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Archive for February, 2023

Rare green comet’s close approach a feast for astrophotographers (photos)

February 3rd, 2023 by

A rare green comet that hasn’t been seen since the time of the Neaderthals made its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 1, and astrophotographers all over the world couldn’t peel their eyes off it.

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Zero-gravity parabolic flights get surge of demand for spaceflight work

February 3rd, 2023 by

Commercial astronauts, disability advocates and private space experiment makers are adding more parabolic airplane flights to Zero-G’s manifest.

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Curiosity rover finds metallic meteorite on Mars

February 3rd, 2023 by

NASA’s Curiosity rover has rolled up on another meteorite on Mars, an iron-nickel rock the mission team has dubbed “Cacao.”

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Tricky alien worlds easier to find when humans and machines team up

February 3rd, 2023 by

A combination of citizen science and machine learning is a promising new technique for astronomers looking for exoplanets.

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With a ‘wiggle and nudge,’ spacewalking astronauts install stubborn array mount outside space station

February 3rd, 2023 by

Two spacewalking astronauts wiggled a stubborn strut into place, completing the installation of a solar array platform outside the International Space Station.

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Chaotic ‘knot’ of merging galaxy clusters captured in multiple wavelengths

February 3rd, 2023 by

Combining X-ray, radio, optical and infrared wavelengths, astronomers have imaged the messy collision of three galactic clusters leading to the formation of Abell 2256.

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With moon crews to assign, Joe Acaba named NASA’s new chief astronaut

February 3rd, 2023 by

As NASA nears selecting its first crew to fly to the moon in more than 50 years, the agency has a new leader for its astronaut corps, Joe Acaba, who has flown into space on three missions.

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Watch a drone drop a microgravity capsule in 1st-of-its-kind experiment (video)

February 3rd, 2023 by

A British startup has performed a first-of-its-kind microgravity experiment using a drone.

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