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Archive for April 11th, 2024

Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov, who flew into space twice, dies at 89

April 11th, 2024 by

Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov, who flew into space twice, has died at the age of 89. Aksyonov logged almost 12 days in space and orbited Earth 189 times.

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Trains, planes and a total solar eclipse! Watching the moon block the sun was a transportation adventure (exclusive)

April 11th, 2024 by

My family has been in transportation for generations, in planes and trains. I finally got my two ancestral lines to meet, eclipse-style, at a Canadian rail station near an airport.

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Space weather can make it hard to predict satellite trajectories. Here’s why that’s a problem

April 11th, 2024 by

Satellites in low Earth orbit can be hundreds of miles off their expected trajectories when bad space weather hits.

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Stars make a bigger mess in old galaxies, and scientists just figured out why

April 11th, 2024 by

More evolved galaxies demonstrate a greater range of stellar motions compared to the orderly, circular orbits of stars like our sun in the Milky Way.

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SpaceX to launch advanced weather satellite for US Space Force today

April 11th, 2024 by

SpaceX will launch a mission for the U.S. Space Force this morning (April 11), sending aloft an advanced environment-monitoring satellite.

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Top total solar eclipses to look out for over the next decade

April 11th, 2024 by

We explore seven of the best solar eclipses to look out for over the next 10 years.

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Japanese astronauts will join NASA moon landings in return for lunar rover

April 11th, 2024 by

The first non-American to walk on the moon will be a Japanese astronaut. Two JAXA astronauts will fly on future Artemis landing missions in return for Japan providing a pressurized moon rover.

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Why Peter Higgs leaves a massive legacy in the field of physics

April 11th, 2024 by

On April 8, 2024, Peter Higgs passed away. Pioneering the discovery of the Higgs boson, the mark the theoretical physicist has left on physics is immense.

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