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What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 launch test on Oct. 13 (and how to watch online)? Space.com20:45
NASA spacecraft flies over gullies on Mars. They could host pools. Mashable10:26
Boeing plans more commercial crew charges SpaceNews08:37
Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane to attempt new 'aerobraking' maneuvers in orbit Space.com16:03
Evidence of alien life could be revealed next month as NASA filmmaker claims 'we've found it' MailOnline21:15
SpaceX Starship launches: Live updates Space.com00:31
Hints of volcanic moon around alien planet may be 1st-of-its-kind discovery (video) Space.com18:36

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Two comets from the spooky Oort Cloud are passing by our planet as Halloween approaches PBS Online23:46 12-Oct-24

In the last hour

SpaceX wins earlier-than-expected approval to fly fifth Starship The Fresno Bee23:13 12-Oct-24

Starship’s fifth test flight is approved: where to watch the launch The Verge23:08 12-Oct-24

In the last 4 hours

A Possible Exomoon Could be Volcanic, like Jupiter’s Moon Io Universe Today21:54 12-Oct-24

Cockroaches in Space: Waste Processing and a Healthy Protein Source Combined Hackaday21:08 12-Oct-24

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 launch test on Oct. 13 (and how to watch online)? Space.com20:45 12-Oct-24

How to see Comet A3 if you missed it - but you only have days left The Mirror20:41 12-Oct-24

In the last 6 hours

FAA Approves Starship IFT-5 Test Flight Tomorrow Space Policy Online19:14 12-Oct-24

SpaceX's Crew-8 astronauts to depart ISS for trip home on Oct. 13 Space.com19:14 12-Oct-24

Starship Flight 5 The Catch nasaspaceflight.com19:02 12-Oct-24

Working in silence and no sharp corners: How humans would live on the moon Brisbane Times19:00 12-Oct-24

Astrobiology Biosignature Recon of Europa: Map of Water At Manannán Crater Astrobiology Web18:39 12-Oct-24

Effect of Different Stickiness Between Icy and Silicate Particles on Carbon Depletion in Protoplanetary Disks Astrobiology Web18:28 12-Oct-24

Chemical Composition of Planetary Hosts: C, N, and a-element Abundances Astrobiology Web18:28 12-Oct-24

MODEL&CO: Exoplanet Detection In Angular Differential Imaging By Learning Across Multiple Observations Astrobiology Web18:18 12-Oct-24

In the last 8 hours

MAGA Starship: Fifth Test Flight – Go for Flight from FAA (UPDATED) Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)17:47 12-Oct-24

Taking neutron star temperatures with telescopes astrobites (Weblog)17:33 12-Oct-24

Aurora Viewers Share Stunning Photos of the Northern Lights CNET17:09 12-Oct-24

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) emerges bright in UK’s evening sky Astronomy Now16:52 12-Oct-24

Europa Clipper Launch No Earlier Than Monday, 14 October Astrobiology Web16:27 12-Oct-24

NASA delays Europa Clipper launch to Jupiter to Oct. 14 amid post-hurricane checks Space.com16:20 12-Oct-24

James Webb Space Telescope Peers 13 Billion Years into the Past and Spots an Unusual ‘Inside-Out’ Galaxy The Debrief16:04 12-Oct-24

Scientists Unveil Haunting Soundscape of Mysterious 41,000-Year-Old Magnetic Field Reversal Event The Debrief16:03 12-Oct-24

Yesterday

China’s Reusable, Returnable Spacecraft Back on Earth Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)15:55 12-Oct-24

This is what has people creeped out after seeing an up close picture of an asteroid UNILAD15:41 12-Oct-24

Robots raise the bar for Artemis Program’s PPE solar array simulation frame The Robot Report15:39 12-Oct-24

SpaceX Crew-8 members to return to Earth, NASA to provide live coverage via stream NotebookCheck.net15:38 12-Oct-24

A new view of Uranus from two angles helps clear up exoplanet images Cosmos15:36 12-Oct-24

Starts With A Bang podcast #110 — Optical Interferometry Starts With A Bang!15:05 12-Oct-24

Lightning Strikes May Release Deadly, High-Energy ‘Killer Electrons’ That Can Fry Electronics and Humans The Debrief14:42 12-Oct-24

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft set to scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life The Washington Times14:25 12-Oct-24

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life ABC News13:53 12-Oct-24

Stranded Astronauts Will Arrive Home in 2025 Thanks to SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft CNET13:25 12-Oct-24

