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Archive for September 4th, 2024

Scientists make lab-grown black hole jets

September 4th, 2024 by

By using protons to probe how a magnetic field responds to an expanding plasma, experimenters have replicated the particle jets spewed out by active black holes.

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Watch Europe’s Vega rocket launch its final mission tonight

September 4th, 2024 by

Europe’s Vega small-satellite launcher is scheduled to fly its final mission tonight (Sept. 3), and you can watch the swan song live.

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‘It basically lifts the skies up.’ NASA discovers Earth’s electrical field at last after 60-year search

September 4th, 2024 by

A long-sought invisible electrical field wrapped around Earth has been detected more than half a century after it was first predicted to exist.

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Shelved NASA spacecraft could spy on asteroid Apophis before 2029 Earth flyby

September 4th, 2024 by

NASA is considering pulling a pair of shelved spacecraft out of storage to spy on notorious asteroid Apophis ahead of its April 2029 Earth flyby.

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Statue of fallen ‘Teacher-in-Space’ Christa McAuliffe unveiled at NH state house

September 4th, 2024 by

A statue of Christa McAuliffe, NASA’s “Teacher-in-Space” who died on board the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, has been unveiled in New Hampshire, the state where she taught.

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