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Archive for July, 2024

NASA looking at what artifacts to preserve from space station before 2030 demise

July 22nd, 2024 by

Two years after stating there were no plans to save artifacts from the end of the International Space Station, NASA is in the early stages of identifying what small parts of the complex to preserve.

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Look up! See the moon meet Saturn, watch for shooting stars and find the Northern Crown this week

July 22nd, 2024 by

Check out these stargazing targets that you can see with the naked eye this week (July 22 to July 28), from planetary meet-ups to meteor showers and more!

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Before plunging to its death, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft saw secrets in the seas of Saturn’s moon Titan

July 22nd, 2024 by

Seven years ago, the Cassini mission ended when the spacecraft dramatically crashed into Saturn, but the data it collected is still delivering results, revealing the secrets of Titan’s oceans.

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Explore an Apollo-era mission gone wrong in sci-fi mystery game ‘Lifeless Moon’ (video)

July 21st, 2024 by

Watch the new launch trailer for Serenity Forge’s new sci-fi mystery game “Lifeless Moon.”

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Signs of life could survive on solar system moons Enceladus and Europa

July 21st, 2024 by

Signs of life could survive on the icy surfaces of Saturn’s and Jupiter’s moons, Enceladus and Europa, despite harsh radiation bombardment from the sun and supernovas.

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New ‘Star Trek’ novel calls back Dr. Gillian Taylor of ‘Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home’

July 21st, 2024 by

A preview of veteran “Star Trek” author Greg Cox’s latest novel, “Star Trek: Lost To Eternity,” which picks up where “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” left off.

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New quantum computer smashes ‘quantum supremacy’ record by a factor of 100 — and it consumes 30,000 times less power

July 21st, 2024 by

The 56-qubit H2-1 computer has broken the previous record in the ‘quantum supremacy’ benchmark first set by Google in 2019.

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How the CIA ‘kidnapped’ a Soviet moon probe during the space race

July 21st, 2024 by

To gain insight on how the Soviet Union built moon-bound gear, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out a covert spy job on a Soviet exhibit in 1959.

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