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Archive for June 7th, 2024

Doctor Who ‘Dot and Bubble’: Why are space slugs eating influencers in Finetime?

June 7th, 2024 by

In the fifth episode of “Doctor Who,” called”‘Dot and Bubble,” a city has been invaded by giant, human-eating space slugs, and they seem to have a plan.

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South Korea creates new KASA space agency, sets sights on the moon and Mars

June 7th, 2024 by

South Korea has announced the creation of a new space agency and is aiming to land its own spacecraft on the moon and Mars in the coming decades.

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Scientists find slowest spinning ‘radio neutron star’ — it breaks all the dead-star rules

June 7th, 2024 by

Taking almost a full hour to rotate rather than fractions of a second, ASKAP?J1935+2148 is the slowest spinning radio-blasting neutron star ever seen.

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‘Sudden, brief, and unexpected:’ dearMoon crew laments cancellation of private SpaceX Starship moon mission

June 7th, 2024 by

Crew members selected for a planned flight around the moon funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa shared public feelings of disappointment after the mission’s cancellation.

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Massive ‘El Gordo’ galaxy cluster suggests dark matter smashes into itself

June 7th, 2024 by

El Gordo is a massive collection of colliding galaxies 7 billion light-years away. Its odd behavior could suggest dark matter interacts with itself.

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A billionaire wanted to save the Hubble Telescope — here’s why NASA politely declined

June 7th, 2024 by

Billionaire Jared Isaacman wanted to conduct a private Hubble Telescope reboost mission. NASA says ‘not yet.’

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Thruster glitches and helium leaks can’t stop Boeing’s Starliner astronaut test flight — but why are they happening?

June 7th, 2024 by

Boeing’s Starliner Crew Flight Test faced down thruster glitches and helium leaks to reach the International Space Station on June 6. Why all the glitches and is NASA worried?

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The ‘hole’ on Mars making headlines could be crucial to Red Planet exploration

June 7th, 2024 by

Similar craters are found on Earth and the Moon, and are the product of volcanic, tectonic or even fluvial activity.

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