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Archive for September 18th, 2023

‘A Million Miles Away’ director and astronaut José Hernández reveal cameo in new film from Amazon

September 18th, 2023 by

José Hernández is humbled, but also loves “A Million Miles Away.” The new film from director Alejandra Márquez Abella is based on the former NASA astronaut’s life story.

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NASA’s new greenhouse gas detector will help track down ‘super-emitters’ from space

September 18th, 2023 by

As global warming continues to be exacerbated by human activity, scientists are setting out to map the distribution of Earth’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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Massive eruption on sun hurls coronal mass ejection toward Earth, auroras likely Sept. 19 (video)

September 18th, 2023 by

A huge solar filament eruption has hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. The CME is expected to hit Earth on Sept. 19 and may trigger extensive auroras.

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How asteroid Bennu caught NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft by surprise and nearly killed it along the way

September 18th, 2023 by

When the OSIRIS-REx probe arrived at asteroid Bennu, it found a body that looked and behaved quite differently from what scientists had expected.

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SpaceX inks 14-launch deal to loft Telesat’s ‘Lightspeed’ internet constellation

September 18th, 2023 by

SpaceX has signed a 14-launch deal to loft Telesat’s Lightspeed internet constellation, beginning in 2026. Each liftoff will see a Falcon 9 carry up to 18 satellites to low Earth orbit.

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Powerful observatories reveal 5 breathtaking corners of the universe hidden to human eyes (images)

September 18th, 2023 by

NASA has highlighted a new set of vibrant cosmic images, each one painted by the observatories that help us see what our eyes cannot.

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A squishy robot built for Mars is helping 1st responders on Earth in rescue operations

September 18th, 2023 by

A spherical, impact-resilient robot, which was developed to gather data and perform science on the moon or Mars, has demonstrated its usefulness to first responders here on Earth.

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The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it

September 18th, 2023 by

Humanity is slowly losing access to the night sky, and astronomers have invented a new term to describe the pain associated with this loss: ‘noctalgia,’ meaning ‘sky grief.’

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