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Archive for June, 2024

Billion-dollar disasters have been sweeping across the US this year

June 14th, 2024 by

There have been nearly a dozen billion-dollar disasters so far this year, with two powerful severe weather events adding to the list in May.

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NASA telescope spots ‘cosmic fireworks’ and faint echos from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole

June 14th, 2024 by

NASA’s NuSTAR telescope found evidence of cosmic fireworks and X-ray echoes coming from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.

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‘The spacecraft really reacted great:’ NASA astronauts praise Boeing Starliner’s performance (video)

June 14th, 2024 by

The first astronauts to fly Boeing’s new Starliner vehicle have spoken of the spacecraft in glowing terms.

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Bark! Meow! Cluck! NASA uses lasers to beam pictures of pet dogs, cats and chickens to the ISS

June 14th, 2024 by

NASA is testing how infrared light can transfer far more information than radio frequency communications.

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope captures closest super star cluster to Earth (image)

June 14th, 2024 by

NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope has imaged Westerlund 1, the largest and closest super star cluster to Earth, in stunning detail.

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Mars meteorites reveal clues about what lies within the Red Planet

June 13th, 2024 by

Volcanic meteorites from Mars give scientists a glimpse into the planet’s structure.

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Scientists find a surprise ingredient in exoplanet cake mix — sulfur dioxide

June 13th, 2024 by

The presence of sulfur dioxide around a hot Neptune exoplanet with an evaporating atmosphere could help us understand how it formed.

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Hubble Telescope maps high-speed ‘burps’ from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time

June 13th, 2024 by

Hubble has mapped the outflow “burps” of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for the first time, measuring speeds of 6.5 million mph, around 8,500 times the speed of sound.

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