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Seeing Both Sides of the Sun at the Same Time
As everybody who saw May’s spectacular auroral displays knows, the Sun is in its most active…
Volcanic Plumes Rise Above Lava Lakes on Io in this Juno Image
As the most volcanic object in the Solar System, Jupiter’s moon Io attracts a lot of…
Russian RESURS-P1 satellite breaks in orbit, releasing over 180 pieces of trackable debris and forcing ISS astronauts to take shelter
Russian decommissioned satellite Resurs-P1 broke up in orbit on June 26, 2024, releasing roughly 100 pieces…
Bright fireball over North Carolina – Virginia border region
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The fastest way to get early warnings for solar flares; GOES-U launches into space
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) was successfully launched on June 25, 2024, from NASA’s Kennedy…
A Combination Drill and Gas Conveyor Could Simplify Asteroid Extraction
Collecting material from an asteroid seems like a simple task. In reality, it isn’t. Low gravity,…
Do We Now Have an Accurate Map of Nearby Stars?
If the Sun has a stellar neighbourhood, it can be usefully defined as a 20 parsec…
China’s Chang’e-6 Probe Drops Off Samples From Moon’s Far Side
Three weeks after it lifted off from the far side of the moon, China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft…
Simulating the Last Moments Before Neutron Stars Merge
When stars reach the end of their life cycle, they shed their outer layers in a…