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Archive for July 20th, 2023

Most Americans expect routine space tourism by 2073, but few would actually try it: report

July 20th, 2023 by

A Pew Research Center report reveals more than half of Americans expects to have access to space, but barely a third would be willing to make the trip themselves.

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Artemis 2 moon astronaut explains risk of flying NASA’s supersonic training jet

July 20th, 2023 by

Fighter pilot Jeremy Hansen, a Canadian astronaut on the Artemis 2 mission, talks about how the T-38 supersonic fleet ‘can kill you’ and why that’s important for space training.

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Strange two-faced dying star ‘Janus’ baffles scientists in cosmic oddity

July 20th, 2023 by

While routinely scanning the sky for the burnt-out remnants of dying stars, scientists stumbled upon a strange cosmic signal.

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How Apollo 11 inspired record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (exclusive)

July 20th, 2023 by

Record-breaking former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson appeared on CBS News on July 20 to talk about how the Apollo 11 moon landing influenced her career choice.

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Return to the moon: The race we have to win (again)

July 20th, 2023 by

The race is on. We are in a Sputnik moment — a sudden and important recognition that we are about to lose the heavens if we do not act with clarity and unity.

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Interstellar meteor fragments found? Harvard astronomer’s claim sparks debate, criticism

July 20th, 2023 by

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb believes he has found pieces of the first known interstellar meteorite. But others have their doubts, and the debate is turning ugly.

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Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11’s anniversary (gallery)

July 20th, 2023 by

The Library of Congress has 400 years of moon maps from around the world. Explore the moon in centuries of maps to celebrate the first-ever human moon landing in 1969.

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‘Hidden’ photons could shed light on mysterious dark matter

July 20th, 2023 by

A new super-cool technique could shed light on a hidden dark matter candidate known as ‘dark photons.’

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