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Archive for May 11th, 2024

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 110 —Voyager 1’s Brush with Silence

May 11th, 2024 by

On Episode 110 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Linda Spilker, Voyager project scientist, about the recent rescue of Voyager 1 from beyond the solar system.

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Total solar eclipse 2027: A complete guide to the ‘eclipse of the century’

May 11th, 2024 by

Discover the ‘eclipse of the century’ with this comprehensive total solar eclipse 2027 guide. Find out where to see it, the timings of totality and possible weather conditions for key locations.

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Houston, we have an encore: ISS virtual reality experience ‘The Infinite’ returns

May 11th, 2024 by

What do you do for an encore after you have virtually transported thousands of Houstonians to the International Space Station? If you are Felix & Paul, you invite them back, to fly to the moon.

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Jaw-dropping northern lights from massive solar flares amaze skywatchers around the world. ‘We have a very rare event on our hands.’ (photos)

May 11th, 2024 by

An aurora show like no other is playing out in the night sky this weekend, spawned by intense solar storms that are painting the sky spectacular hues of pinks, purples and greens.

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‘World’s purest silicon’ could lead to 1st million-qubit quantum computing chips

May 11th, 2024 by

Scientists engineer the ‘purest ever silicon’ to build reliable qubits that can be manufactured to the size of a pinhead on a chip and power million-qubit quantum computers in the future.

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DARPA’s autonomous ‘Manta Ray’ drone can glide through ocean depths undetected

May 11th, 2024 by

Northrop Grumman Corporation has built its Manta Ray uncrewed underwater vehicle, which will operate long-duration missions and carry payloads into the ocean depths in partnership with DARPA.

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NASA’s Chandra spacecraft spots supermassive black hole erupting in the Milky Way’s heart

May 11th, 2024 by

NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope has spotted the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy erupting, proving even quiet black holes like Sagittarius A* need to vent sometimes.

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Watch monster flare-spewing sunspot grow to be 15 times wider than Earth (video)

May 11th, 2024 by

A beastly sunspot that’s 15 times the diameter of Earth remains highly active — and you might be able to spot it with your eclipse glasses!

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