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Archive for April, 2024

Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in ‘strings of pearls’ trailing our galaxy

April 18th, 2024 by

Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.

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James Webb Space Telescope’s ‘shocking’ discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around ‘failed star’

April 17th, 2024 by

JWST’s surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this “failed star” is orbited by an active moon.

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‘I really like these suits.’ Boeing’s snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)

April 17th, 2024 by

Starliner will make its first trip to space with astronauts no earlier than May 6. The historic flight also marks the crewed debut of a new generation of Boeing blue spacesuits.

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Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

April 17th, 2024 by

The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York’s Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.

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SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. ‘And we never have’

April 17th, 2024 by

For the chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there’s a need to step back and cuddle up to a cup of cosmic reality.

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SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida this evening

April 17th, 2024 by

SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (April 17).

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What’s left of the 2024 solar eclipse lives in our hearts

April 17th, 2024 by

The 2024 solar eclipse, as seen from Indianapolis, connected strangers across a famous racetrack.

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Uranus and Neptune aren’t made of what we thought, new study hints

April 17th, 2024 by

A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren’t quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed.

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