James Webb Space Telescope view of Saturn’s weirdest moon Titan thrills scientists

It’s been a cloudy season for Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Titan is a strange world — a little bit Earthlike, if land were made of water ice, rivers and seas were filled with liquid methane and other hydrocarbons, and the atmosphere were thick and hazy, dotted with methane clouds. And now, the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb or JWST) has observed two of those clouds during observations on Nov. 4 that have thrilled scientists, according to a NASA statement. “Fantastic! Love seeing the cloud and the obvious albedo markings,” Heidi…

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SpaceX delays launch of Japanese moon lander again, citing rocket issues

SpaceX just stood down again from the launch of a Japanese moon lander. The Hakuto-R lander, which was built by Tokyo-based company ispace, and NASA’s Lunar Flashlight cubesat were scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday (Dec. 1) at 3:37 a.m. EST (0837 GMT). But that’s no longer the plan. “After further inspections of the launch vehicle and data review, we’re standing down from tomorrow’s launch of @ispace_inc’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1; a new target launch date will be shared once…

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