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Archive for May 29th, 2024

Asteroid ‘Dinky,’ visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon

May 29th, 2024 by

Dinkinesh, the asteroid visited by NSA’s Lucy mission in 2023, has a small moon that is made from two objects touching each other.

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Doctor Who ’73 Yards’: Who exactly is that old woman following Ruby Sunday?

May 29th, 2024 by

The TARDIS lands in Wales, where the Doctor disappears and Ruby finds herself at the heart of a creepy folk horror tale in episode 4 of Doctor Who, “73 Yards.”

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That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It’s back and may amp up the northern lights with June solar storms.

May 29th, 2024 by

Old sunspot region AR 13664, now renamed AR 13697, is back. With its re-arrival, can we expect a resurgence of solar activity?

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Euclid telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars wandering the Perseus cluster (images)

May 29th, 2024 by

The Euclid telescope has allowed astronomers to discover a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars torn from their own galaxies to wander the Perseus cluster alone.

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Bejeweled galaxy sparkles in new Hubble photo

May 29th, 2024 by

A bejeweled galaxy shines brightly in a stunning new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Is it time to put a dimmer on the push for space solar power?

May 29th, 2024 by

The thought of beaming power to an energy-hungry Earth from space has long been studied. It was first proposed over 80 years ago in science fiction.

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Robotic Russian cargo ship leaves the ISS, burns up in Earth’s atmosphere (photo)

May 29th, 2024 by

Russia’s uncrewed Progress 86 cargo craft departed the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (May 28), ending a six-month orbital stay.

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Volcanoes on Venus might be erupting right now

May 29th, 2024 by

Venus may be as geologically active as Earth, with volcanoes possibly spewing on its surface in the present day.

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