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Archive for April 10th, 2023

Cosmic ‘highway code’ could help combat the space junk threat

April 10th, 2023 by

New guidelines from governments and the space sector include “rules of the road” that could help reduce risky collisions between space junk and spacecraft.

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Rollable ‘membrane mirrors’ could pave way for bigger, more powerful space telescopes

April 10th, 2023 by

A scientist says his new method could help build low-cost telescope mirrors far bigger than those onboard the James Webb Space Telescope, whose iconic honeycomb mirror is the largest ever launched.

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Why will it take Europe’s JUICE spacecraft 8 years to get to Jupiter?

April 10th, 2023 by

Europe’s JUICE mission will launch on Thursday (April 13), but won’t reach Jupiter until 2031. Why will it take so long?

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New kind of pulsar may explain how mysterious ‘black widow’ systems evolve

April 10th, 2023 by

Astronomers have identified a new kind of pulsar that consumes an orbiting companion, filling in a missing link about how some of the strangest systems in the universe evolve.

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Sultan Al Neyadi to perform 1st spacewalk by an Arab astronaut this month

April 10th, 2023 by

UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi is scheduled to become the first Arab astronaut to perform a spacewalk on April 28, 2023. Al Neyadi is aboard the International Space Station for a six-month mission.

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How are Hubble Space Telescope images made?

April 10th, 2023 by

How does the Hubble Space Telescope view the universe, and how are its images translated to a form we can understand?

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