NASA Confirms that a Piece of its Battery Pack Smashed into a Florida Home
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NASA is in the business of launching things into orbit. But what goes up must come down, and if whatever is coming down doesn’t burn up in the atmosphere, it will strike Earth somewhere. Even Florida isn’t safe. Careful consideration goes into ...
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- On: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:59 +0000
Are Titan's Dunes Made of Comet Dust?
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A new theory suggests that Titan’s majestic dune fields may have come from outer space. Researchers had always assumed that the sand making up Titan’s dunes was locally made, through erosion or condensed from atmospheric hydrocarbons. But resea...
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- On: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:37 +0000
The Solar Wind is Stripping Oxygen and Carbon Away From Venus
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The BepiColombo mission, a joint effort between JAXA and the ESA, was only the second (and most advanced) mission to visit Mercury, the least explored planet in the Solar System. With two probes and an advanced suite of scientific instruments, the mission ...
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- On: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:55 +0000
The Solar Eclipse Like We’ve Never Seen it Before
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You had to be in the right part of North America to get a great view of the recent solar eclipse. But a particular telescope may have had the most unique view of all. Even though that telescope is in Hawaii and only experienced a partial eclipse, its image...
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- On: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:23 +0000
The Milky Way’s Most Massive Stellar Black Hole is Only 2,000 Light Years Away
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Astronomers have found the largest stellar mass black hole in the Milky Way so far. At 33 solar masses, it dwarfs the previous record-holder, Cygnus X-1, which has only 21 solar masses. Most stellar mass black holes have about 10 solar masses, making the n...
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- On: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:34 +0000
Amazing Amateur Images of April 8th’s Total Solar Eclipse
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The last total solar eclipse across the Mexico, the U.S. and Canada for a generation wows observers.
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- On: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:07 +0000