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Archive for January 19th, 2024

SpaceX launches private Ax-3 mission to ISS, 1st Turkish astronaut on board

January 19th, 2024 by

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (Jan. 18), sending four people, including Turkey’s first astronaut, toward the ISS.

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Satellites watch Iceland volcano spew lava towards fishing village (photo)

January 19th, 2024 by

The tiny Icelandic town of GrindavĂ­k lies under threat from a lava flow, imaged from space by a satellite.

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NASA moon orbiter beams laser off Indian lander in historic 1st

January 19th, 2024 by

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently bounced a laser off India’s Vikram moon lander, marking a space-communications first.

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Early galaxies were shaped like surfboards and pool noodles, James Webb Space Telescope finds

January 19th, 2024 by

Young galaxies in the early universe adopted elongated shapes as they formed along filaments of the cosmic web, before evolving into more disc-like galaxies.

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New mystery object could be lightest black hole ever seen

January 19th, 2024 by

The MeerKat Radio Telescope discovered an unknown object in the Milky Way heavier than the largest neutron star but lighter than the smallest black holes.

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The moon once had way more water than we ever imagined, lunar meteorite reveals

January 19th, 2024 by

A new examination of a lunar meteorite revealed a mineral that could change our understanding of water on the moon, showing its crust was water-rich around 4 billion years ago.

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