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Archive for February 8th, 2024

Upcoming solar maximum may help solve the sun’s gamma-ray puzzle

February 8th, 2024 by

The upcoming solar maximum may help scientists solve the puzzle of why the sun’s poles emitted ten times more high-energy radiation than expected during the last peak in activity.

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Surprise! Baby exoplanets might look like Smarties candies rather than spheres

February 8th, 2024 by

Infant exoplanets may not be spherical as astronomers have always assumed. Instead, they may be oblate spheroids, like the ‘Smarties’ candy found in Europe.

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New film ‘Spacewoman’ to celebrate NASA’s Eileen Collins, 1st woman space commander and pilot

February 8th, 2024 by

NASA astronaut Eileen Collins will be featured in “Spacewoman”, a documentary coming in 2025 about the first female space commander and pilot.

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Here’s what it’s like taking a VR spacewalk with the Canadian Space Agency

February 8th, 2024 by

Moon robotics will move around astronauts and equipment to get ready for lunar landings. But first, comes the simulation of Canadarm3 to make sure everything will fit.

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Dark matter could be gently wobbling space-time around us — and scientists may finally know how to detect it

February 8th, 2024 by

A new paper suggests we may finally be able to uncover the identity of dark matter using the same technology that detects ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves.

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