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	Science Daily update ⋅ November 6, 2024
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	Space.com 'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers Space.com A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega has found a surprising lack of planets, as evidenced by the disk and surrounding halo being filled with a snow of tiny particles ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Newfound dead star spins record-breaking 716 times a second, explodes with thermonuclear blasts Space.com Astronomers have discovered a "dead star" neutron star is spinning at an incredible 716 times a second, making it the joint fastest-spinning cosmic body ever seen. Not only this, but the neutron star's surface is also erupting with explosions as ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com NASA's Parker Solar Probe to glimpse Venus' surface tomorrow before historic sun encounter Space.com "We are basically almost landing on a star," Nour Raouafi, an astrophysicist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and project scientist for the Parker Solar Probe mission, told BBC News earlier this year. "This will be a monumental ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com World's 1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for key orbital test Space.com This new spaceflight tech has a very retro feel. The world's first wooden satellite, a tiny Japanese spacecraft called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) today (Nov. 5) aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule. Flag as irrelevant
	Spaceflight Now Live coverage: SpaceX's Cargo Dragon prepares to dock with the International Space Station Spaceflight Now "After safely splashing down on Earth as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission Friday, a NASA astronaut experienced a medical issue. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were flown ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Japanese Scientists Bet on an Ancient Material for Their New Satellite: Wood The New York Times A SpaceX rocket launched Monday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the world's first satellite model with wooden components, marking a potential shift in space engineering that marries cutting-edge technology with traditional ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope sees 'knots' blasting from nearby black hole jets Space.com a blurry blue dot spits out yellow green blurry jets in blurry black space with green. Bright "knots" within a jet blasted by a nearby black hole appears to move at different ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News World's first wood-panelled satellite launched into space BBC News Made by researchers in Japan, the tiny satellite weighing just 900g is heading for the International Space Station on a SpaceX mission. It will then be released into orbit above the Earth. Named LignoSat, after ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Webb telescope reveals rapid growth of primordial black hole Reuters With their immense gravitational pull, they grow in mass by sucking in material such as gas, dust and stars unfortunate enough to stray nearby. "The existence of supermassive black holes in the early universe ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY Fossil from huge 'terror bird' discovered for the first time in Colombia USA TODAY The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in South America has given researchers new insight into the apex predators that roamed some 12 million years ago. The bird, discovered in central Colombia nearly ... Flag as irrelevant
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