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Movie: South Korea’s Hope
If you are still hoping for one more summer movie about space aliens (it was released on September 9th even if it is officially fall now), South Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin has another one to add to your list. The movie, Hope, is a thriller set in a small South Korean town on the border…
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Study Findings: New Lunar Crater Reveals Extensive Distal Regolith Modification
Sciences Advances abstract of study findings: A new ∼222-meter-diameter impact crater formed on the Moon in spring 2024. Discovered in repeat Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images, it provides a unique opportunity to study surface modification by a pristine impact, prior to subsequent fading. Nighttime temperatures measured by the Diviner instrument reveal an ∼7-kilometer-wide cold spot that is 8…
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Space Stories: Russian Supplies Arrive at ISS, Youngest Exoplanet Detected, and Greater European Flexibility in Space
Here are some recent space-related stories of interest. —Spaceflight Now: “Russian Progress cargo ship arrives at International Space Station” An unpiloted Russian Progress cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station Saturday carrying supplies and equipment for the orbiting outpost. The Progress M-25 docked at the space-facing port of Russia’s Poisk module at 9:44 a.m. EDT…
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Where Is This? September 2026 Quiz
Take a look at the image above. Can you determine where this image originated? Take a guess and then check your answer by going to the “Where is This? The Answer Sheet” page.
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Space Quote: Star Wars is Real
“Due to their actions, it is no longer a question that space is a warfighting domain…Space control is part of how the joint forces protects national security interests. The space domain is contested, and we must be able to secure our nation’s interests in space — that is why the Space Force was established as…
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Video: Pale Blue Dot Update
If you are looking for something soothing and hopeful at the end of the day, I recommend this video from Aeon magazine. It is all about the image you see above from the Artemis II mission, and it provides some helpful context to better understand our position in this universe of ours. I think Carl…
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Pic of the Week: The Black Eye Galaxy
This week’s image is from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. It is a composite image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope showing Messier 64 (M64), which is a spiral galaxy about 17 million light-years away. Here is a little more information from NASA explaining what you are seeing…
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Sci-Fi Quote: You Must Have Been Living in a Hole in the Ground If You Missed Silo
“It’s not like they’re writing the show and then having to come up with, ‘Oh, how to end this?’…This is a 40 episode story. So the ending… is very satisfying because it’s the end of a novel.” –Statement by actor Ashley Zukerman, who plays Daniel Keene in the Silo television series, regarding the fourth and…
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Astronomy Question: The Oort Cloud
Multiple Choice 1: How long will it take Voyager 2 to reach the Oort Cloud? A. About 4 yearsB. About 110 yearsC. About 300 yearsD. About 450 years Multiple Choice 2: How long will it take Voyager 2 to cross the Oort Cloud? A. About 50 yearsB. About 250 yearsC. About 1,500 yearsD. About 300,000 years Take…
