Astronomy news

• Chaotic 'knot' of merging galaxy clusters captured in multiple wavelengths

  02-02-2023 21:00 via space.com
  
  Combining X-ray, radio, optical and infrared wavelengths, astronomers have imaged the messy collision of three galactic clusters leading to the formation of Abell 2256.
  
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• With a 'wiggle and nudge,' spacewalking astronauts install stubborn array mount outside space station

  02-02-2023 20:55 via space.com
  
  Two spacewalking astronauts wiggled a stubborn strut into place, completing the installation of a solar array platform outside the International Space Station.
  
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• Watch a drone drop a microgravity capsule in 1st-of-its-kind experiment (video)

  02-02-2023 20:00 via space.com
  
  A British startup has performed a first-of-its-kind microgravity experiment using a drone.
  
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• With moon crews to assign, Joe Acaba named NASA's new chief astronaut

  02-02-2023 19:29 via space.com
  
  As NASA nears selecting its first crew to fly to the moon in more than 50 years, the agency has a new leader for its astronaut corps, Joe Acaba, who has flown into space on three missions.
  
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• Artemis 1 moon rocket looks ready for astronaut missions, NASA says

  02-02-2023 19:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's Space Launch System megarocket aced its first-ever liftoff late last year and appears ready to take the next big step — launching astronauts.
  
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• New satellite to police carbon dioxide emitters from space

  02-02-2023 18:00 via space.com
  
  The first-ever satellite designed to detect major emitters of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is set to launch to space this year.
  
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• Saturn's moon Mimas may be a 'stealth' ocean world

  02-02-2023 17:00 via space.com
  
  The icy Saturn moon Mimas may have a geologically young internal ocean surrounded by a thinning ice shell, new research suggests.
  
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• Save $127 on the Celestron NexStar 5SE computerized telescope

  02-02-2023 16:02 via space.com
  
  You can now get a huge $127 off the sophisticated Celestron NexStar 5SE computerized telescope when you get it on Amazon.
  
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• Holes in sun's atmosphere can help predict space weather on Earth

  02-02-2023 16:00 via space.com
  
  Magnetic properties of coronal holes in the sun's atmosphere can help forecast the severity of geomagnetic storms that hit Earth.
  
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• Gigantic 'alien' comet spotted heading straight for the sun

  02-02-2023 15:00 via space.com
  
  Scientists think it may have come from another solar system.
  
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• Xenomorphs hatch from the deep freeze in Marvel’s new 'Alien' comic series

  02-02-2023 14:00 via space.com
  
  Marvel Comics has released a first fearful look at a new "Alien" comic coming this spring.
  
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• The James Webb Space Telescope gets its own micrometeoroid forecast — here's how

  02-02-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  Even as the James Webb Space Telescope is allowing astronomers to see inside vast, distant galaxies, it's also studying some tiny, nearby objects, albeit inadvertently.
  
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• Europe won't send astronauts to China's Tiangong space station after all: report

  02-02-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  At the moment, the European Space Agency doesn't have the money or the political "green light" for crewed missions to China's Tiangong space station.
  
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• SpaceX marks Falcon 9's 200th mission with successful Starlink launch.

  02-02-2023 09:47 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched 53 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit early Thursday morning (Feb. 2).
  
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• SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites on milestone 200th Falcon 9 rocket flight

  02-02-2023 09:47 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched 53 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit early Thursday morning (Feb. 2).
  
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• Watch 2 astronauts perform 2nd spacewalk of 2023 today

  02-02-2023 06:01 via space.com
  
  NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan's Koichi Wakata are scheduled to make the second spacewalk of 2023 on Thursday morning (Feb. 2), and you can watch it live.
  
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• Watch 2 astronauts perform 2nd spacewalk of 2023 on Thursday morning

  02-02-2023 06:01 via space.com
  
  NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan's Koichi Wakata are scheduled to make the second spacewalk of 2023 on Thursday morning (Feb. 2), and you can watch it live.
  
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• 11 Feb 2023 (9 days away): Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto

  02-02-2023 01:04 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°34'.
  
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• 08 Feb 2023 (6 days away): NGC 2808 is well placed

  02-02-2023 01:04 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The globular cluster NGC 2808 (mag 6.2) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 08 Feb 2023 (6 days away): α-Centaurid meteor shower 2023

  02-02-2023 01:04 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The α-Centaurid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 07 Feb 2023 (5 days away): The Moon at aphelion

  02-02-2023 01:04 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its furthest point from the Sun.
  
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• 05 Feb 2023 (3 days away): Full Moon

  02-02-2023 01:04 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon is visible for much of the night.
  
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• 04 Feb 2023 (2 days away): The Moon at apogee

  02-02-2023 01:04 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon appears small as it recedes to its furthest point from the Earth.
  
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