<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/outer-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Astronomers</a> have sighted a supermassive black hole traveling through space that appears to have been ejected from its host galaxy.
Researchers observing the dwarf galaxy designated RCP 28, roughly 7.5 billion light years away from our solar system, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.04888" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noticed</a> an aberrant streak of light via the Hubble telescope. The “streak” appears to be a collection of stars being dragged out of their home galaxy by the immense gravitational force of a black hole.
The “runaway” black hole is the first of its kind to be observed, and appears to have been ejected from its original galaxy.
&#8220;We found a thin line in a Hubble image that is pointing to the center of a galaxy,” Professor Pieter van Dokkum of Yale University, the lead author of the study, <a href="https://www.livescience.com/runaway-black-hole-the-size-of-20-million-suns-found-speeding-through-space-with-a-trail-of-newborn-stars-behind-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “From a detailed analysis of the feature, we inferred that we are seeing a very massive black hole that was ejected from the galaxy, leaving a trail of gas and newly formed stars in its wake.&#8221;
The “stellar tail” in its wake is 200,000 light-years long, twice the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy.
The black hole in question is believed to be 20 million times more massive than the Sun, and it is traveling away from RCP 28 at a rate of 3.5 million miles per hour, roughly 4,500 times the speed of sound.
Black holes are celestial bodies where matter has been condensed and concentrated to such an extent that even light cannot escape its gravitational pull — as such, black holes are almost impossible to observe directly, and are usually spotted via their effects on nearby stars and nebulae (clouds of interstellar gas).
Black holes form during the collapse of exceptionally large stars. During the process of a large supernova, the gravitational force at the core of the star becomes so intense that it <a href="https://news.uchicago.edu/explainer/black-holes-explained" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overpowers the other fundamental forces</a> (the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, electromagnetism), allowing incredible amounts of matter to be compressed into an exceptionally small space: physicists estimate that a black hole with the mass of our sun would measure only <a href="https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/black_holes2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">6km in diameter</a> (for comparison, the Sun measures ~1,400,000 km in diameter, making the blackhole 343 quadrillion times as dense).
Physicists <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/how-did-supermassive-black-holes-grow-so-fast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">don’t understand</a> exactly how supermassive black holes (which range from hundreds of thousands to billions of times more massive than the Sun) formed, but they are believed to play a crucial role in galaxy formation as virtually every observed galaxy has one at its core, which their various stellar systems orbit. It&#8217;s unclear how such a massive object could be dislodged from its position in the galactic core.
&#8220;The most likely scenario that explains everything we&#8217;ve seen is a slingshot, caused by a three-body interaction,&#8221; van Dokkum <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/runaway-black-hole-the-size-of-20-million-suns-found-speeding-through-space-with-a-trail-of-newborn-stars-behind-it/ar-AA17LPzM?cvid=76fdd1e8129e41f3b64eb016c04c4340&amp;ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;When three similar-mass bodies gravitationally interact, the interaction does not lead to a stable configuration but usually to the formation of a binary and the ejection of the third body. &#8230; Ejected supermassive black holes had been predicted for 50 years but none have been unambiguously seen. Most theorists think that there should be many out there.&#8221;

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Scientists Discover Unprecedented ‘Runaway’ Black Hole

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A new map of the structure of the universe that over 150 researchers worked on reveals that the existing standard model of the universe may not be as well-supported as previously imagined.
The current Standard Model of Cosmology (SMC) states that the “Big Bang” that created the universe used pure energy and left the universe with roughly 5% ordinary matter, 27% dark matter, and 68% dark energy. But the new map indicates that six times as much dark matter exists in the universe compared to visible matter, and that the matter is not as “clumpy” as hitherto suspected.
“It seems like there are slightly less fluctuations in the current universe than we would predict, assuming our standard cosmological model anchored to the early universe,” astronomer Eric Baxter from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy <a href="https://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=12399">stated</a>. “The high precision and robustness to sources of bias of the new results present a particularly compelling case that we may be starting to uncover holes in our standard cosmological model.”
The SMC argues that gravitational interactions among ordinary matter, dark matter, and dark energy are described by the General Theory of Relativity and that the universe is homogeneous and isotropic on cosmic scales, as Professor Brian Albert Robson of the Australian National University <a href="https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/66783">points out</a>.
“Unfortunately, both the SMPP (Standard Model of Particle Physics) and the GTR are considered to be incomplete in the sense that they do not provide any understanding of several empirical observations,” Robson notes, adding that the SMPP “does not provide any understanding of the existence of three families or generations of leptons and quarks, the mass hierarchy of these elementary particles, the nature of gravity, the nature of dark matter” while the GTR “does not provide any understanding of the Big Bang cosmology, inflation, the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe, the nature of dark energy.”
The research team utilized the Dark Energy Survey (DES) as well as the South Pole Telescope (SPT). The SPT has more range than the DES; it maps the radiation left over from the Big Bang, called Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).
