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Archive for February 15th, 2024

NASA’s interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft isn’t doing so well — here’s what we know

February 15th, 2024 by

NASA’s Voyager 1 deep space probe started glitching last year, and scientists aren’t sure they can fix it.

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Dead star ‘glitches’ could reveal the origins of fast radio bursts

February 15th, 2024 by

Two glitches in the rotation of a highly magnetic neutron star or ‘magnetar’ could help reveal the interior of neutron stars and get to the bottom of how these compact dead stars blast out fast radio bursts.

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US space science could fall behind China if private successors to ISS are delayed, Congress warns

February 15th, 2024 by

A House subcommittee asked NASA about its plan to replace the International Space Station after 2030. New commercial stations are on the way but may not be ready in time.

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Lunar lining: Columbia coat tech insulates Intuitive Machines’ newly launched moon lander

February 15th, 2024 by

A technology used to protect the first astronauts to land on the moon is on its way back to the lunar surface, and you may already have some of it in your coat closet.

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SpaceX launches private ‘Odysseus’ lander on pioneering moon mission (video)

February 15th, 2024 by

SpaceX launched Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus spacecraft on Thursday morning (Feb. 15), kicking off the probe’s quest to pull off an epic moon landing.

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Water found on the surface of an asteroid for the 1st time ever

February 15th, 2024 by

Water molecules have been detected on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, revealing new clues about the distribution of water in our solar system.

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SETI searches for alien signals synchronized with supernova 1987A

February 15th, 2024 by

Astronomers revitalize an old concept called the SETI Ellipsoid that incorporates supernovas in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Watch NASA unfurl basketball-court-sized solar sail for deep space propulsion (video)

February 15th, 2024 by

NASA and Redwire Space successfully deployed a massive solar sail in a test, potentially paving the way for this revolutionary propulsion technology to be used for deep space transportation.

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