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Archive for April, 2024

No, you didn’t see a solar flare during the total eclipse — but you may have seen something just as special

April 12th, 2024 by

Several media outlets have incorrectly claimed that explosive solar flares were spotted during the April 8 total solar eclipse. But there were no flares during totality, so what did people see?

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Fallout and the Space Age: The franchise’s connections and nods to the final frontier

April 12th, 2024 by

The Fallout video game franchise (now also a streaming series) is known for its unique take on the post-apocalypse, but it’s also quite interested in outer space.

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Sierra Space wants to drop cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in 90 minutes

April 12th, 2024 by

Sierra Space has unveiled a new “global payload delivery” system known as Ghost that is designed to drop vital payloads from orbit to anywhere on Earth’s surface within 90 minutes.

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DJI Avata 2 drone review

April 12th, 2024 by

The DJI Avata 2 offers an incredibly tantalizing FPV experience that can be as simple or as complicated to fly as you require.

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Scientists identify origin of the ‘BOAT’ — the brightest cosmic blast of all time

April 12th, 2024 by

Astronomers have discovered that the BOAT, the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever detected, came from the supernova death of a massive star 2.4 million light-years away.

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My formal 2024 solar eclipse apology

April 12th, 2024 by

I used to be an eclipse hater, and now I’m not. That’s the story.

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Achoo! Baby star ‘sneezes’ tell astronomers a lot about their development

April 12th, 2024 by

Achoo! Baby stars “sneeze” to rid themselves of excess energy during their formation process, astronomers using the ALMA telescope array have found.

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Monster star gains magnetic personality following stellar merger

April 12th, 2024 by

A rare massive star possessing a magnetic field could have produced its dynamo after merging with another star.

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