“It functions like a cross-check, so it becomes a much more robust measurement than if you just used one or the other,” Chihway Chang, an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago who collaborated with Baxter, asserted.
“Determining whether hints of problems in the standard cosmological model are real or just chance fluctuations will require more data,” The University of Hawaii noted.

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Walter Cunningham, the last surviving member of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/apollo-11-what-we-saw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apollo</a> 7 mission and a Korean War veteran, has died in a Houston hospital at 90. 
According to a family spokesman, Jeff Carr, Cunningham <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/apollo-7-astronaut-walter-cunningham-dead-at-90/2023/01/03/2bc1e9e8-8bb1-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html">died</a> “from complications of a fall, after a full and complete life.” 
“We would like to express our immense pride in the life that he lived, and our deep gratitude for the man that he was – a patriot, an explorer, pilot, astronaut, husband, brother, and father. The world has lost another true hero, and we will miss him dearly,” Cunningham’s family <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/apollo-astronaut-walter-cunningham-dies-at-90" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. 
Cunningham, born on March 16, 1932, in Creston, Iowa, enlisted in the Navy in 1951, where he served on active duty with the Marines. In Korea, he completed 54-night missions as a fighter pilot. 
Following his military service, Cunningham worked for the Rand Corporation, where he researched Earth’s magnetosphere and worked on classified defense studies. 
In 1963, he joined <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nasa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NASA</a>’s third astronaut class and would eventually end up assigned to the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo7.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apollo 7</a> mission, the first manned Apollo mission. The mission <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/science/space/walter-cunningham-dead.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came on</a> the heels of a tragic January 1967 accident at Cape Kennedy, Florida, that killed three astronauts, and is seen as a crucial precursor to the moon landing. 
Apollo 7 launched from Florida in October 1968 with astronauts Cunningham, Wally Schirra, and Donn Eisele on board. During the 11-day mission, they would complete 163 orbits around the Earth, eight technical tests, simulations for docking and rendezvous maneuvers, and broadcast live on television back to Earth. On the return, they landed in the ocean, about 325 miles south of Bermuda.
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“We carried the nation’s hope with us,” Cunningham wrote in his 1977 memoir. “Twenty-one months before, a fire on the very pad from which we launched had killed three of our teammates. One more setback now, and the prospects of landing a man on the moon before 1970 would be gone forever.”
Throughout his life, Cunningham flew 40 different aircraft, accumulating 4,500 hours of flight time.  
“Walt Cunningham was a fighter pilot, physicist, and an entrepreneur – but, above all, he was an explorer. On Apollo 7, the first launch of a crewed Apollo mission, Walt and his crewmates made history, paving the way for the Artemis Generation we see today,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. 
After his work with NASA, Cunningham finished a doctorate in physics without a thesis from Harvard Graduate School of Business. He would go on to become involved in real estate and business while maintaining an interest in science and space exploration. 
In his later years of life, he became known for his views on global warming, as he argued that humans had little impact on the environment. “After years of looking, I have not found one piece of empirical evidence that man-made CO2 has a significant impact on global climate,” he <a href="https://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/Climate-change-alarmists-ignore-scientific-methods-1710002.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a 2012 Houston Chronicle op-ed. 
Cunningham is a member of numerous hall-of-fame organizations, including the Astronaut Hall of Fame and the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame. He was also given the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and NASA Distinguished Service Medal.

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SpaceX launched 54 Starlink satellites into orbit early Wednesday in a record 60th launch for 2022.
The Falcon 9 rocket carried the upgraded Gen2 versions of the satellites during a 4:34 a.m. Eastern Time launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
&#8220;Under our new license, we are now able to deploy satellites to new orbits that will add even more capacity to the network,&#8221; Jesse Anderson, SpaceX production and engineering manager, <a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-5-1-group-launch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during the live stream of the launch. &#8220;Ultimately, this enables us to add more customers and provide faster service, particularly in areas that are currently oversubscribed.&#8221;
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Watch Falcon 9 launch 54 Starlink satellites to orbit → <a href="https://t.co/wGq3KkoDyY">https://t.co/wGq3KkoDyY</a> <a href="https://t.co/sHdWRcsqZV">https://t.co/sHdWRcsqZV</a>
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Falcon 9’s first stage rocket successfully landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The mission was the 60th of 2022, a new record for SpaceX. The company notes 197 total <a href="https://www.spacex.com/launches/">launches</a>.
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The mission marked the eleventh launch and landing for this Falcon 9 first-stage booster, which previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, and now six Starlink missions, <a href="https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl5-1-pl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the mission description.
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The launch marked the first of Starlink’s upgraded network, called the Gen2. The new devices can now deploy satellites to new orbits that will add even more capacity to the Starlink network.
&#8220;Ultimately, this enables us to add more customers and provide faster service – particularly in areas that are currently over-subscribed,&#8221; the description noted.
