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Archive for November 5th, 2024

Satellites can now spot plastic trash on Earth’s beaches from space (photo)

November 5th, 2024 by

“This is incredibly exciting, as up to now we have not had a tool for detecting plastics in coastal environments from space.”

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Newfound dead star spins record-breaking 716 times a second, explodes with thermonuclear blasts

November 5th, 2024 by

The neutron star 4U 1820-30 is one of the fastest spinning bodies in the universe, spinning at 716 times a second and erupting like an atomic bomb, NASA’s NICER telescope has found.

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‘Vega continues to be unusual:’ Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers

November 5th, 2024 by

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega has found a surprising lack of planets.

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Sharp ‘lobster vision:’ China’s Einstein Probe space telescope already making discoveries during commissioning phase

November 5th, 2024 by

China’s Einstein Probe, an X-ray telescope in Earth orbit, has already made several discoveries during its initial commissioning phase.

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Save $300 on the HTC VIVE Pro 2 VR headset, the best high-resolution option

November 5th, 2024 by

You can save $300 on this early Black Friday VR headset deal as the HTC VIVE Pro 2 headset, the best high-resolution model out there, is on offer.

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Asteroid-mining company AstroForge gets 1st-ever FCC license for commercial deep-space mission

November 5th, 2024 by

AstroForce has received a commercial license for operating and communicating with a mission headed to a near-Earth asteroid, the first to be granted for beyond Earth orbit.

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Watch 31st SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrive at the ISS today

November 5th, 2024 by

Dragon is scheduled to arrive at 10:15 a.m. EST.

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India delays its 1st-ever Gaganyaan astronaut launch to 2026

November 5th, 2024 by

India plans to launch astronauts to Earth orbit no sooner than 2026, roughly a year past the previously known timeline, following a series of uncrewed flight tests slated to begin in December.

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