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Recent Astronomy Research
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December 24th, 2023
"The past 12 months have seen a host of new astronomical records broken, from exploding stars to faraway black holes."
December 5, 2023
"Researchers have shown unambiguous laboratory evidence that amino acids transported in the ice plumes of Saturn's moon, Eceladus, can survive impact speeds of up to 4.2 km/s, supporting their detection during sampling by spacecraft."
A 'successful failure': SpaceX's Starship achieves liftoff, loses contact mid-flight
by
Geoff Brumfiel
November 18, 2023
"Amid wild cheers and applause, SpaceX's giant Starship rocket successfully lifted off around 8:03 a.m. ET from its launch pad in Texas. The Starship successfully separated from its first-stage booster as planned. But minutes later, the cheers subsided as mission control appeared to lose contact with the vehicle."