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Archive for September, 2023

India’s lunar lander finds 1st evidence of a moonquake in decades

September 9th, 2023 by

The possible moonquake was detected by India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission on its third day on the lunar surface.

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NASA’s mighty SLS megarocket for Artemis moonshots ‘unaffordable’ for sustained exploration, audit finds

September 9th, 2023 by

NASA needs to be more transparent about the costs and schedules for its Space Launch System moon rocket, a newly released audit has found.

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Ultra-powerful space explosion, 1st of its kind, may have been triggered by black hole star-destroyer

September 9th, 2023 by

A “Luminous Fast Cooler” explosion that emits as much energy in weeks as the sun will over 10 billion years could be the result of a black hole wrecking a star.

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Watch SpaceX launch 22 Starlink satellites to orbit tonight

September 9th, 2023 by

SpaceX plans to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (Sept. 8), and you can watch the action live.

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Watch Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket fire up its engine for the 1st time (video)

September 9th, 2023 by

Europe’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket just took a big step towards its first, much-awaited launch thanks to a successful hot fire of its Vulcain 2.1 engine.

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How NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory will search exoplanets for signs of alien life

September 9th, 2023 by

Planning is well underway for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, a telescope project that will hunt for telltale signs of life in the atmospheres of planets outside the solar system.

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FAA closes investigation of SpaceX’s Starship launch mishap

September 9th, 2023 by

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has closed its investigation into the first flight of SpaceX’s giant Starship vehicle, which ended with a bang this past April.

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Venus is now a beacon in the early morning sky. Here’s how to see it

September 9th, 2023 by

With each passing morning, Venus has been rising ever higher and has been getting a little brighter. The planet will reach its brightest in the morning sky on Sept. 19. Here’s how to see it.

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