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Thursday, October 29

LLNL gamma-ray spectrometer is headed to Martian moon on JAXA’s MMX Project
LLNL — 3:58 am ET (0758 GMT)

NASA’s Lucy Mission To Jupiter On Track For Asteroid Encounters
Aviation Week — 3:52 am ET (0752 GMT)

Comets didn’t seed life on Earth after all, new study suggests
Cambridge Univ. — 3:46 am ET (0746 GMT)

Comets probably didn’t deliver life’s building blocks to Earth
Science News — 3:44 am ET (0744 GMT)

Astronomers found a mysterious object beyond Neptune, and it could be a new dwarf planet
SPACE.com — 3:34 am ET (0734 GMT)

Rubin Observatory Detects Record-Breaking Asteroids
Sky & Telescope — 3:31 am ET (0731 GMT)

NASA rover detects ultrafine dust particles on Mars
Reuters — 3:29 am ET (0729 GMT)

Possible new dwarf planet identified orbiting beyond Pluto
Reuters — 3:29 am ET (0729 GMT)

There may be a new dwarf planet just beyond Pluto
New Scientist — 3:26 am ET (0726 GMT)

NASA’s Lucy Reaches Trojan Asteroid Region 5 Years After Launch
NASA — 3:25 am ET (0725 GMT)

Wednesday, October 28

First light: Hera resolves two asteroids instead of one
ESA — 5:36 am ET (0936 GMT)

A new pal for Pluto? Rubin Observatory finds its first dwarf planet candidate
GeekWire — 5:35 am ET (0935 GMT)

Dead star and planetary bodies: astronomers spot unique disc of debris that foretells Solar System’s future
ESO — 5:33 am ET (0933 GMT)

A New Dwarf Planet (Probably) Spotted Beyond Pluto
New York Times — 5:29 am ET (0929 GMT)

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory may have just discovered our solar system’s sixth dwarf planet
Scientific American — 5:21 am ET (0921 GMT)

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5043-5049: Preparing to Drill at ‘Nazca’
NASA — 5:16 am ET (0916 GMT)

Tuesday, October 27

SwRI-led study uses Webb to compare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with icy bodies in our solar system
SwRI — 5:46 am ET (0946 GMT)

Rubin telescope should find more of Earth's mysterious 'mini-moons' — including some we can study up close
SPACE.com — 5:34 am ET (0934 GMT)

Sunshade for NASA’s NEO Surveyor Mission Ready for Its Day in Sun
NASA — 5:26 am ET (0926 GMT)

Saturday, October 24

New global database provides a fuller picture of the elements that make up plant life
Texas A&M Univ. — 8:58 pm ET (0058 GMT)

Next set of articles

NASA keeps options open for Artemis 4 landing in 2028
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:34 AM ET (1534 GMT)

Rocket Lab launches HawkEye 360 satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:31 AM ET (1531 GMT)

Space Force seeking third major launch site
Posted: Sat, Oct 24 11:17 AM ET (1517 GMT)

Thursday, October 29

Firefly’s SciTec Achieves Operational Milestone for U.S. Space Force FORGE System
Firefly Aerospace — 4:20 am ET (0820 GMT)

The US space industry will suffer for Ukraine’s Starlink outage, experts say
Defense One — 4:19 am ET (0819 GMT)

Astroscale Awarded £15 million MOD Contract as UK Government Strengthens Focus on Resilience in Space
Astroscale — 4:17 am ET (0817 GMT)

Pentagon Watchdog Declines to Probe Ukraine Intel, Starlink Cuts
Bloomberg News — 4:17 am ET (0817 GMT)

On-orbit services firm secures £15m MOD contract for new space defence programme
Insider Media — 4:15 am ET (0815 GMT)

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