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Archive for February 9th, 2024

Watch 1st X-class solar flare of 2024 erupt from the sun in explosive fashion (video)

February 9th, 2024 by

The sun has just released a monstrous X-class solar flare in its most powerful eruption this year. Watch it erupt into space in an explosive outburst.

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Nuclear fusion lab sets record for most energy created with single reaction

February 9th, 2024 by

Scientists with the JET facility have broken a record for the most amount of raw energy created via nuclear fusion. There’s still work to be done, though.

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US Space Force wants satellite ‘jetpacks’ to keep old spacecraft alive in orbit

February 9th, 2024 by

The U.S. Space Force is looking for new ways to extend the lives of satellites that run out of fuel, including small “backpacks” that can attach to existing spacecraft in orbit.

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February’s ‘super’ new moon leaves the night sky nice and dark tonight

February 9th, 2024 by

February’s new moon coincides with lunar perigee, during which time the moon will reach its closest point to Earth in its orbit.

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SpaceX’s private Polaris Dawn orbital mission delayed to summer 2024

February 9th, 2024 by

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, which aims to pull off the first-ever private spacewalk, will now launch no earlier than this summer.

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20 people in space! Humanity quietly tied a record last month

February 9th, 2024 by

For a few minutes on Jan. 26, 20 people were in space at the same time, tying a record set just last May.

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Relive SpaceX Starship’s epic 2nd test flight in newly released NASA footage (video)

February 9th, 2024 by

Newly released NASA footage shows the second test flight of SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket in dramatic detail.

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Donated Renaissance-era astronomy book surprises university with hidden text

February 9th, 2024 by

Two astronomy books from the Renaissance have found their way to a new home, where students will try to read a possible hidden text within one of them.

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