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Watch live now! NASA talks Mars Perseverance rover tech

February 16th, 2021 by

NASA will discuss the technology and engineering behind its Perseverance Mars rover in a news briefing today (Feb. 16) at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT). Watch it live here!

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Behold! See the 1st Mars closeup from UAE’s Hope orbiter (photo).

February 16th, 2021 by

Just one day after arriving in orbit around Mars, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first interplanetary spacecraft, Hope, captured a stunning photograph of the Red Planet.

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Here’s how to watch NASA’s Perseverance rover land on Mars on Thursday

February 16th, 2021 by

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance will make a harrowing landing on the Red Planet Thursday (Feb. 18) and you’ll be able to watch the historic event live online.

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Superpowerful ‘oscillon’ particles could have dominated the infant universe, then vanished

February 16th, 2021 by

A weird, super-powerful particle that’s not truly a particle could have dominated the universe when it was just a second old, releasing a flood of ripples that permeated all of space-time.

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‘Make it pointy’: Elon Musk drew inspiration for Starship design from Sacha Baron Cohen movie

February 16th, 2021 by

Cohen’s 2012 comedy “The Dictator” served as a Starship design inspiration, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said on Joe Rogan’s podcast Thursday (Feb. 11).

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Particles zipping around Earth at near light-speed finally explained

February 16th, 2021 by

When the plasma of the Van Allen belts drops in density during a solar storm, it can set up the perfect conditions for electrons to travel nearly as fast as light.

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SpaceX launches 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit, misses rocket landing

February 16th, 2021 by

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink internet satellites late Monday (Feb. 15), but failed to stick its landing at sea.

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