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Falcon 9 launches 54 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit; completes SpaceX’s 60th mission of 2022! <a href="https://t.co/MIstToPIyL">pic.twitter.com/MIstToPIyL</a>
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On December 1, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) <a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-fcc-approval-7500-starlink-satellites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> SpaceX to deploy up to 7,500 Gen2 satellites. SpaceX has also applied to eventually add a total of almost 30,000 satellites into orbit.
Starlink seeks to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband internet in remote and rural locations worldwide. The company made global headlines earlier this year when Musk provided Starlink services to Ukraine after it was invaded by Russia in February. The assistance has offered critical communications help to Ukrainians following attacks on the nation&#8217;s power grid.
Starlink also provided internet satellite kits in Florida following Hurricane Ian.
&#8220;They&#8217;ve donated the cost associated with all of the coverage, so we want to thank SpaceX and thank Elon Musk for that. A large device, you can put it different areas in the community that are having problems and they can get a 13-mile radius and they can support over 1,000 users at a given time,&#8221; Gov. DeSantis (R-FL) <a href="https://www.wptv.com/weather/hurricane/gov-ron-desantis-hurricane-ian-update-10-1-22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in October.
In addition to Starlink launches, SpaceX has been involved in a variety of other international projects, including the launch of Japan’s first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spacex-prepares-to-launch-first-private-japanese-mission-to-moon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">privately-led mission</a> to the moon.
The ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 launched earlier this month from Florida. The Mission 1 lander is making its four-month journey ahead of Japan’s first unmanned lunar landing. Only the U.S., the former Soviet Union, and China have successfully conducted a soft landing on the moon’s surface.
The mission is expected to land on the moon’s surface near the end of April 2023.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nasa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NASA&#8217;s</a> InSight lander shared one final selfie posted on Monday before losing power, likely ending its mission that started in 2018.
The most recent image may be InSight&#8217;s last, which comes shortly after recording the most powerful quake recorded on the red planet.
&#8220;My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don’t worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene,&#8221; NASA&#8217;s InSight account tweeted. &#8220;If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I’ll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me.&#8221;
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My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don’t worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene. If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will – but I’ll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me. <a href="https://t.co/wkYKww15kQ">pic.twitter.com/wkYKww15kQ</a>
&mdash; NASA InSight (@NASAInSight) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1604955574659035136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In an <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/insight/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">update</a> from NASA on Monday, the Mars InSight blog revealed that the lander&#8217;s communications were no longer responding.
&#8220;The lander’s power has been declining for months, as expected, and it’s assumed InSight may have reached its end of operations. It’s unknown what prompted the change in its energy; the last time the mission contacted the spacecraft was on Dec. 15, 2022,&#8221; the update read. &#8220;The mission will continue to try and contact InSight.&#8221;
NASA previously reported on December 12 that InSight&#8217;s power had declined to &#8220;an average of ~285 watt-hours of energy per Martian day&#8221; as the mission headed toward an end.
In a post on November 23, the NASA InSight Twitter account first noted that its end could be near.
&#8220;Time may be short for me, but I’ll keep sending back science for as long as I can,&#8221; its account tweeted.
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Time may be short for me, but I’ll keep sending back science for as long as I can. Meanwhile, I’m not the only bot on Mars. Keep exploring the Red Planet by following the adventures of: <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASAPersevere</a><a href="https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarsCuriosity</a><a href="https://twitter.com/NASAMars?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASAMars</a>
And learn about the next team of explorers: <a href="https://t.co/bVnYofejlE">pic.twitter.com/bVnYofejlE</a>
&mdash; NASA InSight (@NASAInSight) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1595463281954594818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In May, the lander detected the largest quake ever recorded on Mars. The 4.7 magnitude quake included reverberations that lasted over an hour. The previous top quake recorded on the red planet was 4.2 magnitude.
“This was definitely the biggest Marsquake that we have seen,” <a href="https://scitechdaily.com/massive-marsquake-five-times-larger-than-previous-record-holder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Taichi Kawamura, lead author and planetary scientist at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris, France. Kawamura co-authored the <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL101243" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scientific paper</a> regarding quakes on Mars with seismologist John Clinton at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich.
“The energy released by this single marsquake is equivalent to the cumulative energy from all other Marsquakes we’ve seen so far, and although the event was over 2000 kilometers (1200 miles) distant, the waves recorded at InSight were so large they almost saturated our seismometer,” Clinton said in the research.
“For the first time we were able to identify surface waves, moving along the crust and upper mantle, that have traveled around the planet multiple times,” he added.
InSight was the first spacecraft to document a marsquake. It detected more than 1,300 marsquakes with its built-in seismometer, including several caused by meteoroid strikes, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-insight-lander-falls-silent-mars-final-selfie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> CBS News.
