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Archive for February, 2023

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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Russian Progress cargo ship undocks from space station despite coolant leak

February 18th, 2023 by

A robotic Russian cargo ship stricken by a coolant leak undocked from the International Space Station late Friday (Feb.17) while cosmonauts snapped photos of it looking for signs of damage.

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New auroras detected on Jupiter’s four largest moons

February 18th, 2023 by

The four largest moons of Jupiter – Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto – have newly discovered auroras that can be seen in visible light.

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Leonardo da Vinci’s lost sketches show early experiments to understand gravity

February 18th, 2023 by

Leonardo da Vinci’s centuries-old sketches reveal he may have understood key aspects of gravity long before Galileo, Newton and Einstein.

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Sun unleashes massive X2-class solar flare during geomagnetic storm watch (video)

February 18th, 2023 by

A massive solar flare erupted from the sun on Friday (Feb. 17) as the Earth was under a geomagnetic storm watch from flares earlier in the week.

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Instrument on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe switches off unexpectedly

February 18th, 2023 by

One of the instruments on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe powered down unexpectedly last weekend, but the mission team expects it to come back online soon.

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Happy anniversary, Perseverance! NASA rover marks 2 years on Mars

February 18th, 2023 by

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has accomplished a great deal during its first two years on the Red Planet, and the mission team has big plans for the future as well.

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Watch a comet make its 1st and final pass by the sun this weekend

February 18th, 2023 by

The comet C/2022 A2 (Pan-STARRS) will pass close by the sun on Sunday (Feb. 19), making its first and likely final approach to our star.

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