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Archive for June, 2024

‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ episode 3: How do the Brendok witches use the Force?

June 13th, 2024 by

The third episode of “The Acolyte” is a long flashback that adds more layers to both the story being told and the Star Wars universe as a whole.

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Private Odysseus moon lander reveals which Earth ‘technosignatures’ aliens might see

June 13th, 2024 by

By looking at Earth as an exoplanet, astronomers hope to search for similar fingerprints coming from planets around other stars, which would be a potential sign of intelligent life.

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SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites from Florida today

June 13th, 2024 by

SpaceX is scheduled to launch 22 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast today (June 12).

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Stoke Space test-fires engine for upcoming fully reusable rocket (photos)

June 12th, 2024 by

Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire engine test for its Nova launch vehicle, which the company calls the “most robust, fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift rocket in the world.”

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Alaska’s rivers are turning bright orange and as acidic as vinegar as toxic metal escapes from melting permafrost

June 12th, 2024 by

Alaska’s melting permafrost is dumping toxic metals into the state’s rivers, turning them bright orange and making the water highly acidic. The contaminated rivers are so vibrant they can be seen from space, and the problem is likely to get much worse in the future.

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Ed Stone, who led NASA’s iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88

June 12th, 2024 by

Ed Stone, who for 50 years served as the project scientist for NASA’s iconic Voyager mission, died June 9 at the age of 88.

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Hubble Telescope shares stunning galactic view despite recent hardware malfunction (photo)

June 12th, 2024 by

A gorgeous new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope, which is down to two functioning gyroscopes, captures the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3059.

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‘Needs more aliens’: Lego designer on kids’ view of space as an endless playground (exclusive)

June 12th, 2024 by

In an exclusive interview with Space.com, Lego senior design manager Dan Meehan discusses the role ‘space storytellers’ have had on shaping the company’s new space-themed sets.

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