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Archive for January 23rd, 2024

NASA’s IMAP probe will launch in 2025 to capture interstellar dust

January 23rd, 2024 by

In the spring of 2024, NASA plans to launch a spacecraft to capture minuscule dust particles streaming into our solar system from interstellar space.

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SpaceX wants to expand Starship launch site with a Texas land swap

January 23rd, 2024 by

SpaceX’s Starship launch site in South Texas may get bigger soon. The company has offered a land swap with the state to expand launch activities.

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It’s been a ‘wild’ ride for the comet sampled by NASA’s Stardust mission

January 23rd, 2024 by

Comet Wild 2 formed 4.5 billion years ago and is a relic of the birth of the solar system. In 2006, NASA brought pieces of it down to Earth.

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Not dead yet: Japan prepares for possible recovery of SLIM moon lander

January 23rd, 2024 by

The SLIM ‘Moon Sniper’ probe went silent shortly after notching Japan’s first-ever lunar landing on Jan. 19. But there may be life in the spacecraft yet.

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An impossibly huge ring of galaxies might lead us to new physics. Here’s how

January 23rd, 2024 by

This galactic superstructure appears to us as it was over 9 billion years ago.

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US Priority Mail stamps now feature James Webb Space Telescope images

January 23rd, 2024 by

As light reaching the James Webb Space Telescope, it took between 6,500 and 7,600 years to be received. As images on Priority stamps, they will get your mail to its destination much sooner.

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