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Archive for August, 2023

Chinese launch startup tests landing rockets with jet-powered prototype

August 7th, 2023 by

Chinese launch company Galactic Energy announced in late July that it used a small test vehicle propelled by a jet engine to test software for landing rockets.

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Top 10 best (or worst) terms in astronomy and physics

August 7th, 2023 by

The modern scientific fields of astronomy and physics stretch back for centuries, and so naturally they’ve accumulated a lot of interesting names for objects, ideas, and phenomena.

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See Jupiter and the half moon join up in the night sky tonight

August 7th, 2023 by

The moon and Jupiter will be just under the feet of Aires the Ram, in the night sky on the evening of Monday, Aug. 7. With the right binoculars, you could see five moons at once.

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SpaceX fires up giant new Starship booster ahead of test flight (video)

August 7th, 2023 by

SpaceX fired up its huge new Starship Super Heavy booster today (Aug. 6), notching an important milestone on the path to flight.

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Watch SpaceX launch 22 Starlink satellites tonight

August 6th, 2023 by

SpaceX will launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (Aug. 6), and you can watch the action live.

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Giant ‘bubbletrons’ shaped the forces of the universe moments after the Big Bang, new study suggests

August 6th, 2023 by

Meet the ‘bubbletrons’ — theoretical particle accelerators that may have helped build the universe as we know it.

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NASA unveils new website and streaming new service landing later this year

August 6th, 2023 by

NASA has announced the new “NASA+” streaming service which will offer free event content and videos when it launches sometime later in 2023.

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Sun blasts out highest-energy radiation ever recorded, raising questions for solar physics

August 6th, 2023 by

Using a 24/7 observatory that can detect when charged particles interact with water, scientists identified record-breaking rays coming from the sun.

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