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Archive for September 4th, 2024

Tiny asteroid will hit Earth today, burn up over Philippines. ‘Discovered this morning,’ ESA says

September 4th, 2024 by

The European Space Agency has detected a 3-foot (1-meter) asteroid headed for Earth that is expected to burn up harmlessly over the Philippines today (Sept. 4).

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SpaceX rocket to launch new Starlink satellite fleet today (Sept. 4)

September 4th, 2024 by

SpaceX will send a new batch of its Starlink satellites into orbit today (Sept. 4) and you’ll be able to watch it live online in a lunchtime launch.

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Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiraling out of control – here’s why that’s so dangerous

September 4th, 2024 by

Belief in alien visitors is no longer a quirk, but a widespread societal problem. This belief is slightly paradoxical as we have zero evidence that aliens even exist.

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New ‘StarRupture’ gameplay trailer is a killer bug hunt on a crazy planet (video)

September 4th, 2024 by

A preview of Creepy Jar’s sci-fi survival game, “StarRupture,” which is expected to be released later this year.

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Should we regulate the moon? Scientists call for international plan to share lunar water and resources

September 4th, 2024 by

Any lunar resource evaluation or prospecting campaign will need to be international in nature, as no one space agency will have the money or mandate to conduct it alone.

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UAE on track to launch bold 7-asteroid mission in 2028

September 4th, 2024 by

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt will conduct high-speed flybys of six asteroids, then orbit and drop a lander onto a seventh space rock.

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Hubble telescope spies a sparkling ‘cosmic fossil’ 3 million light-years away (image)

September 4th, 2024 by

Located about 3 million light-years from Earth, the Tucana Dwarf galaxy sits at the far edge of the Local Group of galaxies and is home to aging stars that may hold clues from the early universe.

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Thruster issues delay BepiColombo probe’s Mercury arrival until November 2026

September 4th, 2024 by

A thruster glitch suffered this past April will delay the BepiColombo mission’s arrival at Mercury by nearly a year, to November 2026.

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