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Archive for September, 2023

Heating and cooling space habitats isn’t easy – one engineering team is developing a lighter, more efficient solution

September 25th, 2023 by

It’s hard to keep a spacecraft cool, but ongoing research on the International Space Station might yield a solution.

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Nuclear ‘pasta’ cooked up by dead stars could unravel the secrets of stellar afterlife

September 25th, 2023 by

In the extreme hearts of neutron stars, fundamental particles are twisted into strange ‘pasta’ shapes that could reveal untold secrets about how dead stars evolve.

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Our entire galaxy is warping, and a gigantic blob of dark matter could be to blame

September 25th, 2023 by

An invisible halo of misaligned dark matter could explain the warps at the Milky Way’s edges.

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After NASA’s epic OSIRIS-REx capsule landing success, spacecraft heads to asteroid Apophis on new mission

September 25th, 2023 by

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe, which delivered samples of the space rock Bennu to Earth, is now on an extended voyage to study the infamous near-Earth asteroid Apophis.

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule just landed with samples of asteroid Bennu. Next stop: Texas

September 25th, 2023 by

Hey NASA, you’ve just landed your first samples from an asteroid! Where are they going next? Houston, of course.

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx lands samples of asteroid Bennu to Earth after historic 4-billion-mile journey

September 24th, 2023 by

NASA successfully recovered a capsule containing samples of asteroid Bennu taken by its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2020.

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases asteroid sample capsule toward Earth in flyby, heads to Apophis

September 24th, 2023 by

The first asteroid samples ever collected by NASA are closing in on Earth for a historic landing in Utah today (Sept. 24).

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SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites from California early on Sept. 25

September 24th, 2023 by

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch from California early Monday morning (Sept. 25), carrying 21 Starlink satellites to orbit.

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