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Archive for July, 2024

If alien terraforming emits greenhouse gases, our telescopes could detect it

July 2nd, 2024 by

A new thought experiment reveals how greenhouse gases can be used as a technosignature in the hunt for aliens.

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Satellites watch ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane Beryl batter Carriacou island (video)

July 2nd, 2024 by

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday (July 1) morning, setting the record of strongest hurricane to happen this early in the year.

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Not-so-static fire: Private Chinese rocket accidentally launches during test

July 2nd, 2024 by

Space Pioneer’s new Tianlong-3 rocket took to the skies accidentally on Sunday (June 30), then crashed back to Earth in a dramatic explosion.

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Forbidden black holes and ancient stars hide in these ‘tiny red dots’ (image)

July 2nd, 2024 by

The James Webb Space Telescope found “tiny red dots” in the early universe representing overgrown supermassive black holes and stars that are impossibly old for the infant cosmos.

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Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm

July 2nd, 2024 by

New research has identified two distinct populations of puffy, sub-Neptune exoplanets with low densities, allowing them to stay in step with their planetary siblings.

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Watch Firefly Aerospace launch 8 cubesats to orbit tonight

July 2nd, 2024 by

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket is scheduled to launch for the fifth time ever just after midnight on Tuesday (July 2), and you can watch the action live.

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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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