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Archive for April, 2024

China’s Shenzhou 17 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months in space (video)

April 30th, 2024 by

China’s Shenzhou 17 astronauts touched down safely this morning (April 30), bringing their six-month mission to a successful close.

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This spacecraft is headed to NASA’s asteroid-crash aftermath — but first, it’ll stop by Mars

April 30th, 2024 by

During a gravity assist with Mars, Hera will study the moon Deimos.

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‘Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi’ and ‘Andor’ blast onto 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray today

April 30th, 2024 by

Disney+ Star Wars series “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and “Andor” land on home video starting April 30 in both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray steelbook formats.

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Space threats, NORAD upgrade may spur new private defense spending in Canada

April 30th, 2024 by

The United States and Canada aim to upgrade NORAD to deal with emergent space threats from nations like China or Russia. Canada will hold an industry day May 1 to gather more ideas.

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SpaceX vet’s startup Portal Space Systems comes out of stealth mode

April 30th, 2024 by

Portal has developed a new satellite bus called Supernova that the company says will allow unprecedented mobility in Earth orbit and beyond.

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Scientists unravel mysteries of gamma-ray bursts — the universe’s most powerful explosions

April 30th, 2024 by

Gamma-ray bursts are the universe’s most powerful explosions, generating more energy in seconds than the sun will in billions of years — and scientists are slowly learning more about these eruptions.

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SpaceX’s Starship could help this start-up beam clean energy from space. Here’s how (video)

April 30th, 2024 by

SpaceX’s Starship will make space-based solar power cheaper than nuclear, gas and coal-based electricity generation, start-up Virtus Solis believes.

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Evidence for Planet 9 found in icy bodies sneaking past Neptune

April 30th, 2024 by

The hypothetical ninth planet may be slingshotting Oort Cloud objects onto orbits that come closer to the sun than Neptune does.

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