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Archive for November 11th, 2023

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 87 — One Lunar Fizz Please

November 11th, 2023 by

On Episode 87 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod discuss drinking in space with Colleen McLeod Garner.

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SpaceX set to launch 90 payloads to orbit on ‘rideshare’ mission today

November 11th, 2023 by

SpaceX is poised to launch its Transporter-9 mission today (Nov. 11), a ‘rideshare’ flight that will loft 90 payloads to orbit.

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Volcanic ‘devil comet’ resprouts its horns after erupting again

November 11th, 2023 by

The massive volcanic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which grows giant horns when it erupts, has exploded for a third time in five months as it continues to race toward the sun.

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The Taurid meteor shower peaks tonight. Here’s how to see it.

November 11th, 2023 by

The Northern Taurid meteor shower peaks overnight on Nov. 11, offering the chance to see fireballs created by debris from Comet 2P/Encke burning up in Earth’s atmosphere.

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These highly rated lightsabers are at their lowest ever price ahead of Black Friday

November 11th, 2023 by

We rate these lightsabers as some of the best on the market and now they’re at their lowest ever price on Amazon, ahead of Black Friday.

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Satellite data and 100-year-old images reveal quickening retreat of Greenland’s glaciers

November 11th, 2023 by

Using a combination of historical aerial photographs and satellite imagery of Greenland, scientists have analyzed the movement of more than 1,000 peripheral glaciers from 1890 to 2022. They’ve discovered the rate of retreat for these peripheral glaciers has doubled in the last 20 years.

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Watch SpaceX Dragon capsule arrive at the space station early on Nov. 11

November 11th, 2023 by

A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station early Saturday morning (Nov. 11), and you can watch the action live.

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International Space Station dodges orbital debris hours before SpaceX cargo ship’s arrival: report

November 11th, 2023 by

The International Space Station moved away fromdodged space debris on Friday (Nov. 10), Russian space officials said, hours before a SpaceX cargo ship aims to arrive.

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