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Archive for January 20th, 2023

SpaceX GPS launch delivers stunning sunrise views (photos)

January 20th, 2023 by

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made an early-morning space run Wednesday (Jan. 18), and the launch photos look like stills from a beachside Hollywood film.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch spotted from space station (photo)

January 20th, 2023 by

A high-definition exterior camera on the International Space Station snapped a shot of the plume created by SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy during its Jan. 15 launch.

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Brilliant green comet loses part of its tail to solar storm in this stunning astrophotographer photo

January 20th, 2023 by

An image taken by an Austrian comet hunter reveals a disconnection in Comet’s C/2022 E3 (ZTF) tail that may have been caused by turbulent space weather.

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Light pollution is erasing stars from the night sky at breakneck pace. It’s only going to get worse.

January 20th, 2023 by

Light pollution is brightening up the night sky so fast that stars are virtually disappearing in front of sky-watchers’ eyes, a new study has revealed.

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Artemis 1 moon mannequins unpacked from Orion spacecraft (photos)

January 20th, 2023 by

Moonikin Campos, Helga and Zohar flew around the moon in December 2022 to help NASA get its Orion spacecraft ready to carry Artemis astronauts to lunar realms a few years from now.

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Newfound alien planet has nuclear fusion going in its core

January 20th, 2023 by

An international team of scientists has found a huge new alien world that’s on the boundary between planet and “failed star.”

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