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          <title>NASA&#39;s MEGANE instrument will act as &#39;eyeglasses&#39; to study Phobos in JAXA&#39;s MMX mission</title>
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            The origins of Mars&#39; moons remain unclear. Could NASA&#39;s MEGANE instrument on JAXA&#39;s MMX spacecraft finally reveal whether Phobos is a captured asteroid or debris from an ancient impact?
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          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 26 10:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Purva Muley</dc:creator>
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          <title>NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope named one of the best inventions of 2026 by TIME</title>
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            This accomplishment is monumental as the telescope is currently in its commissioning phase and hasn’t even begun its operations.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 26 04:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Harsh Vardhan</dc:creator>
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          <title>NASA&#39;s Roman Space Telescope&#39;s primary camera beats its image-quality target by nearly 30%</title>
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            NASA&#39;s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is currently about a million miles from Earth, recently went through a series of tests and calibrations.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 26 11:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Pranjal Pranit</dc:creator>
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          <title>Jeff Bezos&#39; Blue Origin has a huge role to play in collecting samples from Martian moon Phobos</title>
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            Blue Origin&#39;s tool might help reveal the origins of the two Martian moons which have been shrouded in mystery. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 26 05:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Harsh Vardhan</dc:creator>
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          <title>NASA’s Perseverance rover breaks off-world driving record after covering over 28 miles on Mars</title>
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            On October 11, Perseverance broke the off-world driving distance record set by NASA&#39;s Opportunity rover, which operated on Mars from 2004 to 2018.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 26 07:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/nasas-perseverance-rover-breaks-off-world-driving-record-after-covering-over-28-miles-on-mars/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Lakshmi Kola</dc:creator>
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          <title>All about LISA: NASA and ESA’s million-mile telescope that will detect invisible ripples in space-time</title>
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            The LISA mission will include three telescope-equipped spacecraft that will be deployed more than a million miles apart from each other. Together these spacecraft will help scientists detect gravitational waves that aren&#39;t possible to detect from Earth.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 26 09:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Harsh Vardhan</dc:creator>
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          <title>NASA’s Curiosity rover captures clearest images of mysterious Martian cliffs: See pictures</title>
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            The Martian images show mysterious formations called yardangs, whose origins are unknown.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 26 07:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/nasas-curiosity-rover-captures-clearest-images-of-mysterious-martian-cliffs-see-pictures/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Lakshmi Kola</dc:creator>
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          <title>NASA’s Roman Telescope Coronagraph opens its eyes to the cosmos, taking its first images</title>
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            The Coronagraph made its first observation on September 22 and followed it up with another one on September 27.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 26 07:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/nas-as-roman-telescope-coronagraph-opens-its-eyes-to-the-cosmos-taking-its-first-images/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Lakshmi Kola</dc:creator>
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          <title>NASA test proves its DAVINCI probe can survive a scorching descent into hellish Venus</title>
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            DAVINCI may reveal why Venus, also known as Earth’s twin, is so different from our planet today.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 26 06:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/nasa-test-proves-its-davinci-probe-can-survive-a-scorching-descent-into-hellish-venus/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Harsh Vardhan</dc:creator>
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          <title>Five billion miles and 200,000 orbits around Earth: NASA&#39;s Hubble Space Telescope completes milestone</title>
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             According to NASA, Hubble has made over 1.7 million observations since its launch in 1990.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 26 08:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/five-billion-miles-and-200-000-orbits-around-earth-nas-as-hubble-space-telescope-completes-milestone/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Harsh Vardhan</dc:creator>
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          <title>&#39;Humanity’s next window into the deep universe&#39;: Meet PRIMA, NASA&#39;s new far-infrared telescope</title>
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            The mission is expected to launch on its five-year mission in 2033.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 26 07:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/humanitys-next-window-into-the-deep-universe-meet-prima-nas-as-new-far-infrared-telescope/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Pranjal Nath</dc:creator>
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          <title>ESA’s Jupiter-bound JUICE spacecraft to use the Moon for a &#39;test run&#39; before approaching gas giant</title>
          <link>https://starlust.org/es-as-jupiter-bound-juice-spacecraft-to-use-the-moon-for-a-test-run-before-approaching-gas-giant/</link>
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            JUICE will fine-tune its path, test instruments and study Earth and the Moon before approaching Jupiter.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 26 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Purva Muley</dc:creator>
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          <title>NASA&#39;s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope can now easily run for 22 years instead of 10. Here&#39;s how</title>
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            The telescope was designed for a 10-year mission, including a five-year extension on top of a five-year primary mission. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 26 07:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Pranjal Nath</dc:creator>
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          <title>MOONS achieves first light: ESO&#39;s new instrument opens a new window into the Milky Way</title>
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            MOONS will help astronomers study stars and galaxies going back more than 13 billion years.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 26 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/moons-achieves-first-light-es-os-new-instrument-opens-a-new-window-into-the-milky-way/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Purva Muley</dc:creator>
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          <title>NASA gives Blue Origin four years to complete high-speed communications network around Mars</title>
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            Blue Origin is building an orbiter that will establish continuous communication between Earth and Mars.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 26 04:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/nasa-gives-blue-origin-four-years-to-complete-high-speed-communications-network-around-mars/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Lakshmi Kola</dc:creator>
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          <title>Why NASA&#39;s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could change how we see the universe?</title>
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            While Roman will complement Hubble and Webb, it represents a huge upgrade over its predecessors.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 26 12:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/why-nas-as-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-could-change-how-we-see-the-universe/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Lakshmi Kola</dc:creator>
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          <title>What is the Extremely Large Telescope and what makes it special? All about the most powerful telescope ever made</title>
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            The massive Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will outclass Hubble and the JWST and usher in a new era in observational astronomy.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 26 05:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Shiladitya Ray</dc:creator>
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          <title>Voyager 2 gets a lifeline after &#39;Big Bang fix&#39;: How NASA is extending the probe&#39;s life</title>
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            Voyager 2 is over 13 billion miles away from Earth and one-way communication takes about 20 hours. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 26 10:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/voyager-2-gets-a-lifeline-after-big-bang-fix-how-nasa-is-extending-the-probes-life/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Harsh Vardhan</dc:creator>
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          <title>Can we use the Moon to deploy gravitational wave detectors? Chinese astronomers have proposed a plan</title>
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            Detectors on Earth cannot detect all frequency ranges. The Moon can help fill this gap.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 26 07:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Biplab Das</dc:creator>
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          <title>NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission snaps family portrait of Earth and the Moon</title>
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            The photo, taken 363,250 miles from Earth, provided an important check for ESCAPADE&#39;s cameras.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 26 03:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid>https://starlust.org/nas-as-mars-bound-escapade-mission-snaps-family-portrait-of-earth-and-the-moon/</guid>
          <dc:creator>Harsh Vardhan</dc:creator>
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