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Archive for February, 2023

NASA rover snaps photos of ancient ‘waves’ carved into Mars mountainside

February 23rd, 2023 by

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has photographed clear signs of ripples locked into a Martian rock, a sign of an ancient lake on the Red Planet’s surface.

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SpaceX will attempt 1st Starship orbital flight in March: report

February 23rd, 2023 by

SpaceX says it’s ready for its first-ever Starship orbital launch attempt in March, but still lacks a license to launch from the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Watch the moon meet up with Jupiter in the night sky tonight

February 23rd, 2023 by

The two-day-old moon meets up with Jupiter tonight (Feb. 22), making a close approach and sharing the same right ascension in an arrangement known as a conjunction.

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Subsurface ocean tides on Saturn’s moon Titan are influenced by its icy crust

February 23rd, 2023 by

Scientists examine how Titan’s icy shell creates tides in the moon’s subsurface ocean.

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Kerbal Space Program 2 trailer wants you to ‘Fail harder’ and ‘Add more boosters’

February 23rd, 2023 by

Now you can launch and crash vehicles for Kerbonauts in new and spectacular ways in the sequel releasing to the popular Kerbal Space Program space game Friday (Feb. 24).

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The James Webb Space Telescope discovers enormous distant galaxies that should not exist

February 22nd, 2023 by

The James Webb Space Telescope found massive, mature galaxies inhabiting the universe so soon after the Big Bang that according to current theories they really shouldn’t exist.

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Blue Origin makes solar cells out of simulated moon dirt with ‘alchemist’ project

February 22nd, 2023 by

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ private spaceflight company, claims it has made major progress in developing a way to make solar panels using materials from the lunar surface.

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Hubble Space Telescope peers into a glittering sea of extragalactic stars (photo)

February 22nd, 2023 by

A new Hubble Space Telescope image highlights a region in the dwarf satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud that is rich in stars.

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