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Archive for May 23rd, 2023

Watch SpaceX launch big telecom satellite to orbit tonight

May 23rd, 2023 by

SpaceX will launch a big telecom satellite to orbit tonight (May 23), weather permitting, and you can watch the liftoff live.

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‘Prehistoric Planet’ Season 2 explores Earth’s history with a 5-night Apple TV+ adventure

May 23rd, 2023 by

Apple TV+’s “Prehistoric Planet” thunders into its second season today with more ancient creatures and curiosities from primeval Earth.

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Some black holes may actually be tangles in the fabric of space-time, new research suggests

May 23rd, 2023 by

A new paper discusses how light interacts with theoretical objects called “topological solitons” — kinks in the fabric of space-time that look just like black holes.

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Record-breaking Tonga undersea volcano disrupted satellite signals in space

May 23rd, 2023 by

The January 2022 eruption of a Tonga undersea volcano was powerful enough to generate plasma bubbles that disrupted radio communications in outer space.

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NASA’s tiny CAPSTONE probe snaps 1st photo of the moon, begins extended mission

May 23rd, 2023 by

NASA’s CAPSTONE cubesat has captured its first image of the moon, snapping the lunar north pole as it tested navigation technology similar to GPS used around Earth.

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See Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io glow red-hot in incredible images from NASA’s Juno probe

May 23rd, 2023 by

NASA’s Juno mission made its 51st flyby of the gas giant planet Jupiter and its moons, catching stunning images of Io, the most volcanic world in the solar system.

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Relive SpaceX launch of Ax-2 private astronaut mission with these stunning photos

May 23rd, 2023 by

Stunning images tell the story of the launch and landing of the Falcon 9 rocket that carried the Ax-2 crew to space on Sunday (May 21).

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How would we decode a message from ET? New project will give us a trial run

May 23rd, 2023 by

A new project called ‘A Sign in Space’ will give scientists and laypeople around the world practice at decoding a message from intelligent aliens.

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