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Watch shock waves ripple from SpaceX's giant Starship rocket during 3rd test flight (video)

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 4:59pm
The third launch of SpaceX's Starship sent shock waves through the air, clearly visible in a stunning new slow motion video that captures the ignition of the spacecraft's 33 Raptor engines.
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Texas Eclipse Festival offers a 'choose your own adventure experience' for April total solar eclipse

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 4:00pm
The Texas Eclipse Festival will be unlike any camping experience you've ever imagined with its "out of this world" lineup of live music, arts, yoga, speakers and more.
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'Space headaches' are a literal pain for astronauts. Why do they happen?

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 3:00pm
Headaches are a common and recurring problem in space, even for astronauts that don't experience them on Earth.
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The Europa Clipper may only need 1 ice grain to detect life on Jupiter's ocean moon

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 2:00pm
A single icy moon grain could host tiny microbes or cellular remnants of life. If so, NASA's Europa Clipper may one day be able to find life near Jupiter.
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Save nearly $50 on these highly-rated astronomy binoculars

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 1:52pm
Start stargazing for less — Celestron Skymaster large astronomy binoculars are perfect for skywatching and are currently nearly $50 off on Amazon.
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Russian rocket launch of 3 astronauts to ISS targeted for March 23 after abort

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 1:42pm
A Russian Soyuz rocket is now scheduled to launch three astronauts toward the ISS on Saturday (March 23), two days after a rare abort scuttled its first try.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to tie reuse record with 19th launch on March 23

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 1:01pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch for a record-tying 19th time on Saturday evening (March 23), sending 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.
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'Quantum tornado' allows scientists to mimic a black hole on Earth

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 1:00pm
Scientists created a giant vortex made of tiny quantum parts in a helium superfluid just a few degrees above absolute zero. This "quantum tornado" helped them to bring black hole physics down to Earth.
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'Shiva and Shakti': The ancient star streams that helped weave the Milky Way

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 12:35pm
The Gaia space telescope has discovered two ancient stellar streams woven through the heart of the Milky Way, which were present 12 billion years ago.
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Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut flight test for NASA could launch as soon as May 1

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 12:18pm
Boeing Starliner is ready to carry its first astronaut crew to the International Space Station. Two NASA astronauts will fly on the new spacecraft for a one-week mission in May.
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NASA's latest 'Curious Universe' podcast showcases our life-giving star

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 12:00pm
A preview of NASA's new "Curious Universe" podcast episode, "The Sun, Our Star."
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NASA suspends Swift gamma-ray space telescope operations

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 11:00am
NASA has shut down its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, but don't panic; this is only a temporary pause for the space telescope that has served the space agency since 2004.
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Hubble Space Telescope discovers 'failed stars' are bad at relationships too

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 6:00am
Using the Hubble astronomers found that "failed star" brown dwarfs struggle to maintain relationships as passing stars disrupt them like the cosmic equivalent of the distracted boyfriend meme.
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Astronomers call for radio silence on the far side of the moon

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 3:59pm
There's a growing and passionate call for preserving radio silence on the far side of the moon in order to protect the possibility of conducting valuable radio astronomy.
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Dying SpaceX rocket creates glowing, galaxy-like spiral in the middle of the Northern Lights

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 3:00pm
A large swirl of white light that temporarily outshone vibrant auroras in the Arctic last week was triggered by the death throes of a SpaceX rocket that deployed more than 50 satellites into space.
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Historical incidents of viewing total eclipses near the edge of totality

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 2:00pm
As we prepare for the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, we take a look at some famous incidents of viewing total eclipses near the edge of totality.
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Stunning light shows on Uranus and Saturn may soon draw James Webb Space Telescope's eye

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 1:00pm
The James Webb Space Telescope will soon investigate stunning light shows from Uranus and Saturn as two projects look at the auroras of these planets to discover the processes that make them tick.
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Life after Ingenuity: How scientists hope to reach the skies of Mars once more

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 12:30pm
The concept for a flying, wing-heavy drone called MAGGIE could one day show us an entirely new perspective on Mars.
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NASA's DART mission hammered its target asteroid into a new shape. Here's how

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:00am
When NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into the small asteroid Dimorphos in September of 2022, the impact's energy changed the asteroid’s trajectory and substantially altered its shape.
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How to build an environmental monitor to track air purity

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:08am
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