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Archive for August, 2023

Watch an Antares rocket launch to the International Space Station tonight

August 1st, 2023 by

Northrop Grumman’s final Antares 200 series rocket is poised to launch the NG-19 resupply mission to the International Space Station, delivering over 8,200 pounds of research and provisions.

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Watch the supermoon of August 2023 rise today with free telescope livestream (video)

August 1st, 2023 by

The Full Sturgeon Moon, the first of two supermoons this month, rises Tuesday (August 1), and you can watch it live thanks to a livestream from the Virtual Telescope Project.

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Europe’s trailblazing wind satellite comes to a fiery end above Earth

August 1st, 2023 by

The European Space Agency’s weather monitoring spacecraft Aeolus came to a fiery end on Friday, July 28, when it entered Earth’s atmosphere and burned up.

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Euclid ‘dark universe’ telescope reveals its 1st sparkling images of the cosmos (photos)

August 1st, 2023 by

Euclid’s stunning seminal images confirm that the observatory’s instruments are working as expected.

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‘Strange New Worlds’ season 2 episode 7 features a wild crossover with ‘Lower Decks’

August 1st, 2023 by

How is this bizarre live action/animation crossover possible you ask? By the power of a portal, of course.

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Argentina signs NASA’s Artemis Accords for peaceful moon exploration

August 1st, 2023 by

Argentina became the 28th country to sign the Artemis Accords on July 27, as NASA administrator Bill Nelson was in South America on a goodwill tour.

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Watch Lance Armstrong and Andy Richter take out the astronaut trash in ‘Stars on Mars’ (video)

August 1st, 2023 by

Watch Lance Armstrong and Andy Richter take out the trash in this exclusive clip for the new episode of Fox’s sci-fi reality TV series, “Stars on Mars.”

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Stars with superpowered magnetic fields could narrow the search for alien life

August 1st, 2023 by

With unusually powerful magnetic fields, these stars seem to get a boost when their cores start to drift apart. Thus, they may not be the ideal hosts for habitable exoplanets.

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