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Archive for June, 2023

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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Monster black hole burps out hot gas in bright ‘H’ shape (photos)

June 1st, 2023 by

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory spied a massive “H” structure half the size of our entire galaxy made of blazing hot gas spewing from a distant supermassive black hole.

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Infant stars burst out of their cosmic cribs in a violent stellar nursery (photo)

June 1st, 2023 by

The two protesters burst from their cocoons of gas and dust in Lupus 3, a vast stellar nursery located about 500 light-years from Earth.

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How to photograph SpaceX Starlink satellites in the night sky

June 1st, 2023 by

Discover the best methods and camera equipment to photograph Starlink satellites at night using this step-by-step method.

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A cosmic magnifying glass: What is gravitational lensing?

June 1st, 2023 by

Gravitational lensing is a powerful tool for telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope as it images some of the most distant and faint early galaxies.

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