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Archive for October 13th, 2022

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center: Exploring Earth and space by remote control

October 13th, 2022 by

This NASA center for climate research and Earth observation manages several missions, like the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Why is Pluto not a planet?

October 13th, 2022 by

Pluto, officially a dwarf planet, has surprising complexity on its surface. While certainly a world, not everyone agrees it is a planet.

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Venus balloon prototype notches test flights over Nevada desert (video)

October 13th, 2022 by

A unique, helium-filled, sulfuric-acid resistant balloon called an aerobot successfully completed two test flights over the Nevada desert.

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Astronomers discover heaviest exoplanet element yet on alien world so hot it rains iron

October 13th, 2022 by

Astronomers have discovered the heavy element barium in the atmospheres of two blisteringly hot gas giant planets outside the solar system.

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Europa Clipper may be able to spot shallow lakes that erupt icy ‘lava’

October 13th, 2022 by

Shallow lakes of salty liquid water throughout the crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa could cause cryovolcanic eruptions and plumes of icy material to burst from its surface.

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SpaceX, NASA delay Crew-4 astronaut landing on Dragon Freedom due to weather

October 13th, 2022 by

SpaceX and NASA called off plans for Crew-4 astronauts to undock their Dragon capsule and return to Earth on Thursday (Oct. 13) due to weather concerns.

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Firefly declares Alpha rocket launch success despite satellites falling back to Earth

October 13th, 2022 by

Firefly Aerospace claims the recent launch of its Alpha rocket was a success, despite its three satellite payloads reentering the atmosphere just days later.

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Upcoming space games: Starfield, Dead Space, Mass Effect 4 & more

October 13th, 2022 by

The video game industry is hot for space video games at the moment. Here’s our list of the top 10 space games you should keep an eye on.

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