Astronomy news

• Huge solar flare erupts on the sun from 'hyperactive' sunspot

  09-01-2023 22:49 via space.com
  
  A massive explosion on the sun unleashed a powerful solar flare from a new sunspot on Monday (Jan. 9), one that is slowly turning to face the Earth.
  
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• SpaceX could launch 1st Starship orbital flight in February, Elon Musk says

  09-01-2023 22:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle could go orbital for the first time next month, if all goes according to plan.
  
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• Watch SpaceX launch 51 Starlink satellites Monday night

  09-01-2023 21:16 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Monday night (Jan. 9), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• Watch SpaceX launch 51 Starlink satellites early Tuesday

  09-01-2023 21:16 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit early Tuesday (Jan. 10), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• Watch SpaceX launch 51 Starlink internet satellites on Tuesday

  09-01-2023 21:16 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Tuesday (Jan. 10), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• Watch SpaceX launch 51 Starlink internet satellites on Jan. 10 after delay

  09-01-2023 21:16 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Tuesday (Jan. 10), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• Astronomy photographer of the year competition opens for submissions

  09-01-2023 21:00 via space.com
  
  The institution's annual photography competition seeks to find "the most striking images of our cosmos."
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope spies massive shockwave and baby dwarf galaxy in Stephan's Quintet

  09-01-2023 19:40 via space.com
  
  A tremendous shockwave several times the size of the Milky Way, launched by a "galactic intruder" forcing its way into the collection of galaxies has kickstarted several mysterious processes.
  
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• A dead NASA satellite from the 1980s just fell to Earth to meet its fiery demise

  09-01-2023 19:05 via space.com
  
  A vintage NASA satellite launched in the 1980s and long-since turned to space junk met a fiery fate late Sunday as it fell back to Earth, NASA says.
  
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• Half-Life games ranked, worst to best

  09-01-2023 18:30 via space.com
  
  Rise and shine, dear readers. Rise and shine with our up-to-date list of all the Half-Life games ranked, including the HL1 expansion packs and its remake.
  
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• China's 1st Mars rover and Tianwen 1 orbiter may have gone silent: report

  09-01-2023 17:30 via space.com
  
  China's space agency appears to have lost contact with the Tianwen 1 orbiter and Zhurong rover from the nation's 1st Mars mission.
  
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• 2 tiny space weather satellites deployed from space station

  09-01-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  Two small satellites released from the space station will study how solar radiation affects communication signals and technology on Earth.
  
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• Best space games on Xbox Game Pass

  09-01-2023 16:12 via space.com
  
  Here’s our list with the top 10 space games you can play right now on Xbox Game Pass.
  
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• Astronauts Memorial Foundation notes NASA's return to the moon with new collectible

  09-01-2023 16:00 via space.com
  
  The Astronauts Memorial Foundation has taken note of NASA's recent return to the moon with a new collectible note highlighting the Artemis 1 mission.
  
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• All systems go for Virgin Orbit's first UK launch, a historic 1st for Europe. Watch it live today.

  09-01-2023 15:00 via space.com
  
  A giant leap for the U.K. space sector is set to take place tonight as Virgin Orbit readies for its first-ever launch from Britain, and from Europe.
  
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• All systems go for Virgin Orbit's first UK launch, a historic 1st for Europe

  09-01-2023 15:00 via space.com
  
  A giant leap for the U.K. space sector is set to take place tonight as Virgin Orbit readies for its first-ever launch from Britain, and from Europe.
  
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• 'One of the greatest damn mysteries of physics': We studied distant suns in the most precise astronomical test of electromagnetism yet

  09-01-2023 14:00 via space.com
  
  There's an awkward, irksome problem with our understanding of nature's laws that physicists have been trying to explain for decades.
  
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• Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule leave space station on Jan. 9

  09-01-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  A robotic SpaceX cargo craft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station Monday afternoon (Jan. 9), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• See a possible naked-eye comet at its closest to the sun on Thursday (Jan. 12)

  09-01-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), which could be visible with the naked eye, will pass the sun on Thursday (Jan. 12) before approaching the Earth for the first time since the last ice age.
  
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• See a naked-eye comet at its closest to the sun on Thursday (Jan. 12)

  09-01-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), which could be visible with the naked eye, will pass the sun on Thursday (Jan. 12) before approaching the Earth for the first time since the last ice age.
  
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• 18 Jan 2023 (9 days away): 134340 Pluto at solar conjunction

  09-01-2023 01:09 via in-the-sky.org
  134340 Pluto is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 17 Jan 2023 (8 days away): Lunar occultation of Delta Scorpii

  09-01-2023 01:09 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon will pass in front of Delta Scorpii (Dschubba), creating a lunar occultation visible from Asia, Christmas Island, Spratly Islands and Paracel Islands.
  
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• 16 Jan 2023 (7 days away): Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition

  09-01-2023 01:09 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 2 Pallas makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 15 Jan 2023 (6 days away): Moon at Last Quarter

  09-01-2023 01:09 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 12 Jan 2023 (3 days away): Mars ends retrograde motion

  09-01-2023 01:09 via in-the-sky.org
  Mars returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition.
  
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• 12 Jan 2023 (3 days away): C/2022 E3 (ZTF) at perihelion

  09-01-2023 01:09 via in-the-sky.org
  C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest approach to the Sun.
  
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