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Archive for May 31st, 2024

Elusive medium-size black holes may form in dense ‘birthing nests’

May 31st, 2024 by

A new simulation has shown elusive intermediate-mass black holes may form in dense globular clusters of millions of tightly packed stars, thanks to a chaotic collision chain.

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How NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun

May 31st, 2024 by

OSIRIS-APEX emerged unscathed from its first of six close brushes with the sun, thanks to some clever engineering.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots the 2 earliest galaxies ever seen (image)

May 31st, 2024 by

James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen. One, JADES-GS-z14-0, is a massive and bright galaxy that existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

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Boeing’s Starliner rolls out to pad for June 1 astronaut launch (photos)

May 31st, 2024 by

Boeing’s Starliner capsule rolled out to the pad today (May 30) ahead of its first-ever astronaut launch, which is scheduled for June 1.

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Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity’s only active Venus probe

May 31st, 2024 by

The Japanese space agency has lost contact with its intrepid Venus orbiter, Akatsuki.

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