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Archive for December 1st, 2023

For Henry Kissinger, NASA’S Apollo 11 lunar landing was about more than the moon

December 1st, 2023 by

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger passed away Nov. 29, 2023. After the Apollo 11 moon landing, Kissinger helped organize a world tour of the moonwalking astronauts.

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Here’s what astronauts in orbit around Mars would see from their spacecraft

December 1st, 2023 by

New images from NASA’s Mars Odyssey Orbiter capture what the Red Planet would look like from the vantage point of a spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.

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300 gamma-ray-blasting neutron stars found in massive haul — and some are ‘spider pulsars’

December 1st, 2023 by

Astronomers have discovered around 300 new gamma-ray-blasting pulsars, including several “spider pulsars” that devour the companion stars like black widows.

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Meet ‘Selam,’ the curious double moon orbiting asteroid ‘Dinky’

December 1st, 2023 by

Asteroid Dinkinesh, target No. 1 on Lucy’s journey, turned out to be not one, but two (technically three) space rocks put together. Scientists finally gave its satellite a name.

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The Milky Way lights up the ‘Valley of the moon’ in magical new night sky photo

December 1st, 2023 by

The European Southern Observatory shared a mesmerizing new photo of the Milky Way shining above Valle de la Luna, meaning “Valley of the Moon,” in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

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