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Archive for December, 2022

Meet the dearMoon crew of artists, athletes and a billionaire riding SpaceX’s Starship to the moon

December 27th, 2022 by

The team will launch on a SpaceX Starship around the moon at some undisclosed point, funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.

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Happy New Year on Mars! NASA rings in Red Planet year 37

December 27th, 2022 by

NASA celebrated the new year on Mars, which happens on Dec. 26 — days before the Gregorian calendar changes over to 2023 on Earth.

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Can we save Mars robots from death by dust?

December 26th, 2022 by

NASA’s Mars Insight lander died a slow death by dust. Could anything have been done to save it?

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Scientists are finally peering inside the sun’s middle corona

December 26th, 2022 by

Scientists are one step closer to solving a key mystery about the sun.

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Light pollution damaging views of space for majority of large observatories, survey finds

December 26th, 2022 by

Artificial light pollution from Earth is contaminating the skies over most major astronomical observatories, requiring immediate action to remedy, a team of international scientists has determined.

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Manfrotto Element MII tripod review

December 26th, 2022 by

The Manfrotto Element MII has everything you could want in a sturdy yet lightweight tripod, all at an affordable price.

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10 things we learned about aliens (or the lack thereof) in 2022

December 26th, 2022 by

From investigating UFOs over Earth to using the most powerful telescope ever devised to peer into the atmosphere of alien worlds, 2022 has been a banner year in the search for extraterrestrial life.

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See Saturn near the moon in a late Christmas gift in the night sky tonight (Dec. 26)

December 26th, 2022 by

The moon will visit Saturn for the last time of 2022 on Monday (Dec. 26) in a parting Christmas gift in a twilight conjunction that will disappear from view before night sets in.

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