‘Forgotten astronaut’ of Apollo 11 reveals the one thing he realized after landing on the moon UNILAD13:18 12-Oct-24

Lightning strikes kick off a game of electron pinball in space ScienceDaily13:12 12-Oct-24

Researchers develop new technique to measure previously undetected airborne PFAS ScienceDaily13:12 12-Oct-24

James Webb Spots First-Ever Alien “Steam World” Futurism12:43 12-Oct-24

Meet-and-Greet with cosmonauts in Molodechno BelTA12:35 12-Oct-24

This Photo of Earth Taken From Space Will Give You All The Feels ScienceAlert12:34 12-Oct-24

Can an icy Jupiter moon sustain life? NASA’s biggest space probe will investigate. The Washington Post12:13 12-Oct-24

Comet last seen by Neanderthals to brighten night skies; could be sighted from UK The Telegraph, Calcutta11:51 12-Oct-24

NASA thinks it found a moon light-years away spewing gas Mashable11:27 12-Oct-24

Anduril and Impulse Space to collaborate on AI-driven satellite mobility SpaceNews11:10 12-Oct-24

NASA video shows spacecraft's wild ride around ocean world Mashable10:56 12-Oct-24

NASA spacecraft flies over gullies on Mars. They could host pools. Mashable10:26 12-Oct-24

Boeing plans more commercial crew charges SpaceNews08:37 12-Oct-24

Uranus images by Hubble and New Horizons BBC Sky at Night Magazine08:16 12-Oct-24

SpaceX to launch Starship's fifth test flight on Sunday in Texas - Twirl #185 Neowin.net08:00 12-Oct-24

Rare rains after 50 years turn dry Sahara into oasis – Dramatic pictures show drought-stricken desert now flooded The Financial Express07:35 12-Oct-24

Twinsies Planetary Society07:09 12-Oct-24

Once-in-a-lifetime comet tonight: How to see the rare celestial event BBC Science Focus06:01 12-Oct-24

SpaceX receives FAA nod to resume Falcon 9 launches NewsBytes05:50 12-Oct-24

Boeing to slash 17,000 jobs - 10% of its workforce - as factory strike enters its fifth week… MailOnline05:14 12-Oct-24

FAA Approves Falcon 9 Return to Flight Space Policy Online04:59 12-Oct-24

Almost 200-year storm 'shape-shifts like a squeezed stress ball' 9News02:46 12-Oct-24

NASA's Hubble, New Horizons team up for a simultaneous look at Uranus ScienceDaily02:11 12-Oct-24

FAA clears SpaceX to resume Falcon 9 rocket launches Space.com01:56 12-Oct-24

Comet last seen by Neanderthals to brighten night skies Deutsche Welle01:51 12-Oct-24

SpaceX Starship launches: Live updates Space.com00:31 12-Oct-24

The physiology of plants in the context of space exploration Nature.com00:20 12-Oct-24

FAA allows Falcon 9 launches to resume SpaceNews00:19 12-Oct-24

In the last 7 days

'Inside-out' galaxy growth observed in the early universe ScienceDaily23:39 11-Oct-24

How did the building blocks of life arrive on Earth? ScienceDaily23:32 11-Oct-24

SpaceX Falcon 9 Cleared To Fly By FAA After Mishaps On NASA & Starlink Missions Wccftech23:05 11-Oct-24

'Stunning was the word': Astronauts snap amazing aurora photo from ISS during severe… Space.com22:52 11-Oct-24

New images from Webb Telescope could help in understanding how planets are formed KJZZ22:28 11-Oct-24

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-8 Return, Splashdown PR Newswire (Press Release)22:02 11-Oct-24

WATCH LIVE: NASA and NOAA hold news briefing on solar activity PBS NewsHour - YouTube21:57 11-Oct-24

Northern lights in Türkiye normal result of solar flare: Turkish Space Agency Anadolu Agency21:22 11-Oct-24

Evidence of alien life could be revealed next month as NASA filmmaker claims 'we've found it' MailOnline21:15 11-Oct-24

Cosmonaut told to immediately leave area after discovering blob growing outside International Space Station UNILAD21:09 11-Oct-24

Is Dark Energy Truly a Constant? Centauri Dreams20:18 11-Oct-24

Researchers want to use pyrolysis to turn asteroids into food for long-term space exploration TechSpot20:16 11-Oct-24

ESA/NASA’s SOHO Spies Bright Comet Making Debut in Evening Sky NASA (Press Release)20:11 11-Oct-24

