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NOAA satellites watch Hurricane Rafael make landfall in Cuba (video)

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 4:33pm
Rafael made landfall in Cuba Wednesday (Nov. 6), and NOAA's GOES satellites have been monitoring the storm every step of the way.
Categories: Astronomy

Teeny tardigrades can survive space and lethal radiation. Scientists may finally know how

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 4:00pm
A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising better protection for astronauts on long missions.
Categories: Astronomy

Moon RACER: Intuitive Machines takes lunar rover out for debut drive

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 3:00pm
Intuitive Machines' lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) is not your grandfather's moon buggy. The company's Moon RACER, or Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover, just made its public debut.
Categories: Astronomy

'God of chaos' asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 2:00pm
When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface.
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Astronaut Suni Williams 'in good health' on the ISS, NASA says, refuting tabloid claims

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 1:16pm
NASA astronaut Suni Williams is in good health aboard the ISS, despite some speculation in the media to the contrary, agency officials stress.
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'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episode 4: Who is Doctor Migleemo and why is he so obsessed with food?

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 12:39pm
The USS Cerritos' avian psychologist gets a taste of his homeworld.
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Hawke Endurance ED 10x42 monocular review

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 12:00pm
With its purposeful design, does the Hawke Endurance live up to its good looks?
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Space stations are loud — that's why NASA is making a quiet fan

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 12:00pm
NASA's building a quiet fan to help future astronauts have some peace and quiet.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 10:59am
NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing toward its first flight test after completing a set of engine run tests at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in California.
Categories: Astronomy

How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 10:01am
Scientists are tracking the evolution of comet Hale-Bopp, one of the brightest comets ever seen.
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'Beppo go home?' An astronaut monkey steals hearts in tear-jerking SNL skit

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 9:00am
Saturday Night Live released a heart-wrenching skit about Beppo the astronaut monkey.
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SpaceX's Dragon is about to do something to the ISS it's never done before

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 8:00am
The data from the reboost, scheduled for Nov. 8, will help inform design for a larger Dragon to deorbit the ISS.
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Venus' 'missing' giant impact craters may be hiding in plain sight

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 6:00am
Venus' wrinkled, deformed "tesserae" terrain may be ancient impact features the size of continents, a new study suggests.
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SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from California early Nov. 9

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 6:00pm
SpaceX plans to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9).
Categories: Astronomy

Sun erupts with powerful X2.3 solar flare, triggers radio blackouts (video)

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 4:59pm
A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.
Categories: Astronomy

'Fastest-feeding' black hole of the early universe found! But does it break the laws of physics?

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 4:30pm
The hungriest known black hole in the early universe has been found, thanks to teamwork between NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Categories: Astronomy

'What's Starlink?' Trump talks Elon Musk, Starship and SpaceX in election night victory speech (video)

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 3:33pm
President-elect Donald Trump had high words of praise for Elon Musk and SpaceX during his election night victory speech, mentioning twice that he did not know what Starlink satellites were.
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SpaceX targeting Nov. 18 for next Starship megarocket launch

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 2:52pm
SpaceX's Starship megarocket will fly for the sixth time ever on Nov. 18, on a test flight that will include another dramatic booster catch.
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US military test-launches unarmed nuclear missile on election night (video)

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 1:59pm
The United States military test-launched an unarmed nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 5, 2024.
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SpaceX launching 23 more Starlink satellites from Florida on Nov. 7

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 1:30pm
SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 7) from Florida's Space Coast.
Categories: Astronomy