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Archive for June 25th, 2024

Sprites from space! Astronaut photographs rare red lightning phenomenon from ISS

June 25th, 2024 by

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick caught a rare surprise while imaging an intense thunderstorm off the coast of South Africa. He spotted a red sprite, a rare type of lightning.

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Marvel superheroes battle bloodthirsty Xenomorphs in new ‘Alien’ variant covers

June 25th, 2024 by

Marvel Comics’ ‘Marvel vs. Alien’ variant covers are coming soon.

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‘Physics itself disappears’: How theoretical physicist Thomas Hertog helped Stephen Hawking produce his final, most radical theory of everything

June 25th, 2024 by

Thomas Hertog tells us how he collaborated with Stephen Hawking on his final theorem — a Darwinian revolution in physics that explains the origin of time.

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It’s back! Aurora-sparking sunspot returns for rare 3rd trip across the sun, firing off explosive solar flare (video)

June 25th, 2024 by

The sunspot region responsible for May’s epic solar storm and widespread auroras is returning for the third time.

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NASA confirms space debris in North Carolina was from SpaceX Crew Dragon reentry

June 25th, 2024 by

NASA has confirmed that pieces of debris found throughout the mountains of North Carolina are the remnants of SpaceX Crew Dragon hardware that reentered the atmosphere in May 2024.

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SpaceX rolls Falcon Heavy rocket out to pad for GOES-U weather satellite launch (photos)

June 25th, 2024 by

SpaceX rolled its Falcon Heavy rocket out to the pad on Monday (June 24) ahead of its 10th-ever launch, which is scheduled for Tuesday (June 25).

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This impossibly massive black hole wasn’t very hungry during the dawn of time

June 25th, 2024 by

The James Webb Space Telescope saw a supermassive black hole that wasn’t overfeeding when time began, deepening the mystery of how black hole grew so massive so quickly.

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China returns samples from the moon’s far side in historic 1st

June 25th, 2024 by

China’s Chang’e 6 mission has successfully returned samples from the moon’s far side to Earth, notching another spaceflight first for the nation.

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