Simonyi Survey Telescope Dedicated at NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Ceremony Newswise (Press Release)20:08 11-Oct-24

James Webb Space Telescope spies 'inside-out' star formation in ancient galaxy (image) Space.com20:07 11-Oct-24

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Moving In a ‘Very Unexpected’ Way, Bewildering Astronomers Inverse19:59 11-Oct-24

Observers across the UK treated to brilliant display of aurora borealis Astronomy Now19:51 11-Oct-24

An Extraordinary Cosmic Alignment APS Physics19:40 11-Oct-24

Considerations for Photochemical Modeling of Possible Hycean Worlds Astrobiology Web19:35 11-Oct-24

Impact of Exoplanet Science on Society: Professional Contributions, Citizen Science Engagement and Public Perception Astrobiology Web19:35 11-Oct-24

For Whatever Reason, NASA’s Inspector General Has Decided To Buy Itself Some Clearview Access Techdirt19:29 11-Oct-24

Why Space Force chose commercial firms to build its new ground system C4ISRNET19:23 11-Oct-24

NASA’s Laser Comms Demo Makes Deep Space Record HumanProgress19:15 11-Oct-24

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to… The Conversation (US)19:14 11-Oct-24

What's behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal Phys.org19:10 11-Oct-24

The key ingredients for life on Earth came from space, new evidence suggests Space.com19:09 11-Oct-24

This epic photo shows a comet hurtling past a NASA spacecraft BBC Science Focus19:02 11-Oct-24

Building blocks of life on Earth originate from a relatively small amount of source material Popular Science19:01 11-Oct-24

Can Latin America deliver on its energy transition promises by 2030? Dialogo Chino19:01 11-Oct-24

Space business is evolving fast—a new book provides much-needed insight Phys.org18:57 11-Oct-24

New Cyber Command Established by CAF, Part of Pan-domain Battlespace Transition SpaceQ18:51 11-Oct-24

Why is Moon dust so sticky? BBC Science Focus18:41 11-Oct-24

Pioneering NASA Astronaut Health Tech Thwarts Heart Failure NASA (Press Release)18:39 11-Oct-24

Hints of volcanic moon around alien planet may be 1st-of-its-kind discovery (video) Space.com18:36 11-Oct-24

Aurora Watchers Share Stunning Northern Lights Photos CNET18:34 11-Oct-24

Ice Origins of OCS and Chemistry of CS2-bearing Ice Mantles Astrobiology Web18:34 11-Oct-24

An Alternating Minimization Algorithm with Trajectory for Direct Exoplanet Detection — The AMAT Algorithm Astrobiology Web18:34 11-Oct-24

Estimating Exoplanet Mass Using Machine Learning on Incomplete Datasets Astrobiology Web18:34 11-Oct-24

The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Will Soon Begin New Secretive Tests, Signaling Future Space Defense Capabilities The Debrief18:22 11-Oct-24

Timing the Global Expansion on the Moon Eos.org18:06 11-Oct-24

Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered Science News Online18:06 11-Oct-24

SpaceX Launches Hera Planetary Defense Mission, Narrowly Escaping Hurricane Milton The Debrief18:01 11-Oct-24

Carbon Mapper Releases First Emissions Detections from the Tanager-1 Satellite Planet17:52 11-Oct-24

NASA says comet expected to put on show in Earth fly-by UPI17:37 11-Oct-24

Join Us For A Celebration Of Extraordinary Science News Science Friday17:34 11-Oct-24

DPS 56: Day 4 AAS Nova17:08 11-Oct-24

Astronaut who spent record 437 days in space details unusual impact microgravity had on his body UNILAD17:05 11-Oct-24

Nearby exoplanet is a 1st-of-its-kind 'steam world,’ James Webb Space Telescope finds Space.com17:04 11-Oct-24

What Ideas From the Paleolithic Are Still With Us in the Modern World? ZNetwork16:58 11-Oct-24

Europa probe carrying UO research standing by for liftoff Around the O16:55 11-Oct-24

Professor Woodward hounoured for NESST space centre Electronics Weekly16:53 11-Oct-24

The greenhouse gases swirling above our heads: Terrifying images snapped by a NASA satellite… MailOnline16:51 11-Oct-24

Telescopes can help bring renewable energy to isolated Chilean communities Tech Xplore16:41 11-Oct-24

Burning Questions: Europa Clipper and the Daring Search for Extraterrestrial Life Supercluster16:37 11-Oct-24

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