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Archive for January, 2024

NASA loses contact with Ingenuity Mars helicopter

January 20th, 2024 by

NASA lost contact with its Ingenuity Mars helicopter on Thursday (Jan. 18), toward the end of the little rotorcraft’s 72nd Red Planet flight.

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Watch SpaceX’s Ax-3 astronaut mission arrive at ISS early Jan. 20

January 20th, 2024 by

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Freedom will arrive at the ISS early Saturday morning (Jan. 20) with the four astronauts of the private Ax-3 mission, and you can watch the action live.

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NASA satellite sees an aurora in infrared light (image)

January 20th, 2024 by

Generally, photos of auroras capture bright, colorful bands dancing across the night sky, but a new satellite view captures the spectacular glow of an aurora in a new light.

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Are gaps in the Andromeda galaxy filled with dark matter? This NASA telescope could find out

January 20th, 2024 by

NASA’s forthcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will zoom in on streams of stars in the Andromeda galaxy to hunt for dark matter.

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As crippled Peregrine moon lander burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, Astrobotic ‘excited for the next adventure’

January 20th, 2024 by

Despite the conclusion of the Peregrine lunar lander mission, Astrobotic is proud of how its spacecraft performed and is looking forward to its next flight.

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US Space Force satellite data shines light on mystery of Arctic warming

January 20th, 2024 by

Satellite data show melting Arctic sea ice has reduced the amount of sunlight the region reflects, triggering an unprecedented rise in local temperatures.

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Scientists simulate black hole spaghettifying star from start to finish

January 20th, 2024 by

A new cosmic crime scene reconstruction tells the full story of a star ripped apart by a ravenous black hole, revealing a previously unknown aspect of these tidal disruption events.

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China’s Tianzhou 6 cargo spacecraft burns up in Earth’s atmosphere

January 20th, 2024 by

China deorbited its robotic Tianzhou 6 cargo spacecraft today (Jan. 19) after it completed its mission serving the country’s space station.

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