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Archive for January, 2023

Lego Icons Optimus Prime review

January 26th, 2023 by

Lego and Hasbro team up to bring 1980s icon Optimus Prime into brick form.

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China’s Yutu 2 rover still going strong after 4 years on the moon’s far side

January 26th, 2023 by

China’s Yutu 2 rover is still operating after four years on the moon and has returned new images from the lunar far side.

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Rubble-pile asteroids are ‘giant space cushions’ that live forever

January 26th, 2023 by

New research found that the rubble-pile asteroid Itokawa can survive collisions for 10 times longer than its conventional, single-body counterparts.

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Escape the Empire in new ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’ prequel novel

January 26th, 2023 by

“Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars” tie-in prequel novel lands in March from Random House Worlds

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SpaceX Crew Dragon may get a shield upgrade after Soyuz spacecraft leak

January 26th, 2023 by

A micrometeoroid strike on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in December 2022 has spurred NASA to talk to SpaceX about possibly increasing the shielding on its Crew Dragon capsule.

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Earth’s inner core may be slowing down compared to the rest of the planet

January 26th, 2023 by

The spinning, solid inner core of the Earth may be slowing down by a minuscule amount, according to evidence from earthquakes.

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Fellow astronauts remember Apollo 7 pilot Walt Cunningham as friend and mentor

January 26th, 2023 by

Judging by the astronauts who came to remember Walt Cunningham, the Apollo 7 pilot’s reach extended far beyond his 1968 launch into space. The group took part in a panel before a funeral service.

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Watch SpaceX launch 56 Starlink satellites early Thursday

January 26th, 2023 by

SpaceX will launch 56 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit early Thursday morning (Jan. 26), and you can watch the liftoff live.

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