In addition to InSight, NASA has the <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Perseverance Mars Rover</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Curiosity Rover</a> at work on the red planet.
The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/researchers-release-first-ever-audio-of-martian-dust-devil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the Perseverance rover recently recorded the audio of the first Martian dust devils, which traveled directly above the rover and sprayed the device with dust. The rover happened to have its microphone turned on when the dust phenomenon passed above it.

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A shock wave hit Earth’s magnetic field on Sunday night, cracking the magnetosphere, which protects the planet from radiation.
Earth’s magnetic field, also called the geomagnetic field, extends from the interior of the earth thousands of miles into space. Electric currents, resulting from convection currents stimulated by molten iron and nickel in Earth’s outer core, create the magnetic field. The magnetism from the magnetic field can affect global communication and weather patterns.
&#8220;The shock wave may have been a CME emitted last week by sunspot AR3165 during its hyperactive flurry of solar flares,” SpaceWeather.com <a href="https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&amp;day=19&amp;month=12&amp;year=2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
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CME WATCH &#8211; 2022.12.19: A series of spectacular CMEs off the west limb. The question is though are any of them well placed to send a geomagnetic storm towards Earth? WE&#39;ll have to wait for the heliospheric models to see the probability forecast. <a href="https://t.co/40D2DdGJ17">pic.twitter.com/40D2DdGJ17</a>
&mdash; Keith Strong (@drkstrong) <a href="https://twitter.com/drkstrong/status/1605031442026795009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The shock waves are often associated with solar storms. According to Live Science, the largest solar storm <a href="https://www.livescience.com/shock-wave-opens-crack-in-magnetosphere" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recorded</a> occurred in 1859. The storm, called the Carrington Event, is believed to have released energy equivalent to 10 billion 1-megaton atomic bombs, wrecking telegraph systems around the world.
M-class solar flares hit the Earth last week. Solar flares move at the speed of light, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11555663/Mysterious-shock-wave-CRACKS-Earths-magnetosphere.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hitting Earth</a> within eight minutes after shooting out from the sun. X-class flares are the most powerful while M-class flares are the next most powerful.
The sun is currently heading into the most active phase of the 11-year solar cycle with the peak predicted to occur in 2025. After the solar flares last week, solar physicist Keith Strong warned, “THREE MORE M FLARES: An M6, M3 and M2 all from AR3165.That makes 8 M flares so far today. They seem to be getting bigger, is an X flare in the offing? Stay tuned.”
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THREE MORE M FLARES: An M6, M3 and M2 all from AR3165. That makes 8 M flares so far today. They seem to be getting bigger, is an X flare in the offing? Stay tuned. <a href="https://t.co/pjpbRhfTYo">pic.twitter.com/pjpbRhfTYo</a>
&mdash; Keith Strong (@drkstrong) <a href="https://twitter.com/drkstrong/status/1603079795721768960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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To visualize Earth’s magnetic field, one could imagine a bar magnet within the planet aligned with the axis of the Earth. Magnetic poles are located where the magnetic lines of attraction enter Earth. The magnetic north pole is located on Ellesmere Island in Northern Canada.
A planet can generate its magnetic field if it rotates fast enough, possesses a fluid medium that can conduct electricity, and has a core with an energy source that creates convection currents, National Geographic <a href="https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/core" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/spacex">SpaceX</a> Falcon 9 rocket conducted its record-setting 15th mission on Saturday, further extending the company&#8217;s record for reusable rocket missions.
The launch of Falcon 9 included 54 Starlink internet satellites that lifted off from NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday afternoon.
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Liftoff! <a href="https://t.co/nOImtbIbpr">pic.twitter.com/nOImtbIbpr</a>
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The rocket&#8217;s booster returned to Earth about nine minutes after liftoff, landing aboard a SpaceX droneship off the coast of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean.
&#8220;Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, completing the 15th launch and landing of this booster!&#8221; SpaceX tweeted.
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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, completing the 15th launch and landing of this booster! <a href="https://t.co/0AXCXTSPRb">pic.twitter.com/0AXCXTSPRb</a>
&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1604231025311129600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Over four dozen Starlink satellites were released into orbit about 15 minutes after launch. SpaceX leader Elon Musk stated that the successful mission marked three perfect orbital launches in 36 hours.
Starlink has more than 3,500 satellites in orbit to date, with plans to add up to 30,000 total. The launch was also part of a busy period that experienced three SpaceX launches in less than three days.
&#8220;Congrats to SpaceX Team on 3 perfect orbital launches within 36 hours!!!&#8221; Musk tweeted.
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Congrats to SpaceX Team on 3 perfect orbital launches within 36 hours!!!
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604234568814546945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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On Friday, Falcon 9 launched NASA&#8217;s SWOT water-watching satellite from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission to low-Earth orbit is &#8220;an internationally developed mission to conduct the first global survey of Earth’s surface water,&#8221; <a href="https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=SWOT-pl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the mission description from SpaceX.
