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Archive for December 29th, 2023

SpaceX wows with a double header of final 2023 rocket launches (photos, video)

December 29th, 2023 by

SpaceX ended 2023 with not 1 but 2 rocket launches. Within hours on Dec. 28, it sent a Falcon Heavy rocket loaded with the X-37B space plane, and a Falcon 9 carrying Starlink satellites.

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Quantum batteries could charge faster by scrambling the rules of cause and effect

December 29th, 2023 by

Batteries could charge up by relying on a quantum effect known as indefinite causal order, whereby the laws of cause and effect are scrambled and power can move through the system quicker.

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Tonga volcano eruption was fueled by 2 merging chambers that are still brimming with magma

December 29th, 2023 by

Researchers have mapped the magma plumbing system beneath Tonga’s underwater volcano and discovered three magma chambers, two of which fed the record-shattering 2022 eruption.

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12 times scientists penetrated the secrets of asteroids in 2023

December 29th, 2023 by

The OSIRIS-REx sampling mission, a planetary defense prototype named DART and a spacecraft’s ambitious journey to a metal world are just some of the highlights

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A guide to the solar system’s planets in 2024

December 29th, 2023 by

This guide to the planets in our solar system will show you what to look out for in the sky in 2024.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches mysterious X-37B space plane for US Space Force after delays

December 29th, 2023 by

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B space plane to orbit tonight (Dec. 28), kicking off the robotic vehicle’s seventh mission.

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Japan’s H3 rocket will launch a 2nd time in February 2024 after explosive failure

December 29th, 2023 by

Japan’s space agency says its H3 rocket will attempt to fly again as soon as Feb. 14, 2024. That’s nearly a year after the rocket’s explosive failure, shortly after its 1st liftoff.

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Unexpected cosmic clumping could disprove our best understanding of the universe

December 29th, 2023 by

The new study of galaxies, centered around a value for cosmic lumpiness known as S8, could join the Hubble tension in dethroning our best picture of how the universe evolved.

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