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Archive for September 7th, 2023

See the Great Square of Pegasus trot through the night sky this month

September 7th, 2023 by

Look to the east in the evenings throughout September to find the Great Square of Pegasus, a group of four stars of roughly equal brightness, as it climbs higher in the night sky.

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US military scrubs hypersonic missile test launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

September 7th, 2023 by

A suspected test launch of a new hypersonic missile system from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was cancelled on Wednesday (Sept. 6).

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This black hole is devouring a dying star — but it only feasts once a month

September 7th, 2023 by

The frequency at which a star is being shredded by a black hole in a nearby galaxy offers clues into the poorly understood field of partial tidal disruption events.

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Celestron EclipSmart Travel Solar Scope 50 telescope review

September 7th, 2023 by

The Celestron EclipSmart Travel Solar Scope 50 telescope is an affordable way to view solar eclipses and the sun’s surface.

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Japanese brand Cosmology to provide skincare for astronauts aboard the ISS

September 7th, 2023 by

Cosmology, the first skincare product designed with space travel in mind, will find its way to the International Space Station next year.

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Dark matter ‘clumps’ found by tapping into Einstein’s general relativity theory

September 7th, 2023 by

Gravitationally lensed light from a distant quasar, powered by a supermassive black hole, could help constrain the properties of dark matter.

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Enormous fireball meteor turns the sky over Turkey green in eerie viral video

September 7th, 2023 by

A stunning bright-green fireball was captured by a phone camera in a playground in Turkey.

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Watch a NASA moon rover practice leaving its lunar lander (video)

September 7th, 2023 by

A prototype of a NASA moon rover, called VIPER, slithered down a ramp at an agency lab. The lunar mission will hunt for water ice, which is crucial in helping astronauts during their landing missions set to begin in the mid-2020s or so.

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