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Archive for July, 2024

Hurricane Beryl sets multiple records as 1st major storm of 2024 Atlantic season (video)

July 13th, 2024 by

What started as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa has now set multiple records and claimed the spot as the first hurricane to develop during the 2024 Atlantic season.

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NASA’s $5 billion Europa Clipper mission may not be able to handle Jupiter’s radiation

July 13th, 2024 by

NASA is troubleshooting a recently revealed problem with the transistors aboard its $5 billion Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is slated to launch this October.

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Hubble Telescope tracks a dwarf galaxy’s stars to map out dark matter

July 13th, 2024 by

By measuring the motions of stars in the Draco dwarf galaxy, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to map the density profile of dark matter.

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Space Force launching lasers in 2025 to help pinpoint the center of Earth

July 13th, 2024 by

The U.S. Space Force aims to better pinpoint the location of Earth’s center using lasers on GPS satellites slated to launch in 2025.

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Galactic penguin honors the 2nd anniversary of James Webb Space Telescope’s 1st images

July 13th, 2024 by

To celebrate the second anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images, NASA has revealed a cosmic Penguin and Egg.

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FAA investigating SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket anomaly

July 13th, 2024 by

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is requiring an investigation into the anomaly experienced by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a July 11 Starlink satellite launch.

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‘Fly Me to the Moon’ director on faking the real and fake moon landing (interview)

July 12th, 2024 by

For his new movie “Fly Me to the Moon,” director Greg Berlanti faked the historic first moon landing. But fear not, space fans, that does not mean what you might think it means.

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‘The last 12 months have broken records like never before’: Earth exceeds 1.5 C warming every month for entire year

July 12th, 2024 by

Every month has broken the temperature record of the previous for the past 12 months, and the signs of climate breakdown are already here, a new analysis shows.

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