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Archive for April, 2021

Celebrate Earth Day 2021 with this ‘beau-tree-ful’ Google Doodle

April 22nd, 2021 by

Earth Day 2021 is here and the folks at Google hope it plants a tree in your heart with this adorable Google doodle.

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Fly around SpaceX’s Crew-2 rocket at the launch pad with this drone video

April 22nd, 2021 by

SpaceX’s next astronaut launch is just a day away from liftoff and you can catch a close-up look at the launch pad in a new drone video.

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Telescope lasers could give humanity an edge in war against space junk

April 22nd, 2021 by

Space junk is a growing problem. Better fight it with lasers.

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Emissions slowdown during COVID-19 not enough to improve climate trends, report finds

April 22nd, 2021 by

The state of the global climate continued to worsen in 2020 despite the series of economically damaging lockdowns and travel limitations triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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So a helicopter flew on Mars for the first time. A space physicist explains why that’s such a big deal

April 22nd, 2021 by

It marks a milestone in the story of human space exploration.

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NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity will attempt its 2nd flight Thursday

April 22nd, 2021 by

The Mars helicopter will attempt its second flight above the Red Planet on Thursday (April 22) at 5:30 a.m. EDT (0930 GMT).

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NASA’s Perseverance rover makes oxygen on Mars for 1st time

April 21st, 2021 by

NASA’s Perseverance rover just notched another first on Mars, one that may help pave the way for its human overlords to explore the Red Planet someday.

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Tiny newfound ‘Unicorn’ is closest known black hole to Earth

April 21st, 2021 by

Astronomers have apparently found the closest known black hole to Earth — a weirdly tiny object dubbed “The Unicorn” that lurks just 1,500 light-years from us.

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