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  1. Pluto flyby mission wakes up after long sleep nearly 6 billion miles from Earth

    A groundbreaking mission that explored Pluto and distant solar system objects in unprecedented detail has awakened from its…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #AppliedPhysicsLaboratory #JohnsHopkinsAppliedPhysicsLaboratory #KuiperBelt #NewHorizons #Pluto #PontusBrandt #solarsystem
    newsbeep.com/us/768209/

  2. 2026-07-17 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-10)

    URANUS
    - Distance (km): 3,004,814,750.50 km (-13,078,273.44 km)
    - Distance (AU): 20.09 (-0.09)
    - Light travel time: 2 h 47 min 2.98 s (-43.62 s)
    - Orbital speed: 6.72 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Uranus Rings in False Color
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Uranus #Space #SolarSystem

  3. 2026-07-17 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-10)

    URANUS
    - Distance (km): 3,004,814,750.50 km (-13,078,273.44 km)
    - Distance (AU): 20.09 (-0.09)
    - Light travel time: 2 h 47 min 2.98 s (-43.62 s)
    - Orbital speed: 6.72 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Uranus Rings in False Color
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Uranus #Space #SolarSystem

  4. 2026-07-17 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-10)

    URANUS
    - Distance (km): 3,004,814,750.50 km (-13,078,273.44 km)
    - Distance (AU): 20.09 (-0.09)
    - Light travel time: 2 h 47 min 2.98 s (-43.62 s)
    - Orbital speed: 6.72 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Uranus Rings in False Color
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Uranus #Space #SolarSystem

  5. 2026-07-17 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-10)

    URANUS
    - Distance (km): 3,004,814,750.50 km (-13,078,273.44 km)
    - Distance (AU): 20.09 (-0.09)
    - Light travel time: 2 h 47 min 2.98 s (-43.62 s)
    - Orbital speed: 6.72 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Uranus Rings in False Color
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Uranus #Space #SolarSystem

  6. 2026-07-17 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-10)

    URANUS
    - Distance (km): 3,004,814,750.50 km (-13,078,273.44 km)
    - Distance (AU): 20.09 (-0.09)
    - Light travel time: 2 h 47 min 2.98 s (-43.62 s)
    - Orbital speed: 6.72 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Uranus Rings in False Color
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Uranus #Space #SolarSystem

  7. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ☄️🧂 A #meteorite that crashed through a #NewJersey home in 2024 contained preserved salts and organic compounds from its parent #asteroid, evidence of ancient brines interacting with #carbon #chemistry.

    Researchers found amino acids and other #prebiotic #molecules in the rock. The findings offer new clues about how life’s building blocks may have been delivered to early #Earth.

    👉 seti.org/news/alien-world-chem

    #space #science #astrobiology #seti #nasa #aminoacids #solarsystem #earthscience #meteor

  8. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ☄️🧂 A #meteorite that crashed through a #NewJersey home in 2024 contained preserved salts and organic compounds from its parent #asteroid, evidence of ancient brines interacting with #carbon #chemistry.

    Researchers found amino acids and other #prebiotic #molecules in the rock. The findings offer new clues about how life’s building blocks may have been delivered to early #Earth.

    👉 seti.org/news/alien-world-chem

    #space #science #astrobiology #seti #nasa #aminoacids #solarsystem #earthscience #meteor

  9. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ☄️🧂 A #meteorite that crashed through a #NewJersey home in 2024 contained preserved salts and organic compounds from its parent #asteroid, evidence of ancient brines interacting with #carbon #chemistry.

    Researchers found amino acids and other #prebiotic #molecules in the rock. The findings offer new clues about how life’s building blocks may have been delivered to early #Earth.

    👉 seti.org/news/alien-world-chem

    #space #science #astrobiology #seti #nasa #aminoacids #solarsystem #earthscience #meteor

  10. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ☄️🧂 A #meteorite that crashed through a #NewJersey home in 2024 contained preserved salts and organic compounds from its parent #asteroid, evidence of ancient brines interacting with #carbon #chemistry.

