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Astrophysics

JAXA's XRISM mission was successfully launched at 23:42 UT 06 September.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released its latest deep field image, featuring never-before-seen details in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744). More...

Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a joint NASA/ASI mission, has uncovered important new information regarding blazars, supermassive black holes feeding off of surrounding material. More...

Heliophysics

The Parker Solar Probe made its 15th perihelion pass of the Sun, at a distance of 0.06 AU, on 17 March 2023.

ESA's Solar Orbiter reached its 6th perihelion, at 0.29 AU, on 10 April 2023.

The ASO-S mission to study solar flares and CMEs launched on 08 October 2022.

Lunar and Planetary Science

The Chinese Queqiao 2 lunar communications relay satellite may be launching as early as the evening of March 19. The satellite and Long March 8 booster have been transferred to the launch pad at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.

The discovery of three new moons in the outer solar system has been announced. One is orbiting Uranus, and two are around Neptune, bringing the total to 28 and 16, respectively.

The Odysseus lander touched down at Malapert A crater near the lunar south pole on February 22. The spacecraft fell over after landing and is tilted at approximately 30 degrees to the horizontal, but was operational. It has been spotted in an LRO Camera Image at about 80.13 S, 1.44 E inside a small crater.

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible along a narrow path in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, and a partial eclipse will be visible throughout the three countries. For more information on the location and timing of the eclipse, and how to view it safely, see the NASA eclipse page.

 
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