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Archive for January, 2023

Rocket Lab targeting Jan. 23 for 1st launch from US soil

January 12th, 2023 by

Rocket Lab’s debut mission from American soil will lift off from Virginia on Jan. 23, if all goes according to plan.

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7-year eclipse reveals ‘exceptionally rare’ binary system with 1000-year orbit

January 12th, 2023 by

The strange 7-year dimming of a distant star was caused when its oddball stellar companion eclipsed it. The event was serendipitously caught by astronomers and won’t occur again for centuries.

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Astronomers make 1st-ever 3D map of Local Bubble’s magnetic fields

January 12th, 2023 by

The magnetic fields swept up on the surface of the Local Bubble influence where star formation occurs in the vicinity of the sun.

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Rare ‘green pea’ galaxy may be the most ‘chemically primitive’ galaxy ever discovered

January 12th, 2023 by

A ‘green pea’ galaxy seen in an early James Webb Space Telescope image may be the most chemically primitive galaxy ever discovered.

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SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule returns to Earth after 6-week stay at space station

January 12th, 2023 by

A robotic SpaceX capsule splashed down off the coast of Florida on Wednesday morning (Jan. 11), wrapping up its six-week cargo mission.

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NASA’s Juno Jupiter probe bounces back from memory glitch

January 12th, 2023 by

NASA’s Jupiter explorer Juno’s memory is back online, and most of the precious images of the gas giant and its volcanic moon Io Juno took just before the glitch hit have been salvaged.

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Solar flare hat trick: Sun unleashes another powerful X-flare in less than a week!

January 12th, 2023 by

The sun has fired off its third powerful X-class solar flare in less than a week, scoring an explosive hat trick.

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Russia to launch new Soyuz capsule to replace leaky spacecraft on space station

January 11th, 2023 by

Russia will launch an empty Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station February to replace a damaged spacecraft that is unsafe to return its crew.

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