May 15, 2023
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The Launchpad
Falling rock confirmed to be 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite
(Hopewell Township Police Department)
A metallic-looking rock that smashed through the roof of a residential home in New Jersey is indeed a meteorite.
Full Story: Space (5/13) 
South Korean moon probe snaps pic of fellow lunar orbiter
(NASA/KARI/Arizona State University)
NASA's ShadowCam imager on the Danuri spacecraft captured a view of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Full Story: Space (5/14) 
Space quiz! 85% of meteorites found on Earth belong to what class of space rocks?
Learn the answer here!
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Space Deal of the Day
Best telescopes for beginners 2023
(Future)
The best telescopes for beginners on the market for budding astronomers and astrophotographers bring the cosmos closer than ever before.
Full Story: Space (4/22) 
Spaceflight
What Skylab means to an astronaut on a space station
(NASA/montage by collectSPACE.com)
At eight years old, NASA astronaut Steve Bowen's experience watching the United States' first space station cross the night sky fueled his interest in spaceflight.
Full Story: Space (5/14) 
SpaceX launches 56 new Starlink satellites, lands rocket
(SpaceX)
SpaceX launched new batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit early Sunday morning (May 14) and landed a rocket at sea in the company's latest successful mission.
Full Story: Space (5/13) 
Science & Astronomy
Photos capture mega solar storm during solar eclipse
(Petr Horálek, Josef Kujal, Milan Hlaváč)
A stunning composite image of the sun during a recent 'hybrid eclipse' in Australia is further proof that solar activity is ramping up.
Full Story: Space (5/15) 
Saturn is 'moon king' again with 62 newfound satellites
(NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, and J. DePasquale (STScI))
Sorry, Jupiter.
Full Story: Space (5/12) 
Technology
ChatGPT on Mars: How AI can help study the Red Planet
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
It isn't difficult to imagine a robot wheeling and dealing on the surface of Mars, factory-wired with ChatGPT or a similar artificial intelligence language model.
Full Story: Space (5/14) 
Entertainment
Carl Sagan film 'Voyagers' casts Andrew Garfield
(Getty Images)
Andrew Garfield is signed on to play the legendary astronomer/astrophysicist Carl Sagan.
Full Story: Space (5/13) 
Star Wars
The Mandalorian has forgotten what made us fall in love
(Disney+)
The captivating story of Din Djarin and Baby Yoda is in danger of becoming a footnote in the wider Star Wars universe.
Full Story: Space (5/12) 
 
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