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Archive for February 12th, 2023

The sun just erupted with a major X-class solar flare. Here’s what it looked like on video.

February 12th, 2023 by

A major solar flare erupted from the erupted from the sun on Saturday (Feb. 11) and a NASA spacecraft caught it on video.

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Cracks on Pluto’s moon Charon may be evidence of a frozen subsurface ocean

February 12th, 2023 by

The icy volcanism of Pluto’s moon Charon may be driven by an internal frozen ocean erupted through a thin shell.

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‘Black history is American history’: NASA celebrates African Americans and space achievements at Smithsonian event

February 12th, 2023 by

The Black History Month event Friday (Feb. 10) included astronauts, NASA directors and a discussion of why diversity matters, with high schoolers making up much of the audience.

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The James Webb Space Telescope catches distant young galaxy devouring its neighbors

February 12th, 2023 by

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a young, distant galaxy feasting on its neighbors just like the early Milky Way once did.

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Be hypnotized by this mesmerizing blue and gold spiral galaxy (photo)

February 12th, 2023 by

A new image taken with two cutting-edge telescopes shows a spiral galaxy as a swirling formation of bright blue and shining gold, with the golden regions representing the building blocks of new stars.

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Russian Progress cargo craft at space station springs a leak

February 12th, 2023 by

A robotic Progress freighter docked to the space station just sprung a leak, two months after a similar issue arose on a Russian Soyuz crew spacecraft.

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