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Archive for October 29th, 2023

SpaceX to launch 23 satellites tonight on 2nd half of Starlink doubleheader

October 29th, 2023 by

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 23 Starlink internet satellites from Florida tonight (Oct. 29), on the second of two planned missions for the day.

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Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren’t the most expensive materials used in science

October 29th, 2023 by

I use Moon and Mars rocks in my teaching and have a modest collection of meteorites. I marvel at the fact that I can hold in my hand something that is billions of years old from billions of miles away.

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Astronaut Callie Rodriguez helps deploy a lunar telescope in NASA’s new online graphic novel

October 29th, 2023 by

Astronaut Callie Rodriguez continues her space adventures in the NASA graphic novel ‘First Woman: Expanding Our Universe.’

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New map of ice on Mars could help NASA decide where to send future astronauts

October 29th, 2023 by

The NASA-funded SWIM project aims to detect where there’s most likely water ice beneath Martian ground. Here’s why.

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World’s smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the Large Hadron Collider — and it works

October 29th, 2023 by

Scientists have created the world’s first nanophotonic electron accelerator, which speeds negatively charged particles with mini laser pulses and is small enough to fit on a coin.

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SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites from California early Oct. 29

October 29th, 2023 by

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to launched 22 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (Oct. 29), the first of two planned missions for the day.

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Full Hunter’s Moon lunar eclipse, last eclipse of 2023, an early Halloween treat for stargazers (photos)

October 29th, 2023 by

A lunar eclipse visible to potentially millions of stargazers across the Eastern Hemisphere on Saturday offered an early skywatching treat before Halloween.

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