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The 2024 solar eclipse was a teachable moment in more ways than one

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 8:00pm
The total solar eclipse of 2024 was an epic experience to share with my daughter. It was one part celestial event, one part college prep.
Categories: Astronomy

Iconic British meteorite 'Winchcombe' found to have a smashing past

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 7:10pm
A detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite has found evidence that its parent asteroid was altered by water before being smashed apart multiple times.
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Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 6:00pm
The small object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was indeed part of a pallet jettisoned from the ISS three years ago, NASA has confirmed.
Categories: Astronomy

Venus is leaking carbon and oxygen, a fleeting visit by BepiColombo reveals

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 5:00pm
BepiColombo spotted an outpour of carbon and oxygen atoms in Venus' fragile magnetic environment
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I flew Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in 4 different simulators. Here's what I learned (video, photos)

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 4:30pm
Boeing Starliner astronauts spent hundreds of hours in simulators preparing for Crew Test Flight, which lifts off May 6. I got a brief taste of what they experienced.
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NASA's Mars sample return plan is getting a major overhaul: 'The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive'

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 3:41pm
NASA is asking its various research centers as well as private industry for new ideas about how to get Mars samples back to Earth relatively quickly and cost-effectively.
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NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed the total solar eclipse, but saw Earth 'moving' below her during spacewalk (photos)

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 2:27pm
NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed watching an eclipse from the ISS by days. But she did participate in the 4th all-woman spacewalk, and has a unique story about a baby octopus.
Categories: Astronomy

These 3 stars are losing weight fast — thanks to stellar winds way stronger than the sun's

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Astronomers have measured the stellar winds of three sun-like stars for the first time, finding that the objects are losing mass at a rate as great as 67 times the speed at which our star sheds matter.
Categories: Astronomy

Space-based solar power may be one step closer to reality, thanks to this key test (video)

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 1:00pm
A first-of-its-kind lab demonstration shows how solar power transmission from space could work.
Categories: Astronomy

Do black holes hide the secrets of their ancestors?

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 12:00pm
Some black holes are so massive they were likely created as smaller black holes that merged. Maybe we can use such black hole "children" to learn about the black hole "ancestors."
Categories: Astronomy

'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 3 'Jinaal' is a slow but steady affair

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 11:00am
A trip back to Trill is nice, but we're starting to wonder if this final season will end up a 10-episode long epilogue after episode 3 of Star Trek: Discovery season 5.
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Superfast drone fitted with new 'rotating detonation rocket engine' approaches the speed of sound

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 9:00am
The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.
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Why I watched the solar eclipse with my kids, a goose and 2,000 trees

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 8:00am
The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.
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Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20x80 review

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 6:22am
The Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20x80 binoculars offer a massive aperture, interchangeable eyecups and incredible deep-sky views.
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Rocket Lab to launch NASA's new solar sail technology no earlier than April 24

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 6:00am
An upcoming NASA mission meant to test new solar sail technology will launch no sooner than April 24, 2024.
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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds

Sun, 04/14/2024 - 10:58am
The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.
Categories: Astronomy

1st female ISS program manager looks ahead to new spaceships, space stations (exclusive)

Sun, 04/14/2024 - 10:54am
NASA's Dana Weigel has held leadership positions at the agency for 20 years. Now leading the ISS program, she highlighted the outpost's increasingly commercial focus.
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This little robot can hop in zero-gravity to explore asteroids

Sun, 04/14/2024 - 6:00am
A three-legged robot named SpaceHopper could help combat challenges of exploring low-gravity environments, such as asteroids or moons.
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 106 — Space Potpourri!

Sat, 04/13/2024 - 10:32am
On Episode 106 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq take you on a tour of the coolest space places on Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects

Sat, 04/13/2024 - 10:00am
Don't rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe's most mysterious stuff.
Categories: Astronomy