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Archive for December 5th, 2023

Stratolaunch’s huge Roc plane flies with fueled-up hypersonic vehicle for 1st time (photos)

December 5th, 2023 by

Stratolaunch’s giant Roc airplane conducted its first-ever captive-carry flight with a fueled Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle on Sunday (Dec. 3).

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X-ray telescope catches ‘spider pulsars’ devouring stars like cosmic black widows (image)

December 5th, 2023 by

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Space Telescope has spotted a “clutter” of rapidly spinning neutron stars called spider pulsars that are devouring surrounding stars.

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SpaceX buys parachute manufacturer Pioneer Aerospace

December 5th, 2023 by

SpaceX has acquired Pioneer Aerospace, a company that provided components for Dragon spacecraft parachutes before filing for bankruptcy.

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James Webb Space Telescope gazes into ‘The Brick,’ a dark nebula near the Milky Way’s heart

December 5th, 2023 by

A dark nebula, also known as “The Brick,” was imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Historic magnetic storms help scientists learn what to expect when one hits

December 5th, 2023 by

Magnetic storms can create amazing auroras, but they also have the capacity to impact our power grid.

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The Predator returns in Marvel Comics’ ‘The Last Hunt’ miniseries

December 5th, 2023 by

The galaxy’s most notorious alien bounty hunter returns in Marvel Comics’ “Predator: The Last Hunt #1” coming in February 2024.

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory will track orphan stars to reveal a cosmic ‘fossil record’

December 5th, 2023 by

The upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers track stars ripped from their galaxies, revealing a cosmic fossil record to track the evolution of galactic clusters.

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