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Archive for January, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope catches young planetary system by its dusty ‘cat’s tail’ (photo)

January 12th, 2024 by

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught the young planetary system Beta Pictoris by the tail seeing a new structure of dust that resembles the lower half of a cat.

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Newfound Earth-size exoplanet has a scorching-hot lava side

January 12th, 2024 by

NASA’s exoplanet-hunting TESS spacecraft has discovered an Earth-sized alien world called HD 63433 d that is surprisingly young and has a hemisphere of scorching-hot lava.

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Astronomers accidentally discover ‘dark’ primordial galaxy with no visible stars

January 12th, 2024 by

Astronomers inadvertently discovered a “dark” galaxy rich in gas but lacking stars when they pointed the Green Bank Telescope in the wrong direction.

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This huge exoplanet’s comet-like tail is 350,000 miles long and scientists are thrilled

January 12th, 2024 by

A hot Jupiter exoplanet’s comet-like tail is far longer than previously thought, spanning at least 350,000 miles, scientists say.

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Japanese earthquake on Jan. 1 shifted coastline over 800 feet, satellite photos show

January 12th, 2024 by

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Jan. 1, causing uplift that extended the coastline along areas of the Noto Peninsula by up to 820 feet (250 meters), as new satellite images show.

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Watch the mind-bending new trailer for sci-fi epic ‘3 Body Problem’ (video)

January 12th, 2024 by

Netflix released an epic new trailer for its upcoming epic sci-fi series, “3 Body Problem” based on the bestselling trilogy of novels by Cixin Liu.

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NASA awards another $100 million for private space stations

January 12th, 2024 by

NASA has awarded nearly $100 million in additional funding to commercial space station partners that are developing low Earth orbit destinations.

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China’s record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket aces amazing debut launch from ship at sea (video)

January 12th, 2024 by

The Gravity-1 solid rocket, built by Chinese company Orienspace, aced its first-ever launch today (Jan. 11), sending three satellites to orbit.

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