&#8220;It aims to provide a new understanding of the ocean’s role in climate change and improve the data humanity relies upon for fresh water management,&#8221; it added.
The SWOT satellite will undergo calibration and testing with plans to start collecting data in about six months in its mission to measure the world&#8217;s bodies of water.
“Warming seas, extreme weather, more severe wildfires – these are only some of the consequences humanity is facing due to climate change,” <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-launches-international-mission-to-survey-earth-s-water" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “The climate crisis requires an all-hands-on-deck approach, and SWOT is the realization of a long-standing international partnership that will ultimately better equip communities so that they can face these challenges.”
A Friday mission from Cape Canaveral also sent two European telecom satellites into orbit.
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The continued efforts by Starlink seek to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband internet in remote and rural locations worldwide. The company made global headlines earlier this year when Musk provided Starlink services to Ukraine after the nation was invaded by Russia.
Two days after the Kremlin&#8217;s invasion began, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Mykhailo Fedorov called on SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to provide Starlink internet service to Ukraine.
“@elonmusk, while you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand,” Fedorov tweeted.
Hours later, Musk personally responded to the request.
“Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route,” Musk wrote.
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Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.
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As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-russia-missile-strikes-hit-key-ukrainian-television-tower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, Musk also made Starlink services available in Iran after protests led to its government blocking the internet in September.

SpaceX Launches Record-Setting Mission, Sends 54 Starlink Satellites Into Orbit

A U.S. Space Force unit has been launched in South Korea as the nation seeks to increase its ability to monitor threats from North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and others in the region.
The activation of the unit at Osan Air Base near Seoul follows a number of missile launch tests by North Korea which could be capable of striking the U.S. and its allies.
“Today marks the next milestone in strengthening our ironclad commitment to the U.S.-Korean alliance,” Lt. Col. Joshua McCullion, commander of the new unit, said in a <a href="https://www.usfk.mil/Media/Press-Products/Press-Releases/Article/3245492/space-force-activates-component-field-command-for-us-forces-korea/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “Our U.S. and Republic of Korea alliance was forged more than 70 years ago, as we stood shoulder-to-shoulder in war. With the world around us evolving, so, too, must we.”
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Our presence around the globe continues to grow! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PartnersinSpace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PartnersinSpace</a> <a href="https://t.co/Xgt690fANE">https://t.co/Xgt690fANE</a>
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Gen. Paul LaCamera, the U.S. Forces Korea commander, presided over the ceremony to inaugurate the new operation.
“The activation here today of U.S. Space Forces Korea, a subcomponent of U.S. Space Forces INDOPACOM, enhances our ability to defend the homelands and ensures peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia,&#8221; LaCamera said.
The Space Force mission will focus on missile warning operations, according to the unit&#8217;s description, which provides &#8220;in-theater near-real-time detection&#8221; and will warn of ballistic missile launches.
“Just 48 miles north of us exists an existential threat; a threat that we must be prepared to deter, defend against, and – if required – defeat,” McCullion said.
The announcement of a stronger U.S. presence in South Korea comes just weeks after the U.S. and South Korea fired several missiles in October following North Korea’s firing of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-and-south-korea-use-militaries-to-respond-to-north-korea-firing-missile-over-japan-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ballistic missile</a> over Japan.
The Japanese government broadcast a warning after the missile launch. The missile eventually flew beyond Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean. It marked the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nkorea-fires-missile-towards-east-skorea-military-2022-10-03/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fifth</a> missile launch in the 10-day period and was the 23rd launch since the start of the year.
In addition to ongoing threats from North Korea, the new U.S. Space Force unit will be located closer to China. The communist nation recently revealed its latest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/milley-confirms-china-indeed-fired-hypersonic-missiles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hypersonic weapon</a> technology.
The new unit also positions the U.S. closer to Russia, whose anti-satellite technology could pose a threat to American military technologies. As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/space-is-a-warfighting-domain-u-s-space-force-activates-new-unit-within-branch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, Russia has jammed GPS signals throughout its conflict with Ukraine, targeting the U.S. military&#8217;s Navstar system of satellites.
In November 2021, the U.S. also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-rips-russia-for-missile-test-that-forced-space-station-astronauts-to-scramble-for-shelter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> Russia for conducting an anti-satellite missile test, which sent debris flying and prompted astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to take refuge in their spacecraft.
“Russia has demonstrated a deliberate disregard for the security, safety, stability, and long-term sustainability of the space domain for all nations,” U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, said in a <a href="https://www.spacecom.mil/Newsroom/News/Article-Display/Article/2842957/russian-direct-ascent-anti-satellite-missile-test-creates-significant-long-last/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CRussia%20has%20demonstrated%20a%20deliberate,Dickinson%2C%20U.S.%20Space%20Command%20commander." target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol <a href="https://www.stripes.com/branches/space_force/2022-12-14/space-force-command-south-korea-8415014.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> during a speech last month that he would “expand space security cooperation” with other countries, including the U.S. The nation continues to move forward with other plans for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spacex-prepares-to-launch-first-private-japanese-mission-to-moon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">space exploration</a> as well, including a robotic moon landing in 2032 and an unmanned mission to Mars in 2045.
