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Archive for April, 2024

Cannibal stars at the heart of the Milky Way stay young in a gruesome way

April 5th, 2024 by

To remain youthful in a cosmic demolition derby around supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, some cannibalistic stars gruesomely bathe in outer layers of their stellar victims.

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SpaceX moves Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of 4th Starship flight (photos)

April 5th, 2024 by

SpaceX has moved its giant Super Heavy booster to the pad for testing ahead of the next Starship test flight, which could launch as soon as May.

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Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results

April 5th, 2024 by

The new BREAD experiment, which was designed to search the cosmos for mysterious dark matter, has returned its first results.

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China putting finishing touches on seaside spaceport for commercial launches (video)

April 5th, 2024 by

China is making progress on two new pads for commercial space launches from the island of Hainan.

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Largest 3D map of our universe could hint that dark energy evolves with time

April 5th, 2024 by

Our leading model of the universe assumes dark energy to be constant across the universe and throughout time. Emerging evidence suggests that may not be the case.

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NASA will launch rockets into the total solar eclipse on April 8

April 5th, 2024 by

It’s round two for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) sounding rockets.

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Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight

April 5th, 2024 by

The six-person crew of Blue Origin’s seventh human spaceflight includes Ed Dwight, who was picked in 1961 to be the nation’s first black astronaut candidate.

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I screwed up and missed the solar eclipse in 2017. I won’t make that same mistake next week.

April 5th, 2024 by

I didn’t get to experience totality during 2017’s solar eclipse, despite being just a few hours’ drive away. I’m flying to Dallas so I don’t make that mistake for the April 8 event.

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