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Archive for January 4th, 2021

SpaceX targets bold new ‘catch’ strategy for landing Super Heavy rockets

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SpaceX wants to bring Super Heavy, the giant first stage of the two-stage Starship system, down directly on the launch stand shortly after liftoff.

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‘ISS Experience’ puts viewers aboard the space station in 3D 360-degree VR

January 4th, 2021 by

You could be the next crew member on the International Space Station with the VR app “Space Explorers: The ISS Experience.”

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What color is the sun?

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You probably learned this at school.

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Planetary protection needs more than just NASA, White House plan says

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The White House has laid out a plan for overhauling the federal government’s planetary-protection rules, which work to prevent contamination between Earth and other potentially habitable worlds.

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Did a holographic phase transition in the early universe release gravitational waves?

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A team of physicists recently used a string-theory technique to reveal that we’re on the cusp of detecting phase transitions in the early universe through their gravitational wave signature.

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Earth’s atmosphere is full of microbes. Could they help us find life on other worlds?

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If you’re feeling lonely, take solace in remembering that there are countless tiny living things floating tens of thousands of feet above your head.

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Is there more than one dark energy?

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What if there is more than one cosmological agent for dark energy? This mixture would have strange effects in our universe, making it potentially detectable with upcoming surveys.

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Did the Milky Way’s huge black hole kill all the red giants around it?

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A massive jet launched from our galaxy’s supermassive black hole may have destroyed any red giant stars that wandered into its path, a new study suggests.

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