The Space Force was authorized in 2019 by then-President Donald Trump, creating the first new military service since the Army Air Corps officially became the U.S. Air Force in 1947.
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Central Command set up space units last month in Hawaii and Florida, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-forces-launch-space-unit-south-korea-amid-norths-growing-threats-2022-12-14/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Reuters.

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NASA&#8217;s Orion capsule has successfully landed in a splashdown off the Mexican island of Guadalupe after nearly 26 days of travel to the Moon and back.
The voyage was part of Artemis I, a series of missions developing human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
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Splashdown! 🪂💦<a href="https://twitter.com/NASA_Orion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASA_Orion</a> has returned, concluding the nearly 26-day <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Artemis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Artemis</a> I mission that took Orion from <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASAKennedy</a>&#39;s Launch Pad 39B to a record-breaking 268,563 miles from Earth, into lunar orbit then landing safely in the Pacific Ocean.
Congrats, Orion! Go Artemis! <a href="https://t.co/b4gY3pgwyl">pic.twitter.com/b4gY3pgwyl</a>
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The Orion spacecraft separated from its service module at 11:00 a.m. CT in preparation for return to the Earth. The service module burned up in the atmosphere upon re-entry, while Orion descended over the Pacific Ocean in a parachute-guided splashdown.
&#8220;Parachute deployment begins at an altitude of about five miles with three small parachutes pulling the forward bay covers away,&#8221; NASA explained in a <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/12/11/artemis-i-flight-day-26-orion-crew-module-separation-from-service-module-complete/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. &#8220;Once the forward bay cover separates, two drogue parachutes will slow and stabilize the crew module for main parachute deployment. At an altitude of 9,500 feet and a spacecraft speed of 130 mph, three pilot parachutes will lift and deploy the main parachutes to slow Orion to a landing speed that ensures astronaut safety for crewed missions.&#8221;
After landing in the ocean, the module was expected to undergo testing and be transported to the U.S. Naval Base San Diego for inspection. A post-mission news conference is scheduled for later on Sunday.
On December 5, Orion completed its final moon fly-by before beginning its return to Earth. Before the final passing of the lunar surface, Orion traveled around the Moon on a trip longer than any spacecraft designed to carry humans has flown. The full trip surpassed more than 1.3 million miles.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-nasa-moon-rocket-lifts-off-50-years-after-last-apollo-mission" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, NASA’s Orion spacecraft headed toward the Moon in the first lunar rocket launch since the last Apollo mission 50 years ago.
The Artemis I mission launched the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, in an uncrewed flight at 1:47 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 16, from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
“What an incredible sight to see NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft launch together for the first time. This uncrewed flight test will push Orion to the limits in the rigors of deep space, helping us prepare for human exploration on the Moon and, ultimately, Mars,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/liftoff-nasa-s-artemis-i-mega-rocket-launches-orion-to-moon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> following the successful liftoff.
The Artemis project has been in preparation for more than a decade as NASA seeks to return humans to the Moon.
Artemis II, scheduled for 2024, is the next step in NASA&#8217;s plan to send humans in a spaceflight around the Moon in 2024. Artemis III, slated for 2025, is expected to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon&#8217;s surface.
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SpaceX is preparing to launch Japan&#8217;s first privately-led mission to the moon.
The ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 is set to blast off on Sunday at 2:38 a.m. ET from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the same day that NASA&#8217;s Orion capsule is expected to return from its Artemis 1 moon mission.
The Falcon 9 used in the launch is the world&#8217;s first orbital-class reusable rocket. It generates more than 1.7 million pounds of thrust at sea level. Sunday&#8217;s planned launch would be the fourth flight for the powerful rocket.
Following liftoff, the Mission 1 lander will make its four-month journey ahead of Japan&#8217;s first unmanned lunar landing. Only the U.S., the former Soviet Union, and China have successfully conducted a soft landing on the moon&#8217;s surface.
The mission is expected to land on the moon&#8217;s surface near the end of April 2023.
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The Japanese space company ispace, established in 2010, seeks to &#8220;lay the groundwork for unleashing the moon&#8217;s potential and transforming it into a robust and vibrant economic system,&#8221; according to its founder.
“We look forward to contributing to NASA’s Artemis program as a commercial lunar transportation service and pioneering the development of future industries and connecting the Earth to the Moon and beyond,” <a href="https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=3939" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of ispace.
The United Arab Emirates will also be part of the mission. The moon rover aboard the lander is a 22-pound robot named Rashid, the Middle East&#8217;s first such rover to reach the moon.
