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• Can 'failed stars' have planets? James Webb Space Telescopes offers clues

  30-10-2024 22:01 via space.com
  
  The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered brown dwarfs at the heart of planet-forming disks in the Orion nebula. The discovery could help reveal if these "failed stars" can have planets.
  
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• NASA astronaut snaps spooky photo of SpaceX Dragon capsule from ISS

  30-10-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  The Dragon, named Freedom, is flying SpaceX's Crew-9 mission for NASA.
  
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• Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump for president

  30-10-2024 20:59 via space.com
  
  Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person ever to walk on the moon, endorsed Donald Trump in a statement released today (Oct. 30).
  
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• Astrophotographer captures comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS growing an anti-tail (photos)

  30-10-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on Oct. 13, 2024 as the comet was displaying an 'anti-tail.'
  
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• SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida today

  30-10-2024 19:30 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites today (Oct. 30), during a four-hour window that opens at 5:10 p.m. ET (2110 GMT).
  
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• SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video, photos)

  30-10-2024 19:30 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites today (Oct. 30) from Florida's Space Coast.
  
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• NASA announces 9 possible moon landing sites for Artemis 3 lunar mission

  30-10-2024 19:00 via space.com
  
  NASA has refined its list of potential landing sites near the moon's south pole for its Artemis 3 mission, which aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface no earlier than 2026.
  
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• Strange green spots on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover (photo)

  30-10-2024 18:30 via space.com
  
  NASA's Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian rock, potentially indicating a past interaction with liquid water.
  
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• 05 Nov 2024 (6 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Venus

  30-10-2024 17:38 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°06'.
  
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• Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981

  30-10-2024 17:30 via space.com
  
  Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981.
  
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• Debris from satellite breakup threatens other spacecraft, animation shows

  30-10-2024 17:22 via space.com
  
  Debris from the broken-apart Intelsat 33e telecom satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation shows.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (Yesterday): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (9 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (8 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (7 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (6 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (5 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (5 days ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (4 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (4 days ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (35 minutes ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (3 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (3 days ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (23 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (22 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (21 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (20 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (2 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (2 days ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (19 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (18 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (17 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (16 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (15 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (14 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (13 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (12 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (11 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (10 hours ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (1 hour ago): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (17 minutes away): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 16:45 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• Cubesats on Europe's Hera asteroid mission phone home after Oct. 7 launch

  30-10-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  The two cubesats will assist in the most detailed study ever of a binary asteroid.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (1 hour away): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 15:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• Saturn's moon Titan may have a 6-mile-thick crust of methane ice — could life be under there?

  30-10-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  A 6-mile-thick shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's vast subsurface ocean.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (2 hours away): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 14:17 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (3 hours away): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 13:31 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• NASA to resume ISS spacewalks in 2025 after spacesuit leak

  30-10-2024 13:00 via space.com
  
  "It's just a matter of when is the right timing."
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (4 hours away): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 12:43 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 30 Oct 2024 (5 hours away): Venus at aphelion

  30-10-2024 11:58 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 1st image of our Milky Way's black hole may be inaccurate, scientists say

  30-10-2024 11:01 via space.com
  
  The famous doughnut-shaped image of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole may not be fully accurate, an independent analysis of EHT data suggests.
  
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