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Archive for November 11th, 2023

‘For All Mankind’ season 4 episode 1 review: Lots of moving parts but light on plot

November 11th, 2023 by

Apple TV Plus’s alternative history of the space race blasts off for the 21st century and an audacious mission to capture an asteroid.

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‘Lunar swirls’ have confused scientists for years. New NASA moon data might clear things up

November 11th, 2023 by

“Finding a relationship with topography in one swirl location could just be a fluke, but finding it in two vastly separate swirl regions is harder to ignore.”

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Astronauts dropped a tool bag during an ISS spacewalk, and you can see it with binoculars

November 11th, 2023 by

It’s an odd astronomy target, but a tool bag that gave astronauts the slip during a spacewalk at the International Space Station is surprisingly bright and can be seen with binoculars.

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A volcanic eruption gave birth to a new island, and a NASA satellite saw it from space (photo)

November 11th, 2023 by

From its orbit around Earth NASA’s Landsat-9 has spotted a newly birthed island off the coast of Japan. The island was forged in fire on Oct.30 when an underwater volcanic eruption rocked the Pacific.

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What did ancient humans know about astronomy?

November 11th, 2023 by

Humanity’s ability to track and monitor celestial cycles stretches back into prehistory, long before the invention of telescopes and astrolabes.

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Jupiter’s winds whip around in ‘cylindrical’ form, NASA’s Juno probe discovers

November 11th, 2023 by

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter’s winds whip around the planet’s turbulent atmosphere cylindrically.

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Bulgaria signs Artemis Accords for peaceful moon exploration

November 11th, 2023 by

Bulgaria became the 32nd nation to sign the Artemis Accords in a signing ceremony Nov. 9 with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Milena Stoycheva, Bulgaria’s minister of innovation and growth.

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I review star projectors for a living and this early Black Friday deal is one of the best I’ve seen all year.

November 11th, 2023 by

This star projector easily competes with the most expensive models, and with a further Black Friday saving, now’s the time to snap one up.

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