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• James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st 'failed star' candidates beyond the Milky Way

  25-10-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have potentially discovered the first brown dwarfs beyond the borders of the Milky Way galaxy.
  
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• See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS eject a tail of gas and dust as it flies past the sun (photos)

  25-10-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  Watch comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS light up the sky thanks to a free livestream on Monday, Oct. 21.
  
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• 'Alien: Romulus' sequel in the works, new 'Alien vs. Predator' will 'probably' happen

  25-10-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  Hot on the heels of Alien: Romulus' success at the global box office, Disney and 20th Century Studios are fast-tracking a direct sequel.
  
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• Here's what China launched to orbit on its retrievable satellite last month (video)

  25-10-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  China has revealed the payloads it sent to Earth orbit last month on the two-week-long Shijian-19 retrievable satellite mission.
  
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• The Celestron NexStar 130 SLT is nearly $200 off ahead of Black Friday

  25-10-2024 19:25 via space.com
  
  The Celestron NexStar 130 SLT, a portable computerized telescope, is now the lowest price we've seen in nearly two years ahead of Black Friday.
  
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• A star exploded almost 1000 years ago and left us with the gorgeous Crab Nebula. Here's how to see it

  25-10-2024 19:00 via space.com
  
  To see the Crab Nebula for yourself, you'll have to wait until around midnight local daylight time, after it has sufficiently risen high enough above the east-northeast horizon.
  
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• China launches new set of classified Yaogan spy satellites (video)

  25-10-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  A Long March 2C rocket launched three Yaogan-43 spy satellites to orbit from southwestern China on Oct. 22, marking the third liftoff of the mysterious satellite series.
  
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• SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts taken to Pensacola hospital for extra medical checks after Dragon capsule splashdown, NASA says

  25-10-2024 17:39 via space.com
  
  NASA said the visit was done as a precaution.
  
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• SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut hospitalized in Pensacola after Dragon splashdown, in 'stable condition'

  25-10-2024 17:39 via space.com
  
  Four astronauts aboard SpaceX Crew-8 went to a Pensacola hospital shortly after their splashdown. NASA said the visit was done as a precaution.
  
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• NASA's Robonaut-2 reunited with its ride into space at Smithsonian

  25-10-2024 17:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's space shuttle Discovery has been reunited with one of its last crew members. The National Air and Space Museum debuted Robonaut-2 (R2), NASA's first dexterous humanoid robot flown into space.
  
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• NASA's solar-sailing spacecraft has a bent boom in Earth orbit (photo)

  25-10-2024 16:26 via space.com
  
  The technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has a bent boom in Earth orbit, but NASA says it shouldn't be a big deal.
  
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• NASA's solar-sailing spacecraft has a bent boom and is still tumbling in Earth orbit (photo)

  25-10-2024 16:26 via space.com
  
  The technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has a bent boom in Earth orbit, but NASA says it shouldn't be a big deal.
  
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• A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish

  25-10-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that struck Earth over 3 billion years ago may have benefitted early life.
  
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• Listen to haunting sounds of Earth's magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago in eerie new animation

  25-10-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  A new video shows how Earth's magnetic field weakened and warped before temporarily flipping during a recent "polar reversal event."
  
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• 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episodes 1 and 2: Green Orions vs. Blue Orions, what's the difference?

  25-10-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  D'Vana Tendi gets back to her Orion roots in "Star Trek: Lower Decks" season 5's opening episodes — and her species has a very long history in "Star Trek."
  
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• Massive, bustling Perseus galaxy cluster dazzles in new telescope image

  25-10-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  Deep in the heart of the massive Perseus cluster, giant galaxies stir, stars are torn from their homes and hot gas radiates at more than 1 million degrees Celsius.
  
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• Crew-8 astronauts splash down on SpaceX Dragon Endeavour after weather delays (video)

  25-10-2024 09:55 via space.com
  
  Crew-8 is back on Earth after an extended mission and a wait for the weather to clear. Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Alexander Grebenkin splashed down on Dragon Endeavour.
  
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• Crew-8 astronauts splash down on SpaceX Dragon Endeavour after weather delays

  25-10-2024 09:55 via space.com
  
  Crew-8 is back on Earth after an extended mission and a wait for the weather to clear. Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Alexander Grebenkin splashed down on Dragon Endeavour.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (5 days away): Venus at aphelion

  25-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 29 Oct 2024 (4 days away): The Moon at apogee

  25-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 28 Oct 2024 (3 days away): Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) passes perihelion

  25-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) makes its closest approach to the Sun.
  
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• 27 Oct 2024 (2 days away): Asteroid 1036 Ganymed at opposition

  25-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Asteroid 1036 Ganymed makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 26 Oct 2024 (2 days away): The Perseus Double Cluster is well placed

  25-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Perseus Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884; combined mag 4.3) culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 01 Nov 2024 (7 days away): New Moon

  25-10-2024 01:05 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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