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Archive for September 5th, 2024

The Andromeda Galaxy glows rosy red in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope image

September 5th, 2024 by

The reddish structures of our neighboring galaxy glow brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Is the Sagittarius constellation a teapot or an archer?

September 5th, 2024 by

Although officially known as the celestial archer, the zodiacal constellation of Sagittarius is far better recognized as a teapot. Here’s how to see it this season.

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Astronaut watches a meteor explode over Earth in a bright green fireball in stunning video from ISS

September 5th, 2024 by

A new video from an astronaut’s vantage point in space captures a bright green burst over Earth as a meteor exploded in the night sky.

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Listen to the eerie sounds of an exploded star in new NASA video

September 5th, 2024 by

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have rereleased new “sonified” images of nearby objects, including the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.

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Lucky alignment of 2 spacecraft reveals how solar wind gets a magnetic push

September 5th, 2024 by

Energy-packed plasma waves pump enough energy into streams of solar wind to propel them to their unexpectedly high speeds, observations by two sun-studying spacecraft suggest.

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Boeing Starliner astronauts have years of medical studies helping them with longer stay in space

September 5th, 2024 by

Starliner’s astronauts will spend at least 8 months in space, longer than a typical ISS crew. But numerous other astronauts have safely spent a year on the ISS, or even longer.

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Hubble Telescope spies a very sparkly mini-galaxy (image)

September 5th, 2024 by

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged one of Andromeda’s dwarf galaxies. It’s named Pegasus.

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Chinese astronauts study ancient microbes aboard Tiangong space station (video)

September 5th, 2024 by

Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station are studying microbes, to help determine if some of Earth’s early lifeforms can handle a simulated cosmic environment.

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