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• James Webb Space Telescope witnesses Firefly Sparkle galaxy 'being assembled brick by brick' (image, video)

  16-12-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  A relic galaxy has been uncovered from the early universe, revealing new clues about what our own Milky Way galaxy may have looked like back then.
  
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• 'Dune: Prophecy' 'In Blood, Truth:' Tula plays Frankenstein and Desmond's twisted origins exposed

  16-12-2024 20:09 via space.com
  
  A recap of HBO/Max's "Dune: Prophecy" Episode 5, "In Truth, Blood"
  
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• Watch SpaceX Starship test fire engines ahead of flight 7 launch (video)

  16-12-2024 19:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX fired up its next Starship for an engine test before the rocket's next launch to space.
  
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• SpaceX’s 31st Dragon cargo capsule returns to Earth with splashdown off Florida coast

  16-12-2024 18:37 via space.com
  
  SpaceX's 31st robotic Dragon cargo capsule splashed down off the Florida coast today (Dec. 17), a day after undocking from the International Space Station.
  
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• SpaceX’s 31st Dragon cargo capsule departs ISS to head home to Earth

  16-12-2024 18:37 via space.com
  
  SpaceX's 31st robotic Dragon cargo capsule departed the International Space Station today (Dec. 16) and began the trip back home to Earth.
  
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• 1st monster black hole ever pictured erupts with surprise gamma-ray explosion

  16-12-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  The Event Horizon Telescope, which captured the first image of a black hole, has done it again. The Earth-sized telescope spotted an unexpected explosion from the same supermassive black hole.
  
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• Saturn's rings could be much older than scientists first thought

  16-12-2024 17:37 via space.com
  
  Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently suggested, but nearly as old as the giant planet itself at billions of years in age, a new study says.
  
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• This red giant star has starspots larger than the entire sun

  16-12-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  Astronomers modeled sunspot activity on a nearby red giant star to learn about its chaotic interior.
  
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• December full moon 2024: Cold Moon puts on a dazzling show for skywatchers worldwide (photos)

  16-12-2024 14:36 via space.com
  
  The last full moon of 2024 did not disappoint.
  
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• 'Silo' Season 2 'Descent': The mystery spirals deeper as we learn Solo's real name... or do we?

  16-12-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  A recap of the fifth episode of Apple TV+'s "Silo" Season 2
  
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• 'Silo' Season 2 'Descent': The mystery spirals deeper as we learn Solo's real name  —  or do we?

  16-12-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  A recap of the fifth episode of Apple TV+'s "Silo" Season 2
  
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• See the moon meet up with Mars this in the night sky tonight

  16-12-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  On Dec. 17, the moon and Mars will appear close together in the night sky in the Gemini constellation.
  
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• See the moon meet up with Mars this in the night sky this week

  16-12-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  On Dec. 17, the moon and Mars will appear close together in the night sky in the Gemini constellation.
  
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• Who is Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief?

  16-12-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  Donald Trump has nominated billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. What do we know about the potential next administrator of America’s space agency?
  
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• 20 Dec 2024 (4 days away): Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky

  16-12-2024 01:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky.
  
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• 20 Dec 2024 (4 days away): Mercury at dichotomy

  16-12-2024 01:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky.
  
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• 19 Dec 2024 (3 days away): December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2024

  16-12-2024 01:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The December Leonis Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 18 Dec 2024 (2 days away): Lunar occultation of Mars

  16-12-2024 01:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Mars, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, Greenland, Russia and Alaska amongst others.
  
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• 18 Dec 2024 (2 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

  16-12-2024 01:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 54'.
  
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• 18 Dec 2024 (2 days away): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  16-12-2024 01:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass close to each other.
  
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