Sun unleashes monster X-class solar flare, most powerful since 2017 (video)
December 15th, 2023 by
The sun unleashed an X2.8 solar flare today (Dec. 14), its most powerful such eruption since September 2017.
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Tiny 14-inch satellite studies ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanets evaporating into space
December 15th, 2023 by
Hot Jupiters are gas giants so close to their star that the star’s heat and radiation can blow the planets’ atmosphere away.
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China launches secret space plane on 3rd-ever mission
December 15th, 2023 by
China launched its secretive reusable space plane into orbit for its third mission on Dec. 14, just one day after the U.S. Space Force took its own X-37B space plane off the launch pad.
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FAA’s launch mishap investigations need a rethink, government report finds
December 15th, 2023 by
The Federal Aviation Administration should evaluate and improve the way it investigates space launch mishaps, according to a new report.
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SETI’s 1st ‘conversation’ with a humpback whale offers insight on how to talk to E.T.
December 15th, 2023 by
Humpback whale “conversations” provide valuable insight on how humans may one day communicate with life beyond Earth.
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Humans could use black holes as batteries, physics paper claims. Here’s how.
December 15th, 2023 by
Black holes are some of the most powerful objects in the universe — and humans could devise ways to harness that power as an energy source, a new theoretical study claims.
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