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Archive for June, 2024

Voyager 1 is back online! NASA’s most distant spacecraft returns data from all 4 instruments

June 15th, 2024 by

Following a technical error in November 2023, NASA’s deep-space explorer has resumed full science operations.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffers rare last-second abort during Starlink satellite launch (video)

June 15th, 2024 by

A SpaceX rocket suffered a last-second abort during the attempted launch of 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Friday (June 14).

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Private space-junk-inspection probe spots discarded rocket in orbit up close (photo)

June 15th, 2024 by

A discarded Japanese rocket was recently imaged up close by the ADRAS-J mission.

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What ultimately happened to the USS Discovery in the ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ series finale?

June 15th, 2024 by

Strangely, the Star Trek: Discovery ship’s far-future fate was revealed in 2018 ‘Short Trek’ episode ‘Calypso’.

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Astronomers get closer to solving the lingering mystery of fast radio bursts

June 15th, 2024 by

Astronomers using the CHIME telescope are looking at strange, one-off cosmic explosions with a new angle. This could bring us closer to solving the lingering mystery of fast radio bursts.

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12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations

June 15th, 2024 by

New findings show the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy had a late growth spurt.

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Astronauts could mix moon dust with old satellites to make fuel

June 15th, 2024 by

Soil sourced directly from the lunar surface could help astronauts establish and sustain a permanent presence on the moon.

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To calibrate telescopes on Earth, NASA’s launching an ‘artificial star’ to orbit

June 14th, 2024 by

In 2029, the Landolt satellite launched into Earth’s orbit will serve to calibrate telescopes on Earth.

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