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Archive for January 4th, 2024

China launches 2 sets of commercial weather satellites in 3-day span (video)

January 4th, 2024 by

On Dec. 24 and Dec. 27, China launched clusters of small satellites to provide commercial meteorological data.

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Exoplanet-hunting instrument measures Jupiter’s wild wind speeds

January 4th, 2024 by

A Very Large Telescope instrument designed to study exoplanets has turned its focus to our own cosmic neighborhood to measure Jupiter’s wind speeds.

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Male astronauts headed to Mars could thrive on this vegetarian salad

January 4th, 2024 by

It turns out the optimal space meal for male astronauts is a tasty vegetarian salad, using ingredients grown in space that offer micronutrients needed to compensate for extra calories burned.

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DARPA’s wild X-65 CRANE aircraft aims for 1st flight in summer 2025

January 4th, 2024 by

DARPA and Aurora Flight Sciences have begun building the first full-scale X-65 aircraft to demonstrate a new method of flight control that uses no external moving parts.

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For Astrobotic, big risk (and bigger reward) ride on private Peregrine moon lander’s Jan. 8 launch

January 4th, 2024 by

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic is gearing up for the Jan. 8 launch of its Peregrine lander, which will try to become the first private spacecraft to land on the moon.

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Australia celebrates space history on world’s 1st coin minted in 2024

January 4th, 2024 by

The world’s first coin to be struck in 2024 highlights space history. ‘Out of this World – Australia in Space’ was chosen by the Royal Australian Mint as its 2024 theme.

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‘Cooling glass’ could fight climate change by reflecting solar radiation back into space

January 4th, 2024 by

To combat increasing global temperatures, scientists have developed a new cooling glass paint which effectively uses space as a heat sink.

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Ripples in the oldest known spiral galaxy may shed light on the origins of our Milky Way

January 4th, 2024 by

Observations have revealed the first-ever seismic waves seen in an ancient galaxy, offering new insight on the origins of our very own Milky Way.

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