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Archive for August, 2023

Odds of ‘strong’ El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to ‘substantially exceed’ last big warming event

August 19th, 2023 by

Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.

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See Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket come together at Florida space coast factory (photo)

August 19th, 2023 by

Social media post provides rare insight into Blue Origin’s work and progress on its New Glenn rocket.

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I flew weightlessly on a parabolic flight to see incredible student science soar

August 19th, 2023 by

Every year, a few Canadian students climb and fall in mid-air for a few precious research moments in microgravity. This is what it’s like to fly along.

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This Canadian satellite was supposed to last 2 years in space. It’s now celebrating 20

August 19th, 2023 by

The Canadian Space Agency’s Scisat is a valuable hunter of climate change evidence, producing big-name publications in Nature and Science recently despite its advanced age.

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SpaceX shows off newly modified Starship Super Heavy booster (photos)

August 19th, 2023 by

SpaceX has installed a new heat shield and ‘vented interstage’ on its latest Starship Super Heavy booster, which is being prepped for flight in the near future.

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Hubble images a museum of galaxies, and some are gravitationally warped (photo)

August 19th, 2023 by

A new image released by NASA shows-off the galaxies of Abell 3322.

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‘Foundation’ space advisor on keeping Asimov’s fictional galaxy realistic (exclusive)

August 19th, 2023 by

NASA planetary scientist and “Foundation” space advisor Kevin Hand tells Space.com how the series stays rooted in as much actual science and astrophysics as possible.

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A nearby supernova could reveal the secret lives of ghostly neutrinos. Here’s how.

August 19th, 2023 by

By modeling the neutrinos from a supernova as an exotic kind of fluid moving at nearly the speed of light, researchers are searching for signs of how neutrinos can interact with each other.

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