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Archive for September, 2024

Rocket Lab aborts launch of 5 ‘Internet of Things’ satellites at last second (video)

September 19th, 2024 by

Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle appeared to fire up briefly today (Sept. 18) before shutting down, resulting in a launch abort.

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NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’ women awarded Congressional Gold Medals

September 19th, 2024 by

Though they may never shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer “hidden figures,” and they now have Congressional Gold Medals to prove it.

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‘Transformers One’ is an end of summer sensation certain to please fans (review)

September 19th, 2024 by

Paramount’s new all-CG animated ‘Transformers’ film delivers a dynamic origin story for the shapeshifting robots from outer space.

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AI is on the hunt for dark matter

September 19th, 2024 by

The secrets of dark matter might be hiding in the immense cosmic crashes that are colliding galaxy clusters.

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2nd Kuiper Belt? Our solar system may be much larger than thought

September 19th, 2024 by

Eleven objects found at the extremities of the solar system could mark the location of a ‘Kuiper Belt 2.’

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The largest volcano on Mars may sit above a 1,000-mile magma pool. Could Olympus Mons erupt again?

September 19th, 2024 by

A low-density, weak-gravity region has been found below Olympus Mons and the Tharsis volcanoes, while Mars’ northern hemisphere is littered with puzzling high-gravity structures beneath the surface.

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Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests

September 19th, 2024 by

Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore apart.

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NASA scientists solve mystery of curious ‘spiders’ on Mars

September 19th, 2024 by

Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have recreated spider-like araneiform terrain, a geologic formation found on Mars, in a lab on Earth.

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