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Archive for February 19th, 2023

China to send 2 astronaut crews, 1 cargo ship to Tiangong space station this year

February 19th, 2023 by

China plans to launch a pair of crewed missions to its new space station this year, with supplies also heading to orbit on a Tianzhou cargo ship.

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Hidden lights on the sun could help crack solar atmosphere mystery

February 19th, 2023 by

NASA’s NuSTAR telescope has spotted patches of high-energy X-rays radiation across the sun’s surface that could explain why the star’s atmosphere is mysteriously hot.

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Meet the SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts launching to the International Space Station on Feb. 26

February 19th, 2023 by

The first long-duration astronaut from the United Arab Emirates will be among four crew members flying to the International Space Station on Feb. 26.

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Space debris apocalypse: 6 objects that could wreak havoc in Earth’s orbit

February 19th, 2023 by

Thousands of satellites and millions of out-of-control space debris fragments hurtle high above our heads, threatening to collide. Here are the objects that experts fear the most.

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Surprise! Colliding neutron stars create perfectly spherical ‘kilonova’ explosions

February 19th, 2023 by

Kilonova explosions created when neutron stars collide and merge are perfectly spherical, not flattened discs as previously expected, a new study suggests.

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Chinese asteroid-detection system enters new phase of construction

February 19th, 2023 by

The “China Compound Eye” radar array aims to track and characterize potentially threatening deep-space objects.

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