    Researchers found amino acids and other #prebiotic #molecules in the rock. The findings offer new clues about how life’s building blocks may have been delivered to early #Earth.

    👉 seti.org/news/alien-world-chem

    #space #science #astrobiology #seti #nasa #aminoacids #solarsystem #earthscience #meteor

  11. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ☄️🧂 A #meteorite that crashed through a #NewJersey home in 2024 contained preserved salts and organic compounds from its parent #asteroid, evidence of ancient brines interacting with #carbon #chemistry.

    Researchers found amino acids and other #prebiotic #molecules in the rock. The findings offer new clues about how life’s building blocks may have been delivered to early #Earth.

    👉 seti.org/news/alien-world-chem

    #space #science #astrobiology #seti #nasa #aminoacids #solarsystem #earthscience #meteor

  12. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌍🔭 Researchers from the University of #Cambridge studied the four #planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single #star system to our own.

    They found the planets are rich in #magnesium and #periclase, lack atmospheres, and orbit so close to their star that they are tidally locked with one side in constant daylight.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-07-astronom

    #astronomy #exoplanets #barnardsstar #space #science #PLATO #esa #astrophysics #solarsystem

  13. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌍🔭 Researchers from the University of #Cambridge studied the four #planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single #star system to our own.

    They found the planets are rich in #magnesium and #periclase, lack atmospheres, and orbit so close to their star that they are tidally locked with one side in constant daylight.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-07-astronom

    #astronomy #exoplanets #barnardsstar #space #science #PLATO #esa #astrophysics #solarsystem

  14. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌍🔭 Researchers from the University of #Cambridge studied the four #planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single #star system to our own.

    They found the planets are rich in #magnesium and #periclase, lack atmospheres, and orbit so close to their star that they are tidally locked with one side in constant daylight.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-07-astronom

    #astronomy #exoplanets #barnardsstar #space #science #PLATO #esa #astrophysics #solarsystem

  15. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌍🔭 Researchers from the University of #Cambridge studied the four #planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single #star system to our own.

    They found the planets are rich in #magnesium and #periclase, lack atmospheres, and orbit so close to their star that they are tidally locked with one side in constant daylight.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-07-astronom

    #astronomy #exoplanets #barnardsstar #space #science #PLATO #esa #astrophysics #solarsystem

  16. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌍🔭 Researchers from the University of #Cambridge studied the four #planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single #star system to our own.

    They found the planets are rich in #magnesium and #periclase, lack atmospheres, and orbit so close to their star that they are tidally locked with one side in constant daylight.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-07-astronom

    #astronomy #exoplanets #barnardsstar #space #science #PLATO #esa #astrophysics #solarsystem

  17. 11 Years After Historic Flyby, Scientists Discover Giant Landslides on Pluto

    In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave us our first look at Pluto’s surface in spectacular detail.…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #NewHorizons #Pluto #Science #solarsystem
    newsbeep.com/us/766381/

  18. 11 Years After Historic Flyby, Scientists Discover Giant Landslides on Pluto

    In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave us our first look at Pluto’s surface in spectacular detail.…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #NewHorizons #Pluto #Science #solarsystem
    newsbeep.com/us/766381/

  19. 11 Years After Historic Flyby, Scientists Discover Giant Landslides on Pluto

    In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave us our first look at Pluto’s surface in spectacular detail.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #NewHorizons #Pluto #Science #SolarSystem
    newsbeep.com/au/803941/

  20. 11 Years After Historic Flyby, Scientists Discover Giant Landslides on Pluto

    In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave us our first look at Pluto’s surface in spectacular detail.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #NewHorizons #Pluto #Science #SolarSystem
    newsbeep.com/au/803941/

  21. 11 Years After Historic Flyby, Scientists Discover Giant Landslides on Pluto

    In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave us our first look at Pluto’s surface in spectacular detail.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #NewHorizons #Pluto #Science #solarsystem #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/694789/

  22. 2026-07-16 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-09)

