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Archive for March 20th, 2024

Helping build instrument for Japanese Mars mission ‘a favorite time’ for new NASA astronaut (exclusive)

March 20th, 2024 by

NASA engineers just delivered a Mars instrument to Japan for a future mission. New NASA astronaut Andre Douglas helped get the Martian Moons Exploration mission ready for liftoff.

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Watch Russian Soyuz rocket launch 3 spaceflyers to the ISS on March 21

March 20th, 2024 by

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three people, including one NASA astronaut, toward the International Space Station on Thursday morning (March 21). You can watch it live.

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Scientists find galaxy supercluster as massive as 26 quadrillion suns

March 20th, 2024 by

Astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of 662 new galactic superclusters, the most prominent of which, the Einasto Supercluster, contains a staggering mass equivalent to 26 quadrillion suns.

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Doomed egg-shaped exoplanet is death-spiraling into its star

March 20th, 2024 by

WASP-12b, an ultrahot Jupiter planet molded into the shape of an egg, is set to nose-dive into its star.

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NASA, SpaceX ready to launch 30th cargo mission to ISS on March 21

March 20th, 2024 by

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 30th operational cargo mission to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday (March 21).

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Arrokoth the ‘space snowman’ and other Kuiper Belt objects may be packed with ancient ice

March 20th, 2024 by

“Space snowman” Arrokoth a other Kuiper Belt objects may contain locked-up ancient ice and gas, suggests a new model that could also explain the explosive behavior of “ice bomb” comets passing the sun.

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DARPA picks Northrop Grumman to develop ‘lunar raiload’ concept

March 20th, 2024 by

Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman is outlining a proposed railway system for the moon, with support from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

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Full Worm Moon brings 1st lunar eclipse of 2024 next week. Here’s how to see it

March 20th, 2024 by

Two weeks before the total solar eclipse, during the overnight hours of March 24 – 25, it will be the moon’s turn to undergo an eclipse.

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