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Astronomers have discovered some of the oldest stars in Milky Way galaxy by determining their locations and velocities, according to a study led by scientists at Georgia State University. Freebie Link

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An asteroid that visited us from interstellar space is one of the most elongated cosmic objects known to science, a study has shown. Discovered on 19 October, the object's speed and trajectory strongly suggested it originated in a planetary system around another star. Astronomers have been scrambling to observe the unique space rock, known as 'Oumuamua, before it fades from view.... Their results so far suggest it is at least 10 times longer than it is wide.

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50 years ago, on Nov 9, 1967, Apollo 4 launched. It was a major milestone in efforts to land humans on the Moon. Freebie Link

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Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the UK Space Agency to work on MicroCarb, a joint UK-French satellite mission which will measure sources and sinks of carbon, the principal greenhouse gas driving global warming. It is the first European mission intended to characterise greenhouse gas fluxes on Earths surface and gauge how much carbon is being absorbed by oceans and forests, the main sinks on the planet. The mission, scheduled to launch in 2020, will also contribute to international efforts to measure how much carbon gas is being emitted by natural processes and human activities. MicroCarb will enable the UK Space Agency and CNES to pave the way for a longer term operational system in response to the Paris COP21 Agreement. Freebie Link

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When a massive star, more than eight times the mass of Sun, runs out of fuel to keep it shining, it ends its life in a dramatic explosion. Known as a supernova, the sequence of a rapid collapse followed by a violent explosion can leave the remnants, either a neutron star or a black hole, shining brightly for up to 100 days. Or so we thought. The longest supernova explosion ever observed has been detailed in a Nature paper published today, with a stellar explosion shining for more than 600 days. The discovery could lead us to completely rewrite understanding of how stars evolve. Freebie Link

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Astronomers have spotted a zombie star that refused to die when massive explosions that are normally considered fatal rocked the heavenly body. The star, which lies half a billion light years away in the constellation of the Great Bear, has exploded multiple times since 1954, but may finally be on its way to the cosmic graveyard. It is the first time astronomers have seen the same star explode over and over. Until now stellar explosions, or supernovae, have been considered singular events, the dazzling death throes of stars that have burned up all their fuel. Freebie Link

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Few space companies begin at home, yet that is exactly where it all began for AlbaOrbital. The ten-person Glasgow startup is leading the push to democratise space itself, developing and selling PocketQubes small satellites which may be considered the perfect fit for a relatively small space company. But size can be misleading Alba Orbital is pushing back the boundaries of space. Freebie Link

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It is one of cosmologys more perplexing problems that up to 90% of the ordinary matter in the universe appears to have gone missing. Now astronomers have detected about half of this missing content for the first time, in a discovery that could resolve a long-standing paradox. Freebie Link

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Musk doesnt want to wait the next time he feels like eating street noodles in Shanghai, so he wants to use his BFR to replace airplanes for long-distance travel here on Earth. According to Musk, the cost per seat would be about the same as full-fare economy in an aircraft. Imagine that 24 minutes to fly from New York to Shanghai. Or one hour to fly to your locations antipodes. Freebie Link

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Venus, while certainly inhospitable to humans, is almost just as rough for robots. The last time a robot visited the surface of Venus was in the mid-80s, when the Soviet Union sent its Vega lander to capture data about the planets soil. It lasted for less than an hour. Which is why for the last year JPL engineers have been working to build a rover that could last on Venus for days, if not weeks or months. Freebie Link

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Researchers have learned that the Arecibo Observatory and its signature radio telescope took significant damage when the hurricane passed over. All staff members are thankfully safe for now, but an atmospheric radar line feed and a 39-foot dish (used for Very Long Baseline Interferometry) were lost in winds that reached up to 155MPH. The gigantic central dish is intact, although the line feed's collapse punctured it in places. Freebie Link

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Losing internet access was a bigger problem than personality clashes for six astronauts confined for eight months on a remote simulated Mars base, a British member of the team has said. Not a single personal insult was uttered by any member of the crew during the whole of the mission, which ended on 17 September, claimed astrobiologist Sam Payler, 28, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. Freebie Link

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The James Webb Space Telescope will be so sensitive, it could detect the heat signature of a bumblebee at the distance of the moon, and can see details the size of a US penny at the distance of about 40 km. Freebie Link

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Today, on Friday Sept 15th, the spacecraft will make its final approach to the giant planet Saturn. But this encounter will be like no other. This time, Cassini will dive into the planet's atmosphere, sending science data for as long as its small thrusters can keep the spacecraft's antenna pointed at Earth. Soon after, Cassini will burn up and disintegrate like a meteor. Freebie Link

