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Archive for May, 2024

World’s largest visible light telescope spies a galaxy cluster warping spacetime

May 9th, 2024 by

New images from the VLT Survey Telescope will help scientists learn about galaxy pasts, and perhaps futures.

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Star Wars makes Darth Jar Jar official in ‘Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy’ mini-series (video)

May 9th, 2024 by

One of the Star Wars fandom’s most infamous memes is joining the Star Wars canon (kind of) in this Lego Star Wars special mini-series.

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NASA’s TESS spacecraft resumes exoplanet hunt after recovering from glitch

May 9th, 2024 by

NASA’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is back in action after nine days in safe mode, returning to scientific observations on May 3.

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Axiom Space eyes the moon while continuing to dream big in Earth orbit

May 8th, 2024 by

Axiom Space, which was founded in 2016, has already organized three private crewed missions to the International Space Station, and it’s building the spacesuits for NASA’s Artemis moonwalkers.

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Sun explodes in a flurry of powerful solar flares from hyperactive sunspots (video)

May 8th, 2024 by

Watch the sun explode in a fury as it unleashes yet another barrage of solar flares, including two of the most powerful: X-class.

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China just sent a secret mini-rover to the far side of the moon on its Chang’e 6 sample-return probe

May 8th, 2024 by

A tiny, previously undisclosed lunar rover has been spotted strapped to the side of China’s moon-bound Chang’e 6 lander in newly released pre-launch photos. The true purpose of the rover, which is scheduled to land on the moon’s far side, remains a mystery.

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This diamond exoplanet lost its atmosphere — then it grew another

May 8th, 2024 by

55 Cancri e is a super-Earth planet that appears composed of diamond-like carbon — now, thanks to the JWST, astronomers have found the world has “grown” a second atmosphere.

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China’s Chang’e 6 mission to moon’s far side enters lunar orbit

May 8th, 2024 by

China’s Chang’e 6 has entered orbit around the moon ahead of its upcoming landing attempt on the lunar far side where it will collect samples that will be returned to Earth.

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