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Archive for March 1st, 2023

Virgin Galactic’s carrier plane flies back to New Mexico spaceport

March 1st, 2023 by

On Monday (Feb. 27) VMS Eve flew from California’s Mojave Air and Space Port to Spaceport America in New Mexico, the hub of Virgin Galactic’s commercial operations.

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Powerful solar storm delays SpaceX rocket launch, stalls oil rigs in Canada amid aurora-palooza

March 1st, 2023 by

A solar storm that swept across Earth on Monday (Feb. 27) forced SpaceX to delay a Starlink launch and temporarily disrupted operations of several Canadian oil rigs.

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Record breakers! Super-close dwarf stars orbit each other in less than a day

March 1st, 2023 by

Two ultra-cool dwarf stars in a binary system are so tight they’re breaking records. The stars are so close that they orbit each other in less than a day.

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JAXA selects 2 new astronaut candidates for future flights to the moon

March 1st, 2023 by

Japan has selected its first new astronaut candidates in more than 13 years. Makoto Suwa and Ayu Yoneda were chosen by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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Venus has a squishy shell that might be key to its youthful look

March 1st, 2023 by

Earth’s next-door neighbor Venus may have a “squishy” outer shell that gives the planet a “youthful” appearance and may reveal how it loses its interior heat, studies reveal.

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4 big asteroids are flying by Earth this week, but don’t worry. They aren’t getting too close.

March 1st, 2023 by

A quartet of large asteroids are zooming by Earth this week, but they’ll all pass our planet with millions of miles to spare, according to NASA.

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Private Japanese lander sets distance record on its way to the moon

March 1st, 2023 by

The Hakuto-R moon lander got 855,000 miles (1.376 million kilometers) from Earth on Jan. 20, farther than any other fully commercial spacecraft.

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Occer 12×25 compact binoculars review

March 1st, 2023 by

Can one of the best binoculars for kids, the Occer 12×25 compact binoculars, compete with the big-name brands? Our full binocular review and testing reveal the answers.

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