A new mission control located at the <a href="https://www.mbrsc.ae/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre</a> in Dubai will monitor the Rashid rover during its operations on the lunar surface. Rashid is expected to investigate an unexplored moon region for about two weeks while gathering data on soil, dust, and electrically charged particles, including taking thousands of images.
The Rashid Space Centre&#8217;s objective is to become the first Arab nation to reach another planet, setting its sights on a manned Mars landing by 2117. <a href="https://www.emiratesmarsmission.ae/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hope probe</a> reached the martian surface in 2021, making UAE the first Middle Eastern nation to do so.
The Falcon 9 will also transport a tiny NASA cubesat called Lunar Flashlight. The device will hunt for icy water inside craters near the moon&#8217;s south pole.
&#8220;We are bringing a literal flashlight to the moon — shining lasers into these dark craters to look for definitive signs of water ice covering the upper layer of lunar regolith,&#8221; Barbara Cohen, Lunar Flashlight principal investigator at NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said in a <a class="hawk-link-parsed" href="https://phys.org/news/2022-11-nasa-lunar-flashlight-smallsat-readies.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-url="https://phys.org/news/2022-11-nasa-lunar-flashlight-smallsat-readies.html" data-component-tracked="1">statement</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m excited to see our mission contribute to our scientific understanding of where water ice is on the moon and how it got to be there,&#8221; Cohen added.
The SpaceX launch was initially scheduled for November 30. The mission has experienced multiple setbacks related to updates to Falcon 9.
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After further inspections of the launch vehicle and data review, we&#39;re standing down from tomorrow&#39;s launch of <a href="https://twitter.com/ispace_inc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ispace_inc</a>&#39;s HAKUTO-R Mission 1; a new target launch date will be shared once confirmed
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The live stream of the launch will be available at <a href="https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=ispace-m1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpaceX.com</a>, with coverage starting 15 minutes before liftoff.
Monday, December 12 at 2:31 a.m. ET is the scheduled backup date in the case of a delay.
The launch is not the only moon mission in recent months. NASA&#8217;s Artemis 1 mission conducted a near-moon operation to test ahead of its next planned human landing on the lunar surface scheduled for 2024 or 2025.
Several additional countries have announced new or expanded plans for major space projects. Last month, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol <a href="https://spacenews.com/134853-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that his government would establish a space agency similar to NASA by the end of the year. Plans include a robotic moon landing in 2032 and on Mars in 2045.
Three Chinese astronauts <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/12/04/1140637573/china-astronauts-tiangong-space-station" target="_blank" rel="noopener">returned</a> to Earth on Sunday after six months aboard China&#8217;s new Tiangong station. The nation began work on its own space station after being excluded from the International Space Station over concerns about connections between China&#8217;s space agency and the People&#8217;s Liberation Army.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-launches-first-of-two-remaining-modules-needed-to-complete-permanent-orbiting-space-station" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, another long-term goal of the Tiangong Space Station is to serve as the refueling station for an upcoming Hubble-like telescope that China hopes to launch in 2024. China plans to put its first astronauts on the moon and send a Mars sample return rover to the red planet by 2030.
India&#8217;s space agency also has a program in development to launch a space station into orbit by 2030. It will be designed to hold a small crew for up to 20 days at a time and be entirely led by Indian astronauts, <a href="https://thediplomat.com/2022/11/could-the-quad-help-with-indias-space-station-dreams/#:~:text=Kailasavadivoo%20Sivan%2C%20then%20the%20chairman,station%20would%20be%20fully%20indigenous." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Diplomat.
The <a href="https://www.esa.int/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Space Agency</a> includes 22 member nations and has often partnered with many of NASA&#8217;s missions in recent years, including its Artemis program.

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SpaceX Prepares To Launch First Private Japanese Mission To Moon

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NASA&#8217;s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon in the first lunar rocket launch since the last Apollo mission 50 years ago.
The Artemis I mission launched the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, in an uncrewed flight at 1:47 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
“What an incredible sight to see NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft launch together for the first time. This uncrewed flight test will push Orion to the limits in the rigors of deep space, helping us prepare for human exploration on the Moon and, ultimately, Mars,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/liftoff-nasa-s-artemis-i-mega-rocket-launches-orion-to-moon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> following the successful liftoff.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Artemis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Artemis</a> I, you are going to the Moon! 
At 1:47 am EST the <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA_SLS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASA_SLS</a> rocket and <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA_Orion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASA_Orion</a> spacecraft launched from Florida to make its 280,000-mile journey to the Moon. Still to come we have coverage of major milestones, an inside look of Mission Control, and more. <a href="https://t.co/2SLQSrOSXc">pic.twitter.com/2SLQSrOSXc</a>
&mdash; NASA&#39;s Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/1592781241958662151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The lunar mission will take more than 25 days to visit the Moon and return to Earth in a key test ahead of the next planned mission to send American astronauts to the Moon within the next three years.
