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Archive for September 7th, 2022

Watch Ariane 5 rocket launch big communications satellite from South America today

September 7th, 2022 by

An Ariane 5 rocket carrying a European communications satellite is scheduled to launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana Wednesday (Sept. 7) at 5:45 p.m. EDT (2145 GMT). Watch it live here.

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Rubik’s Cube solved in 19 seconds during zero-gravity flight (video)

September 7th, 2022 by

Bailey Burns learned how to ‘speed cube’ to solve the Rubik’s Cube puzzle in 19 seconds during a parabolic flight.

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Massive asteroid 3 Juno shines in opposition on Wednesday (Sept. 7)

September 7th, 2022 by

Asteroid 3 Juno, half the length of the Grand Canyon, will whip past Earth at an average speed 30 times that of a jet fighter on its 4-year orbit around our star.

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The James Webb Space Telescope never disproved the Big Bang. Here’s how that falsehood spread.

September 7th, 2022 by

The story of how JWST’s images of distant galaxies and the words of an astrophysicist were misused by science deniers to try and throw shade on the Big Bang.

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Streaming deals: great sci-fi content and discounts

September 7th, 2022 by

These streaming deals will give you tons of great sci-fi content for you to enjoy.

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NASA to replace seal on leaky Artemis 1 moon rocket at the launch pad

September 7th, 2022 by

NASA will replace a seal in an attempt to fix the leak that scuttled last weekend’s planned Artemis 1 moon launch — and it will do the work on the pad.

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Discovery suggests red supergiant Betelgeuse was actually yellow 2,000 years ago

September 7th, 2022 by

New research from historical sources indicates that Betelgeuse had a yellowish hue around two millennia ago.

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China launches 2 orbital missions in less than 2 hours (videos)

September 7th, 2022 by

The spaceflight doubleheader involved a Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket and a Long March 2D, which launched from different spaceports 115 minutes apart late Monday and early Tuesday (Sept. 5 and Sept. 6).

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