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After two decades in space, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is nearing the end of its remarkable journey of exploration. Having expended almost every bit of the rocket propellant it carried to Saturn, operators are deliberately plunging Cassini into the planet to ensure Saturn's moons will remain pristine for future exploration. Freebie Link

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Nasas Cassini mission to Saturn is entering its final week. On 15 September, it will dive towards the planet and burn up in its atmosphere. Nasa have called it the grand finale. Cassini is one of the most ambitious space missions. It is a collaboration between Nasa, ESA and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. The spacecraft, launched on 15 October 1997, took seven years to travel through the solar system to Saturn, which lies about 10 times further from the Sun than Earth. Freebie Link

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Stephen Hawkings Breakthrough Listen project picks up radio pulses that could be from black holes, neutron stars or, some speculate UFO beacons Freebie Link

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NASAs Lunar Mission Captures Solar Eclipse as Seen From the Moon Freebie Link

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With a crewed version of its Dragon cargo capsule in development, the SpaceX chief executive reveals the suits set to be worn by the companys astronauts Freebie Link

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The eclipse from a different perspective

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Awesome views on the Freebie Link live feed right now

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Today all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality can see one of natures most awe inspiring sights - a total solar eclipse.

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The countdown to the great eclipse of 2017 is underway - follow it in detail with the new iOS app Solar Eclipse by Redshift

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Get ready to experience the eclipse with the brand new iOS app Solar Eclipse by Redshift Freebie Link

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In a special sale to celebrate the Solar Eclipse, Redshift (standard version) will be available on Saturday and Sunday for 3,99 /USD on Google Play and Amazon and for 4,49 /3,99 USD on the App Store.

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Millions of Americans will look up toward the sky on Monday and watch stars shine in the afternoon, feel the days heat swapped for an evening chill and hear the sounds of confused birds and animals during the first total eclipse seen in the continental US in 38 years. The spectacular event will cross a strip of the country occupied by 12.2 million people, with millions more expected to travel to the 70-mile-wide eclipse path, aiming to catch a glimpse of a site that has captured the imaginations of people for millennia. Freebie Link

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The Cassini probe has begun the final phase of its mission to Saturn. The satellite has executed the first of five ultra-close passes of the giant world, dipping down far enough to brush through the top of the atmosphere. It promises unprecedented data on the chemical composition of Saturn. It also sets the stage for the probe's dramatic end-manoeuvre next month when it will plunge to destruction in the planet's atmosphere. Freebie Link

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The annual Perseid meteor shower will fill the night sky with glowing streaks this weekend, as the Earth travels through debris shed by comet Swift-Tuttle. Freebie Link

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The sturgeon full moon in partial eclipse - in pictures Freebie Link

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An eclipse is the serendipitous alignment of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun. Around every 18 months or so, the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun on its orbit around planet. Its a relatively rare occurrence because the Moon doesnt orbit in the same plane as the Earth and Sun. But when the three bodies line up just right, the Moon covers up the disc of the Sun, and those in the direct path of the Moons shadow called the path of totality will see the Sun go dark. Freebie Link

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The GhanaSat-1Ghanas first satellitebuilt by a Ghanaian engineering team at All Nations University, was delivered to NASAs International Space Station in June on a SpaceX rocket that took off from pad 39a at Kennedy Space Center, a NASA spokesperson confirmed. The GhanaSat-1 deployed into orbit from the Center in July, and is now operational, according to project manager Richard Damoah, a Ghanaian professor and assistant research scientist at NASA. Freebie Link

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China has used the Sunway TaihuLight, the world's most powerful supercomputer, to simulate "the birth and early expansion of the Universe" using 10 trillion digital particles. The work has reportedly been completed by the National Supercomputer Centre in Wuxi, and involved computer scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. The supercomputer used 10 million CPU cores to create the universe known as N-body simulation and involved breaking the universe's mass down into particles. Freebie Link

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A group of scientists is taking to the skies to chase the shadow of the moon during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21 from the unique vantage point of two retrofitted WB-57F jet planes. Amir Caspi, a scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and his team will soar 50,000 feet over Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee in jets outfitted with high-tech telescopes. At this altitude, the telescopes mounted on the noses of the planes will be able to capture a clear view of the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere, or the corona; they may also capture thermal images of Mercury, a planet typically obscured by the bright glare from the sun. Freebie Link

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This is Mars 2030, a VR experience of the Red Planet produced by Fusion Media Group in partnership with NASA and MITs AeroAstro Lab. Mars 2030 allows you to wander around 15 square miles of Martian landscape. Freebie Link

