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Archive for January, 2024

SpaceX’s new direct-to-cell Starlink satellites relay their 1st text messages

January 12th, 2024 by

SpaceX just broke in its newly launched direct-to-cell Starlink satellites, using them to send text messages for the first time.

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Private Peregrine moon lander powers up lunar payloads despite propulsion anomaly

January 12th, 2024 by

Astrobotic’s latest mission update on its Peregrine moon lander indicates that, despite a crippling propulsion system anomaly, the mission’s payloads are working as planned.

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See the elusive planet Mercury at its best and brightest on Friday

January 12th, 2024 by

The elusive planet Mercury reaches its furthest point from the sun on Friday (Jan. 12), with this separation allowing skywatchers a rare chance to spot the tiny planet.

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January’s new moon welcomes Mercury as a ‘morning star’

January 12th, 2024 by

The first new moon of 2024 occurs on January 11, leaving the skies dark for stargazers to find Mercury at its most visible during its greatest separation from the sun.

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Nearby exoplanet may be rich in life-giving water, study finds

January 11th, 2024 by

Researchers have just come a step closer to uncovering the secrets of an alien planet that may be the most likely of all known extrasolar worlds to host life.

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SETI scientists begin huge new hunt for intelligent aliens

January 11th, 2024 by

The search for alien technosignatures has dramatically expanded, thanks to a new experiment called COSMIC.

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‘Missing link’ supernova connects star’s death to birth of black hole or neutron star

January 11th, 2024 by

Astronomers have discovered a “missing link” supernova that directly connects the death of a massive star to the birth of a black hole or a neutron star.

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China won’t beat US Artemis astronauts to the moon, NASA chief says

January 11th, 2024 by

After declaring last year that we’re in a space race, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is now unconcerned that China will beat the United States in returning astronauts to the moon.

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