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Archive for February, 2024

Get a free solar filter worth $249 with the purchase of any Unistellar telescope

February 28th, 2024 by

You can now get one of the best telescopes on the market and get a free solar filter, just in time for the next solar eclipse on April 8.

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Possibly habitable Trappist-1 exoplanet caught destroying its own atmosphere

February 28th, 2024 by

Trappist-1 e may be destroying its own atmosphere as it races around its red dwarf star host, showing there are many ways for planets to lose habitability. The findings could refine our search for life in the wider cosmos.

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NASA radar images show stadium-sized asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby (photos)

February 28th, 2024 by

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used a powerful Deep Space Network radar antenna to image asteroid 2008 OS7 as it spun harmlessly past Earth on Feb. 2, 2024.

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Put on your eclipse glasses and look up to see the biggest sunspot in years before it disappears from view

February 28th, 2024 by

The AR3590 solar region has grown to become the is the largest sunspot of the solar cycle and can be seen with eclispe glasses. The region was already a record breaker, responsible for the most powerful solar flare seen since 2017.

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Apollo astronaut’s granddaughter opens immersive moonwalk experience in Dallas

February 28th, 2024 by

What do you get when you mix an Apollo astronaut’s legacy with a trio of shipping containers, VR technology, the cousin of a ‘Star Wars’ robot and an escape room? A chance to go to the moon.

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Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus probe beams home more photos from historic moon landing

February 28th, 2024 by

Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus moon lander has beamed home a few selfies snapped during its pioneering descent to the lunar surface last week.

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NASA’s Dana Weigel will be the 1st female ISS program manager

February 28th, 2024 by

NASA’s Dana Weigel will helm the International Space Station program for NASA. She will succeed Joel Montalbano, who will take on an associate administrator position in April.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds ‘extremely red’ supermassive black hole growing in the early universe

February 28th, 2024 by

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an “extremely red,” growing supermassive black hole powering a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.

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