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Archive for May, 2024

Everything we know about ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’

May 19th, 2024 by

A Quiet Place is expanding its universe with an ambitious prequel.

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Why a giant ‘cold spot’ in the cosmic microwave background has long perplexed astronomers

May 19th, 2024 by

Leftover light from the young universe has a major flaw, and we don’t know how to fix it. It’s the cold spot. It’s just way too big and way too cold.

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Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (photos)

May 19th, 2024 by

On the evening of Saturday (May 18) a bright fireball lit up the skies over Portugal and Spain in stunning green and blue as it streaked through Earth’s atmosphere.

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NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months

May 19th, 2024 by

NASA is studying innovative rocket system developed by Howe Industries that could reducing travel time to the Red Planet to just a few months.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 111 —The Big Glass Wars

May 18th, 2024 by

On Episode 111 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with John Mulchaey, Director of the Carnegie Observatories, about the threat to completing two new giant astronomical observatories.

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NASA’s PREFIRE mission is ready to unlock the mysteries of Earth’s poles

May 18th, 2024 by

A pair of cubesats will measure far-infrared radiation from Earth’s poles to improve climate predictions.

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Why we’re one step closer to understanding how Earth got its oceans (op-ed)

May 18th, 2024 by

Earth may have gotten some of its water from ‘dark comets,’ and the forthcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory could uncover key clues about these mysterious cosmic bodies.

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How to watch Blue Origin’s NS-25 private space tourist mission online May 19

May 18th, 2024 by

Blue Origin is scheduled to launch a crewed mission for the first time in nearly two years on Sunday (May 19). Here’s how to watch the action live.

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