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Archive for July 28th, 2024

SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink satellite missions (photos, videos)

July 28th, 2024 by

SpaceX launched two Starlink satellite missions less than five hours apart in the early hours of Sunday morning (July 28).

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Sierra Space won’t stop blowing up inflatable space station modules (video)

July 28th, 2024 by

Sierra Space has conducted its second full-scale burst test of an inflatable space station module as it looks towards building the Orbital Reef commercial outpost.

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Earth’s plate tectonics fired up hundreds of millions of years earlier than we thought, ancient crystals reveal

July 28th, 2024 by

New research hints that plate tectonics began earlier than 4 billion years ago — not long after Earth had formed.

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What it takes to keep NASA’s flagship Chandra observatory flying for a quarter century

July 28th, 2024 by

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the flagship Chandra X-ray observatory, NASA released a behind-the-scenes look at the work it takes to keep the $1.5 billion telescope flying in space.

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NASA telescope may have found antimatter annihilating in possibly the biggest explosion since the Big Bang

July 28th, 2024 by

Using NASA’s Fermi telescope, astronomers have discovered a hidden “annihilation feature” in the gamma-ray burst known as the “BOAT,” or the “brightest of all time.”

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10 weird water worlds in the solar system and beyond

July 28th, 2024 by

Planetary scientists have been searching the cosmos for liquid water. Here are the most promising water worlds in the solar system and beyond.

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