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Archive for July, 2023

We have never seen dark matter and dark energy. Why do we think they exist?

July 1st, 2023 by

We have never seen dark matter and dark energy, so why do we think they exist? And what would happen if Europe’s new space telescope Euclid finds evidence that they don’t exist after all?

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Who is the Euclid ‘dark universe’ space telescope named after?

July 1st, 2023 by

Dark matter and dark energy distort traditional Euclidean geometry in the universe, and the Euclid mission will measure how much they distort it by.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity phones home, breaking 63-day silence

July 1st, 2023 by

NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity has phoned home after 63 days of silence, and all appears to be well with the little rotorcraft.

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One of the longest solar eclipses on Earth darkened the sky 50 years ago. Here’s how it happened.

July 1st, 2023 by

Fifty years ago, on Saturday, June 30, 1973, one of the longest total eclipses of the sun in modern times took place.

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Saturn’s rings look gorgeous in 1st James Webb Space Telescope photo of the gas giant

July 1st, 2023 by

Saturn’s famous rings shine bright in an incredible new photo by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, its first officially released shot of the gas giant.

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Europe’s ‘dark universe’ Euclid spacecraft ready for July 1 SpaceX launch

July 1st, 2023 by

The Euclid spacecraft, which aims to shed light on dark matter and dark energy, is ready to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday (July 1).

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July’s Full Buck Moon is the 1st of 4 supermoons this summer

July 1st, 2023 by

Summer 2023 is supermoon season! On Monday, July 3, the Buck Full Moon rises, beginning a series of four supermoons lasting through September.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots intriguing carbon molecule in planet-forming disk

July 1st, 2023 by

The James Webb Space Telescope spotted the carbon molecule methyl cation in a planet-forming disk around a red dwarf star.

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