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Archive for March, 2023

‘Ring of fire’ from US national parks: 7 great places to see the annular solar eclipse 2023

March 25th, 2023 by

The annular solar eclipse 2023 will be visible in over a dozen U.S. national parks. Here are the best scenic spots to catch the spectacular ‘ring of fire’.

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Uranus grows a smoggy cap while Jupiter’s Red Spot keeps shrinking, Hubble telescope reveals (photos)

March 25th, 2023 by

New images of Uranus and Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescopes reveal slow weather changes on these giant, distant planets.

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Blue Origin says it finally knows what caused its New Shepard rocket launch to fail last year

March 25th, 2023 by

The September 2022 in-flight failure of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle was caused by a problem with the vehicle’s engine nozzle, the company announced on Friday (March 24).

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Boeing Starliner’s 1st astronaut mission delayed to May at the earliest

March 25th, 2023 by

Boeing and NASA had been targeting April for Starliner’s Crew Flight Test, but the astronaut mission will now launch after the private Ax-2 flight, which is targeted for early May.

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Skywatchers enjoy a night of surprise auroras as strongest solar storm in years hits Earth (photos)

March 25th, 2023 by

A surprise solar storm supercharged auroras across the U.S. and Europe last night (March 23), with sightings of the colorful displays reported from as far south as New Mexico and Arizona.

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Here’s what the sky would look like if humans could see gamma rays (video)

March 24th, 2023 by

A new NASA animation created using data from the Large Area Telescope aboard NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope shows the sky lit up by gamma-ray flashes.

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Strongest solar storm in nearly 6 years slams into Earth catching forecasters by surprise

March 24th, 2023 by

A stealthy solar storm surprised forecasters, causing spaceflight delays and incredible aurora displays as far south as New Mexico.

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NASA investigates veteran Mars orbiter to solve a missing fuel mystery

March 24th, 2023 by

NASA engineers have solved the mystery of the Mars Odyssey orbiter’s missing fuel, after estimates suggested the veteran spacecraft could be running on empty.

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