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Archive for May, 2024

Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, radio blackouts reported (video)

May 7th, 2024 by

A recently detected sunspot region unleashed a powerful X4.5 solar flare early Monday morning, causing radio blackouts throughout parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Boeing’s Starliner launch will be the 1st astronaut flight on an Atlas V rocket. How did NASA and ULA get it ready for crews? (exclusive)

May 7th, 2024 by

NASA astronauts will ride a United Launch Alliance Atlas V for the 1st time on May 6. Getting the long-running rocket ready for humans took thousands of checks.

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1st woman to command a US spacecraft Eileen Collins ‘signs’ patch to inspire girls

May 7th, 2024 by

A patch created to honor Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a U.S. spacecraft, features a geometric pattern representing the glow of her space shuttle lifting off into the night sky.

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Boeing Starliner brings astronaut launches back to Atlas rocket and Cape Canaveral

May 6th, 2024 by

The launch of astronauts on a Boeing spacecraft will mark a first for the company, but will also bring human spaceflight back to a rocket and launch site after more than 50 years.

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How ‘Earth’s twin’ Venus lost its water and became a hellish planet

May 6th, 2024 by

New research may have identified a culprit molecule that caused Venus, often described as Earth’s twin, to lose its water and become an inhospitable hellscape.

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Euclid telescope: A scientist tells us of his quest to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy

May 6th, 2024 by

Clumps of dark matter reveal their presence by distorting the shapes of more distant galaxies, just like waves on the surface of a swimming pool distort the pattern of tiles on the bottom.

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Boeing’s Starliner to join exclusive spacecraft club with 1st astronaut launch today

May 6th, 2024 by

Boeing’s Starliner capsule will launch astronauts for the first time today (May 6), joining a very select group of spacecraft.

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‘Lost’ satellite found after orbiting undetected for 25 years

May 6th, 2024 by

After 25 years of drifting undetected in space, an experimental satellite that launched in 1974 has been found using tracking data from the U.S. Space Force.

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