    SATURN
    - Distance (km): 1,382,290,184.40 km (-17,288,466.76 km)
    - Distance (AU): 9.24 (-0.12)
    - Light travel time: 1 h 16 min 50.82 s (-57.67 s)
    - Orbital speed: 9.73 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Stately Saturn
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #Saturn #Space #SolarSystem

  23. 2026-07-16 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-09)

    SATURN
    - Distance (km): 1,382,290,184.40 km (-17,288,466.76 km)
    - Distance (AU): 9.24 (-0.12)
    - Light travel time: 1 h 16 min 50.82 s (-57.67 s)
    - Orbital speed: 9.73 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Stately Saturn
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #Saturn #Space #SolarSystem

  24. 2026-07-16 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-09)

    SATURN
    - Distance (km): 1,382,290,184.40 km (-17,288,466.76 km)
    - Distance (AU): 9.24 (-0.12)
    - Light travel time: 1 h 16 min 50.82 s (-57.67 s)
    - Orbital speed: 9.73 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Stately Saturn
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #Saturn #Space #SolarSystem

  25. 2026-07-16 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-09)

    SATURN
    - Distance (km): 1,382,290,184.40 km (-17,288,466.76 km)
    - Distance (AU): 9.24 (-0.12)
    - Light travel time: 1 h 16 min 50.82 s (-57.67 s)
    - Orbital speed: 9.73 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Stately Saturn
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #Saturn #Space #SolarSystem

  26. 2026-07-16 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-09)

    SATURN
    - Distance (km): 1,382,290,184.40 km (-17,288,466.76 km)
    - Distance (AU): 9.24 (-0.12)
    - Light travel time: 1 h 16 min 50.82 s (-57.67 s)
    - Orbital speed: 9.73 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

    Image: Stately Saturn
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #Saturn #Space #SolarSystem

  27. 2026-07-15 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-08)

    JUPITER
    - Distance (km): 939,188,964.71 km (+3,936,992.38 km)
    - Distance (AU): 6.28 (+0.03)
    - Light travel time: 52 min 12.80 s (+13.13 s)
    - Orbital speed: 12.87 km/s (-0.01 km/s)

    Image: Juno Mission to Jupiter 2010 Artist Concept
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Jupiter #Space #SolarSystem

  28. 2026-07-15 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-08)

    JUPITER
    - Distance (km): 939,188,964.71 km (+3,936,992.38 km)
    - Distance (AU): 6.28 (+0.03)
    - Light travel time: 52 min 12.80 s (+13.13 s)
    - Orbital speed: 12.87 km/s (-0.01 km/s)

    Image: Juno Mission to Jupiter 2010 Artist Concept
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Jupiter #Space #SolarSystem

  29. 2026-07-15 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-08)

    JUPITER
    - Distance (km): 939,188,964.71 km (+3,936,992.38 km)
    - Distance (AU): 6.28 (+0.03)
    - Light travel time: 52 min 12.80 s (+13.13 s)
    - Orbital speed: 12.87 km/s (-0.01 km/s)

    Image: Juno Mission to Jupiter 2010 Artist Concept
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Jupiter #Space #SolarSystem

  30. 2026-07-15 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-08)

    JUPITER
    - Distance (km): 939,188,964.71 km (+3,936,992.38 km)
    - Distance (AU): 6.28 (+0.03)
    - Light travel time: 52 min 12.80 s (+13.13 s)
    - Orbital speed: 12.87 km/s (-0.01 km/s)

    Image: Juno Mission to Jupiter 2010 Artist Concept
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Jupiter #Space #SolarSystem

  31. 2026-07-15 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-08)

    JUPITER
    - Distance (km): 939,188,964.71 km (+3,936,992.38 km)
    - Distance (AU): 6.28 (+0.03)
    - Light travel time: 52 min 12.80 s (+13.13 s)
    - Orbital speed: 12.87 km/s (-0.01 km/s)

    Image: Juno Mission to Jupiter 2010 Artist Concept
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #Jupiter #Space #SolarSystem