This week, off world: Falcon 9 returns to flight, life's amnio acids can be stable on Venus, and loads more...

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From the video store:

Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare triggering radio blackouts (video) | Space

... and then an X2 flare...

...and then it did something... big...

Falcon 9 returns to flight:

An old item I missed: Russian Spacewalkers Throw Old Experiment Overboard In Amazing Views From Space Station | Watch (msn.com)

Reading materials:

 

ESA is Building a Mission to Visit Asteroid Apophis, Joining it for its 2029 Earth Flyby - Universe Today

The Entrance of a Lunar Lava Tube Mapped from Space - Universe Today

Gaia Hit by a Micrometeoroid AND Caught in a Solar Storm - Universe Today

Before plunging to its death, NASA's Cassini spacecraft saw secrets in the seas of Saturn's moon Titan | Space

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Signs of two gases in clouds of Venus could indicate life, scientists say | Venus | The Guardian

Maxar Intelligence unveils first images from next-generation WorldView Legion satellites - SpaceNews

Looking ahead to the next 25 years of private space stations | Space

9 miles of solid diamonds may lurk beneath Mercury's surface, new study finds | Live Science

China's 1st all-electric propulsion communication satellite begins ops (interestingengineering.com)

Refuellable satellites offer critical edge amidst intensifying threats in space - SpaceNews

Star Catcher banks $12.25 million for orbital energy grid - SpaceNews

New Frontier Aerospace tests rocket engine for point-to-point travel - SpaceNews

Rare 'daytime fireball' spotted as meteor falls to Earth over New York City (video) | Space

NASA’s Sunita Williams conducts emergency drill on space station; Boeing Starliner remains stuck in space for 41 days (businesstoday.in)

Axial 3D Printer Aces Test Aboard Virgin Spaceplane | Hackaday

‘Protecting Earth’: China to demonstrate Earth defence capabilities by deflecting an asteroid by 2030 (businesstoday.in)

Firefly CEO leaves company - SpaceNews