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Archive for August, 2024

Salsa’s last dance: This European satellite will fall from space soon in a spicy reentry

August 28th, 2024 by

On Sept. 8, 2024, a satellite named Salsa will re-enter the atmosphere and burn up safely over a hand-picked region of the South Pacific — if all goes to plan.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds 6 wandering ‘rogue’ planets that formed just like stars

August 28th, 2024 by

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered half a dozen rogue planets, one of which apparently hosts a newly forming moon system.

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Challenger, Columbia shuttle disasters informed decision to send Starliner home uncrewed, NASA says

August 28th, 2024 by

The Challenger and Columbia space shuttle tragedies influenced NASA’s thinking on how the Boeing Starliner astronauts should return home, agency officials said.

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The Local Bubble: How our solar system got caught up in a cosmic crime scene

August 28th, 2024 by

The Local Bubble is a region of surprisingly low-density gas that surrounds our solar system and other nearby regions of our galaxy — and it has a violent history.

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‘Terminator Zero’ embraces the horror of time-traveling killer robots in new Netflix series

August 27th, 2024 by

When it comes to dreaming up a new take on the “Terminator” sci-fi action franchise, Netflix has put the horror of killer robots from the future front and center.

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How did Wesley Crusher turn into a time-traveling space god on ‘Star Trek?’

August 27th, 2024 by

Dr. Crusher’s eldest son on “Star Trek” has come a long way since hanging out on the Enterprise.

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New Hubble Telescope photo captures peculiar ring-shaped galaxy

August 27th, 2024 by

A galaxy’s outstretched arms form a nearly perfect circle around its central disk in a striking new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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India to launch Gaganyaan crew capsule test flight by end of 2024

August 27th, 2024 by

India plans to launch a key test of its Gaganyaan crew vehicle before the end of the year as the country gears up for human spaceflight missions.

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