with the rest of the Moon’s surface, which fluctuates between 127C/260F to -173C/-280F across a full Lunar day.

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Prime real estate.

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Hopes that the departure of Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin from Roscosmos will improve global space relations have been crushed. New boss Yuri Borisov today confirmed a post-2024 withdrawal from the International Space Station project.

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NASA has yet to make a formal response to the Russian announcement, and an official at the US space agency said that no notification had been given of withdrawal, according to Reuters.

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Future wealth-hoarder bunkers.

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