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Archive for February 7th, 2024

Lunar astronauts could potentially make hummus with moon-grown chickpeas

February 7th, 2024 by

A team of researchers has grown chickpeas in simulated moondust for the first time.

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How scientists are using artificial intelligence to predict wildfires

February 7th, 2024 by

AI continues to prove successful as an important tool for fire weather forecasters, both with thunderstorm prediction and increasing situational awareness for active fires caused by lightning.

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NASA’s asteroid-hopping Lucy probe heads back toward Earth after acing crucial engine burn

February 7th, 2024 by

Thanks to a powerful engine burn on Feb. 3, NASA’s asteroid-hopping Lucy spacecraft is on its way back to Earth for a Christmas-time rendezvous this year.

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SpaceX targeting Feb. 14 for launch of IM-1 private moon mission

February 7th, 2024 by

SpaceX is targeting Feb. 14 for the launch of Intuitive Machine’s IM-1 mission, which aims to become the first private effort to soft-land on the moon.

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India’s Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter catalogs tons of mysterious solar flares

February 7th, 2024 by

Over the course of 3 years, Chandrayaan-2 observed thousands of mysterious, slow-building, ultra-hot solar flares as they erupted from the sun.

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NASA’s Juno probe snaps outstanding photos of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io during close flyby

February 7th, 2024 by

During its second close rendezvous with Jupiter’s volcanic moon, NASA’s Juno spacecraft collected some amazing images of the scene.

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Asteroid 2024 BX1 fragments confirmed to be rare meteorites as old as the solar system itself

February 7th, 2024 by

When asteroid 2024 BX1 exploded over Earth it littered the planet with rare meteorites that are similar in composition to the unspoiled building blocks of our planet.

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Virgin Galactic mothership loses alignment pin during space plane launch, FAA investigating

February 7th, 2024 by

Virgin Galactic informed the FAA that the mothership of its space plane VSS Unity lost a piece of hardware on its most recent suborbital flight.

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