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Archive for May 20th, 2024

From tails to (umbilical) arms, the hidden details in Lego’s new Artemis SLS rocket

May 20th, 2024 by

What do two dinosaur tails, four beehives and 88 faucets have to do with a rocket designed to fly astronauts to the moon? They are hidden details in the Lego Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System.

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How do ‘moving rulers shrink’? The strange physics behind special relativity

May 20th, 2024 by

Special relativity is beyond weird. Among its many statements are that moving clocks run slow and that moving rulers shrink. But how are we supposed to make sense of this?

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The ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky and how I used modern astronomy to explore her link with the Milky Way

May 20th, 2024 by

What did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? All cultures ascribed special meaning to the sun and the moon, but what about the pearly band of light and shadow we call the Milky Way?

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Space Trash Signs project creates debris ‘constellations’ to highlight space junk problem (video)

May 20th, 2024 by

The Space Trash Signs project has created “constellations” made of defunct satellites and old rocket parts to draw attention to the worsening space debris problem.

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Enchanting new Hubble Telescope image reveals an infant star’s sparkle

May 20th, 2024 by

An infant star in a faraway system will likely someday look like our very own sun, and the Hubble Telescope snapped a lovely image of it.

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