Jim Free, NASA deputy associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, celebrated the liftoff of Orion.
“It’s taken a lot to get here, but Orion is now on its way to the Moon,” Free said in the statement from NASA. “This successful launch means NASA and our partners are on a path to explore farther in space than ever before for the benefit of humanity.”
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will conduct the mission over the next several days, with Orion expected to near the surface of the Moon on November 21.
The launch was highly celebrated after multiple delays since August. The initial attempt was stopped following a faulty temperature sensor. A launch one week later was also scrapped after discovering a liquid hydrogen leak.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nasa-scrubs-2nd-attempt-at-moon-rocket-launch-after-another-fuel-leak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, the launch team had just begun filling Artemis I with nearly one million gallons of fuel early in the morning when they noticed the leak at the bottom of the rocket in the engine section, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/astronomy-space-launches-exploration-science-9a89bb77af17be3e3b5891a0b224ac69">reported</a>. Ground crews did their best to stop the leak and save the launch, attempting to stop and restart the flow of liquid hydrogen and flushing helium through the fuel line, but ultimately were forced to reschedule the mission.
Weather threats due to Hurricane Ian further delayed the Artemis I project that has involved the work of several thousand people worldwide.
The Artemis missions seek to eventually land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon with efforts to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface in preparation for a future Mars mission.
NASA’s ambitious goals are not the only plans for reaching the Moon. Russia and China have also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russia-and-china-partner-up-to-build-research-station-on-moon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that they would collaborate on a future moon mission, while Elon Musk’s SpaceX is <a href="https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2021-elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">developing</a> a project for a future lunar landing.

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America&#8217;s Election Day will include a &#8220;blood moon&#8221; and the last total lunar eclipse for three years.
The eclipse will be visible from four continents, including North America, Asia, Australia, and parts of South America.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth, and moon align with the moon passing into the Earth&#8217;s shadow, <a href="https://moon.nasa.gov/news/185/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-lunar-eclipse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> NASA. When the moon is within the Earth&#8217;s shadow, called the umbra, it exhibits a reddish color, leading to the name of a &#8220;Blood Moon.&#8221;
A similar action causes our sky to appear blue and sunsets red. The phenomenon, called Rayleigh scattering, occurs as light travels in waves, with blue light having a shorter wavelength and scattering more easily in the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere.
Red light travels more directly through the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere, NASA explains, causing the sun to appear red, orange, or yellow at sunset when the light must pass through more atmosphere and travel farther.
Scientists note that no special equipment is necessary to view the lunar eclipse. A telescope or binoculars can enhance the view, along with observing the eclipse in an area away from bright lights.
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There are plenty of reasons to watch the skies in November: a total lunar eclipse, the Leonid meteors, and chances to see Mars, Saturn, and the star Spica! Check out the best times to spot these celestial bodies: <a href="https://t.co/hmYGKio4Mq">pic.twitter.com/hmYGKio4Mq</a>
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NASA&#8217;s <a href="https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a005000/a005033/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scientific Visualization Studio</a> can calculate the best times to view the lunar eclipse in a person&#8217;s local area. Totality will be visible in the early morning hours before moonset in all of North and Central America, in addition to the early evening after moonrise in Asia and Australia.
The moon will begin to enter the outer part of the Earth&#8217;s shadow on Tuesday at approximately 3 am EST. The period of totality will last for nearly an hour and a half, or 5:17 am until 6:42 am Eastern Standard Time.
“It’s a wonderful reminder of this really special connection between the Earth, the moon and the sun,” <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/04/total-lunar-eclipse-blood-moon/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=wp_main" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Noah Petro, a scientist with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project at NASA. “Every eclipse is special because they’re all wonderful opportunities to go out and look at the moon, our nearest neighbor in space.&#8221;
Following Tuesday&#8217;s eclipse, the next total lunar eclipse will not occur until March 14, 2025.
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On November 8, 2022, the Moon will pass into Earth’s shadow and turn red. This will be the last total lunar eclipse for about 3 years, so be sure to check it out if it’s visible in your area. 
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The occurrence of a blood-red moon has been recorded from biblical times. The prophet Joel referred to the phenomenon in the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible, The New Testament book of Acts also quoted Joel&#8217;s prediction of the moon turning to blood.
In recent years, some religious writers have referred to the blood moon as a sign of the end times. Evangelist John Hagee published a book titled &#8220;Four Blood Moons,&#8221; referring to a grouping of red moons in 2014-2015.
The <a href="https://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/14/whats-up-with-the-blood-moons-prophecies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sequence</a> of four consecutive blood moons, also called a tetrad, has occurred several times before, in 1909-10, 1927-28, 1949-50, 1967-68, 1985-86, and 2003-04. The next lunar tetrads will occur in 2032-33 and 2043-44.

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