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Archive for June 1st, 2023

Odd supergiant star Betelgeuse is brightening up. Is it about to go supernova?

June 1st, 2023 by

One of the brightest stars in the night sky has been getting oddly brighter, prompting speculations that it might soon explode in a supernova. Can we really expect that celestial spectacle?

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The Expanse: A Telltale Series preview — Trust your gut before your head gets in the way

June 1st, 2023 by

Telltale Games is reviving The Expanse with a prequel game series, and we’ve played the first episode.

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Zany new trailer for Fox’s ‘Stars on Mars’ reality show counts us down to launch (video)

June 1st, 2023 by

Fox released a new trailer for the wild new reality TV series “Stars on Mars” hosted by William Shatner that tosses contestants into a simulated Martian habitat.

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Hubble captures starry tentacles of faraway ‘jellyfish galaxy’ in stunning detail (photo)

June 1st, 2023 by

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning image of a jellyfish galaxy, whose cosmic tentacles host massive amounts of star formation.

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Saturn’s moon Enceladus is blasting a plume of water 6,000 miles high. Could life be lurking under its icy shell?

June 1st, 2023 by

The James Webb Space Telescope has found a 6,000 mile-long plume of water squirting into space from Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus, creating a massive watery cloud in the planet’s orbit.

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New technique could probe the heart of powerful solar storms

June 1st, 2023 by

Neutral particles accelerated to incredible speeds could be used to investigate powerful solar storms, according to a new study.

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Japan has a wild idea to launch a satellite made of wood in 2024

June 1st, 2023 by

An international partnership has designed a wooden satellite scheduled to be jointly launched by the Japanese space agency (JAXA) and NASA sometime next year.

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SpaceX’s Dragon splashdown with Ax-2 astronauts looks amazing in these nighttime photos and videos

June 1st, 2023 by

Ax-2’s SpaceX Dragon capsule Freedom put on quite a show as it streaked through Earth’s atmosphere late Tuesday night (May 30), as videos show.

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