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Archive for November 6th, 2020

‘The Right Stuff’ recap: We are all asleep down here (‘Vostok’)

November 6th, 2020 by

As the race to launch the first astronaut into space heats up, NASA faces more challenges and delays in the sixth episode of National Geographic’s “The Right Stuff.”

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Virgin Galactic planning to launch suborbital test flight this month

November 6th, 2020 by

Virgin Galactic aims to launch its VSS Unity space plane on its third test flight to suborbital space between Nov. 19 and Nov. 23, according to an update the company released on Thursday (Nov. 5).

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Asteroid Apophis is speeding up from sunlight as scientists recalculate odds of 2068 impact

November 6th, 2020 by

Astronomers say they’ll have to keep an eye on the near-Earth asteroid Apophis to see how much of a danger the space rock poses to our planet during a close pass in 2068.

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Cosmic bubbles may have forged dark matter, new theory suggests

November 6th, 2020 by

New theory suggests cosmic bubbles during the birth of our universe are responsible for creating dark matter.

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On This Day in Space: Nov. 6, 1572: Tycho supernova discovered

November 6th, 2020 by

On Nov. 6, 1572, the German astronomer Wolfgang Schulër observed a supernova with his bare eyes. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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