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• Artemis 2 astronaut goes on vision quest to prepare for moon mission

  12-06-2023 23:00 via space.com
  
  Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen deepened his Indigenous knowledge recently with a traditional ceremony known as the vision quest. It was folded into his moon mission training.
  
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• Space Force chooses SpaceX, ULA for 12 military launches in 2025

  12-06-2023 22:00 via space.com
  
  The United States Space Force tapped SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) for a total of twelve military satellite launches that will take place in 2025.
  
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• Space food: Why Mars astronauts won't have to hold the fries (video)

  12-06-2023 21:49 via space.com
  
  Astronauts with a taste for fried food will be able to indulge during journeys to the moon and Mars. New research shows that frying works in microgravity.
  
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• Hubble telescope reels in gorgeous, star-spawning cosmic jellyfish (photo)

  12-06-2023 21:00 via space.com
  
  The Hubble telescope has sighted a monstrous cosmic jellyfish, a galaxy with a colorful body and trailing tendrils formed through interactions with superheated plasma.
  
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• Earth is getting hotter at a faster rate despite pledges of government action

  12-06-2023 20:30 via space.com
  
  Average global temperatures are rising at an ever faster rate despite pledges of world leaders to tackle climate change, a new study has revealed.
  
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• Wow! Amazing video shows ISS crossing the sun's face during a spacewalk

  12-06-2023 20:00 via space.com
  
  Astrophotographer Thierry Legault captured the exact moment the International Space Station crossed in front of the sun while two NASA astronauts conducted a spacewalk.
  
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• Wow! Amazing video shows International Space Station crossing the sun during spacewalk

  12-06-2023 20:00 via space.com
  
  Astrophotographer Thierry Legault captured the exact moment the International Space Station crossed in front of the sun while two NASA astronauts conducted a spacewalk.
  
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• New Tatooine-like exoplanet found orbiting twin suns

  12-06-2023 19:32 via space.com
  
  The discovery of the new planet BEBOP-1c confirms the 2nd-ever known planetary system orbiting twin stars similar to the fictional planet Tatooine of Star Wars fame.
  
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• New Tatooine-like exoplanet discovered orbiting twin suns. Meet BEBOP-1c.

  12-06-2023 19:32 via space.com
  
  The discovery of the new planet BEBOP-1c confirms the 2nd-ever known planetary system orbiting twin stars similar to the fictional planet Tatooine of Star Wars fame.
  
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• Scientists beam solar power to Earth from space for 1st time ever

  12-06-2023 16:00 via space.com
  
  Researchers have demonstrated a first for the wireless transmission of near-limitless solar energy through space by delivering a measurable amount of energy back to Earth.
  
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• NASA app review

  12-06-2023 16:00 via space.com
  
  A treasure trove of delights awaits fans of the space agency amid a surprisingly simply designed app.
  
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• Shining rainbow rings around the sun photographed in Finland. What caused them?

  12-06-2023 15:00 via space.com
  
  The extremely rare kaleidoscopic circles have a surprising Earth-based origin.
  
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• Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction could mean that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate, new study says

  12-06-2023 14:00 via space.com
  
  A new theory has radically revised Stephen Hawking's 1974 theory of black holes to predict that all objects with mass may eventually disappear.
  
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• Watch SpaceX launch its 2nd mission of the day this afternoon

  12-06-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch 72 small satellites to orbit and land the rocket back on Earth today (June 12), and you can watch the action live.
  
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• Brilliant gamma-ray flare 100 times brighter than our entire galaxy reveals 1 monster black hole is actually 2

  12-06-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  A second supermassive black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy was confirmed by blasts of energy caused as it plunges through a disk of gas and dust around its larger companion.
  
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• 17 Jun 2023 (5 days away): The Moon at perihelion

  12-06-2023 02:24 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun, which happens each month around the time of new moon.
  
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• 11 Jun 2023 (5 days ago): Messier 92 is well placed

  12-06-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The globular cluster M92 (NGC 6341; mag 6.4) in Hercules culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 11 Jun 2023 (4 days ago): Messier 92 is well placed

  12-06-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The globular cluster M92 (NGC 6341; mag 6.4) in Hercules culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 11 Jun 2023 (3 days ago): Messier 92 is well placed

  12-06-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The globular cluster M92 (NGC 6341; mag 6.4) in Hercules culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 11 Jun 2023 (2 days ago): Messier 92 is well placed

  12-06-2023 01:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The globular cluster M92 (NGC 6341; mag 6.4) in Hercules culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 16 Jun 2023 (5 days away): NGC 6388 is well placed

  12-06-2023 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The globular cluster NGC 6388 (mag 6.7) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 16 Jun 2023 (4 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  12-06-2023 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°18'.
  
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• 14 Jun 2023 (2 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter

  12-06-2023 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°30'.
  
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• 14 Jun 2023 (2 days away): Close approach of Venus and M44

  12-06-2023 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus and M44 pass within 47' of each other.
  
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• 14 Jun 2023 (2 days away): Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter

  12-06-2023 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter pass within 1°22' of each other.
  
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• 11 Jun 2023 (Today): Messier 92 is well placed

  12-06-2023 01:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The globular cluster M92 (NGC 6341; mag 6.4) in Hercules culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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