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NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Departs Space Station

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, is preparing to depart the International Space Station and return to Earth. Kim, Ryzhikov, and Zubritsky will undock from the space station at 8:41 p.m. EST on Monday, Dec. 8. Live coverage begins at 4:45 p.m.

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    Black Hole Eats Star

    Astronomers have been poring over data from NASA satellites as they try to work out what was responsible for an extraordinary gamma-ray burst discovered on July 2 that continued for days.

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    This artist’s concept depicts GRB 250702B (left of center) erupting within its host galaxy. This powerful explosion, first detected on July 2, blasted out narrow jets of particles at nearly the speed of light and exhibited repeated outbursts that lasted over 7 hours. Astronomers conducting rapid follow-up observations with multiple telescopes around the world found that the burst occurred within a large, extremely dusty galaxy.

    XRISM Finds Chlorine, Potassium in Cas A

    This composite image of the Cassiopeia A (or Cas A) supernova remnant, released Jan. 8, 2024, contains X-rays from Chandra (blue), infrared data from Webb (red, green, blue), and optical data from Hubble (red and white). A study by the XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft has made the first-ever X-ray detections of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage.

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    Send Your Name Around the Moon

    Artemis II will test NASA’s deep space capabilities as humans fly on the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the first time. Join the mission by launching your name around the moon alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

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    From left, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch participate in a suited crew test on July 31 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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