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Archive for June 5th, 2024

The Hubble Space Telescope is old. Here’s NASA’s new plan to keep it alive through 2035

June 5th, 2024 by

The Hubble Space Telescope will soon go into one-gyroscope mode, a move that will decrease the iconic observatory’s productivity but give it margin for the future.

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SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites tonight, including 13 direct-to-cell craft

June 5th, 2024 by

SpaceX is scheduled to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (June 4), including 13 that can beam service directly to smartphones.

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Human-caused global warming at all-time high, new report concludes

June 5th, 2024 by

We have about five years worth of carbon emissions before we drive global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), a new report concluded.

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SpaceX lands FAA license for next Starship megarocket launch on June 6

June 5th, 2024 by

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), on Tuesday (June 4), issued a launch license to SpaceX for its Starship Flight 4 test mission currently scheduled to lift off no earlier than Thursday, June 6.

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Intricate lava trails on Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io seen from Earth (image)

June 5th, 2024 by

Extremely high quality images of Jupiter’s moon Io, taken by the SHARK-VIS camera on Earth, reveal a major resurfacing event.

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This planet-forming disk shaped like a comet is struggling to survive

June 5th, 2024 by

Proplyds, which are ionized protoplanetary disks, struggle to survive in the Orion Nebula as they come under an onslaught of radiation from a nearby massive star.

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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ gets 1st trailer full of alien symbiote mischief and mayhem (video)

June 5th, 2024 by

The third and (supposedly) final Venom movie is coming in 2024, and its first trailer is an intriguing one. Here’s your first look at ‘Venom: The Last Dance.’

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Japan to launch world’s 1st wooden satellite in September

June 5th, 2024 by

Japan plans to launch the world’s first wooden satellite this year, in an effort to reduce the environmental impacts of reentering spacecraft.

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