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Archive for October, 2023

China launches new 3-astronaut crew to Tiangong space station

October 26th, 2023 by

A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert today (Oct. 25), carrying the Shenzhou 17 spacecraft and its crew into orbit.

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Cosmonauts on ISS spacewalk encounter toxic coolant ‘blob’ while inspecting leaky radiator

October 26th, 2023 by

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub got an up-close view of a coolant leak flowing from an external radiator while conducting a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station.

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Climate change has pushed Earth into ‘uncharted territory’: report

October 26th, 2023 by

A new climate report finds humanity is pushing Earth’s systems into “dangerous instability.”

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Watch the partial lunar eclipse of the Full Hunter’s Moon on Oct. 28 in these free livestreams

October 26th, 2023 by

Watch the partial lunar eclipse on Oct. 28 live here on Space.com. We’ve also rounded up some of the best livestreams for watching the moon enter Earth’s shadow.

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The mysterious dimming of supergiant star Betelgeuse may finally be explained (photo)

October 26th, 2023 by

Images released by the European Southern Observatory may reveal why Betelgeuse dimmed in 2019.

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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting, and it’s too late to stop it

October 26th, 2023 by

A best-case projection that meets ambitious Paris Accord targets suggests the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt three times faster in the 21st century than it did in the 20th.

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1st-ever radio images of an annular solar eclipse showcase the sun’s extended corona

October 26th, 2023 by

Scientists used the new Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA) in California to capture radio images of October’s annular eclipse.

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China unveils Shenzhou 17 astronauts launching to Tiangong space station tonight (video)

October 26th, 2023 by

China has revealed its latest crew of astronauts set for a six-month-long mission to the Tiangong space station today.

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