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Archive for April 29th, 2024

‘Tiger stripes’ on Saturn’s moon Enceladus could reveal if its oceans are habitable

April 29th, 2024 by

A new model of Enceladus “tiger stripe” fractures and their connection with the moon of Saturn’s ice geysers and subsurface oceans could have implications for its ability to support life.

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‘Flash Gordon’ returns to escape from a prison planet in new comic series

April 29th, 2024 by

A preview of Mad Cave Studios’ new “Flash Gordon” comic book series coming in July.

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Astronomers finally know why stars born from the same cloud aren’t identical twins

April 29th, 2024 by

Astronomers finally know why giant binary stars born from the same collapsing cloud of gas and dust can be “non-identical twins” with different characteristics and planetary systems.

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Hubble Space Telescope pauses science due to gyroscope issue

April 29th, 2024 by

The Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode and stopped conducting science on April 23 when one of its three remaining gyroscopes sent faulty readings back to Earth.

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Private moon lander will carry Nokia’s 4G cell network to the lunar surface this year

April 29th, 2024 by

Nokia is developing a LTE/4G communications system for the moon, and its first piece of the network might launch as soon as late this year.

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‘Traffic jams’ in the hearts of galaxies can force black holes to collide

April 29th, 2024 by

Supermassive black holes may create conditions akin to “cosmic intersections with failed traffic lights” that make collisions between smaller stellar-mass black holes inevitable.

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‘Cat nights’ are here as Leo, Leo minor, and Lynx constellations prowl the evening sky

April 29th, 2024 by

Along with Leo, there are two other members of the cat family that are currently well situated and close together in the evening sky: Leo Minor, the Smaller Lion, and Lynx.

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Highly precise atomic clocks could soon get even better. Here’s how

April 29th, 2024 by

Superradiant atoms could help us measure time more precisely than ever before, a theory developed with the aid of the great-grandson of the “father of the atom,” Niels Bohr.

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