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The Moon has more water than previously thought, and its deep below the lunar surface. A new study suggests that water is widespread beyond the poles, where it was already known to exist, although scientists dont know exactly how much water is there. The discovery has consequences for future missions to the Moon. Freebie Link

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A team of astronomers has potentially discovered the first known moon beyond the Solar System. If confirmed, the "exomoon" is likely to be about the size and mass of Neptune, and circles a planet the size of Jupiter but with 10 times the mass. The signal was detected by Nasa's Kepler Space Telescope; astronomers now plan to carry out follow-up observations with Hubble in October. Freebie Link

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We are very excited to announce Solar Eclipse by Redshift - observe and marvel at the upcoming August 2017 solar eclipse using brand new app! Freebie Link

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Steps forward in the search for life beyond Earth can be as simple as sending a balloon into the sky. In one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campaigns ever attempted, NASA is collaborating with student teams across the U.S. to do just that. A larger initiative, NASA's Eclipse Balloon Project, led by Angela Des Jardins of Montana State University, is sending more than 50 high-altitude balloons launched by student teams across the U.S. to livestream aerial footage of the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse from the edge of space to NASAs website. Freebie Link

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Up to half the matter in Milky Way may come from distant galaxies up to one million light years away, making us 'extragalactic immigrants', according to astrophysicists from Northwestern University. The research, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, could completely transform understanding of how galaxies formed after the Big Bang. Freebie Link

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Fistful of Stars is a five minute-long virtual reality experience that takes the viewer on a tour through the vast star-forming region known as the Orion Nebula. Its hauntingly beautiful images, accompanied by The Hubble Cantatawhich includes a 30 piece ensemble, a 100 person choir, and two singers from the Metropolitan Operagives the film a 2001 feel without the murderous robots. Its a combination of science and magical realism, director Eliza McNitt told Gizmodo. We wanted to give users the feeling as if they were a star floating on stellar winds through the Orion Nebula. That could take billions of years but we wanted to give you the experience of that spectacular journey through five minutes. Freebie Link

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The Android version of brand new app Solar Eclipse has just gone live on Google Play Freebie Link

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Great news! Redshift Pro will be available for the price of the standard version (9,99 , 8.99 US$, 8.99 ) from now until Sunday. The In-App purchase (upgrade from Standard to Pro) will be reduced as well (5,49 , 4.99 US$, 4.99 ).

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When astronomers discovered a strange pattern of light near a distant star called KIC 8462852 back in October, it was like nothing anyone had observed before. Freebie Link

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Freebie Link share a great photo of a prominence at the edge of the sun, a splendid view of solar plasma as it churned and streamed over less than one day (June 25-26, 2017). The charged particles of plasma were being manipulated by strong magnetic forces.

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Virgin Galactic is resuming powered tests of its spaceplane after a tragic accident with its test vehicle SpaceShipTwo resulted in the death of co-pilot Michael Alsbury in 2014. The news comes via Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, who shared the news speaking to Bloomberg. After current glide-only tests wrap up, powered tests will begin at a pace of one every three weeks, reaching higher altitudes until eventually climbing to the edge of space by November or December of this year. If all goes well, Branson himself is set to be among the first tourists to space in 2018 around mid-year, and then by the end of 2018 he hopes to begin offering full commercial flights for paying passengers. Freebie Link

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Pathfinder landed on Mars on July 4, 1997, carrying Sojourner, the first rover to explore the Red Planet. Freebie Link

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Happy aphelion! Freebie Link

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SpaceX will look to continue its high launch cadence later on Sunday with its third mission in just nine days, and fourth in a month. For the launch, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will attempt to deliver the Intelsat 35e communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit. The launch window opens at 7:36pm ET (00:36am UK) and spans 58 minutes. The primary concern is weather, with just a 40 percent chance of favorable conditions at launch time. Freebie Link

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It might seem an unfathomably large distance, but in the scale of the Universe, 24 light years is a mere stones throw. Now, two supermassive black holeshave been spotted circling each other at this distance, marking a closer pairing than ever seen before. A black hole binary system consists of two black holes orbiting each other, driven by their respective gravitational pulls. For the first time, astronomers have been able to make out both objects in this kind of system, using a collection of telescopes called the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). Freebie Link

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Mars, at least as far as we know, is a planet populated entirely by robots. efforts to make them more autonomous and explore the rocky surface on their own have been successful. In turn, these bots can teach us more about closest neighbour in the Solar System. Software installed upon the Curiosity Rover, which helps to control its laser, has made it more efficient at self-selecting rocks and objects to study. The system, called Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS), has allowed the robot to pick and examine rocks on its own correctly 93 per cent of the time. It is able to work in a precision pointing mode and a rock selecting mode. Freebie Link

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