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Archive for July 1st, 2024

Once-in-a-lifetime star explosion, visible from Earth, could happen any day now

July 1st, 2024 by

Binary star system T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is about to go nova any day now. The recurrent nova explodes approximately every 79 or 80 years.

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See the sun rage behind the ISS in epic time-lapse photo

July 1st, 2024 by

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro caught the International Space Station as it crossed in front of the sun, making for a truly epic time-lapse photo .

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This mysterious ancient computer has a ‘calendar ring’ that followed the lunar year

July 1st, 2024 by

A hand-powered calculator from 2,000 years ago, known as the Antikythera mechanism, had a calendar ring that likely followed the lunar year.

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Watch Japan launch advanced Earth-observing satellite on new H3 rocket tonight

July 1st, 2024 by

Japan’s new H3 rocket is scheduled to launch for the third time ever tonight (June 30), sending the ALOS-4 Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

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