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Archive for November 6th, 2024

Recruiting the world’s first disabled astronaut doesn’t mean space travel is inclusive – here’s how to change that

November 6th, 2024 by

Despite the rapid growth in the number of space travellers, underrepresented population groups are still left behind, particularly those with disabilities. So how can space agencies and “space tourism” companies make spaceflight more inclusive for disabled astronauts?

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Hera asteroid probe ‘waves goodbye’ at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)

November 6th, 2024 by

The moon is getting smaller in the window.

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New NASA coronagraph will measure temperature, speed of solar wind from ISS

November 6th, 2024 by

We’re about to learn more about the solar wind, thanks to NASA’s Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX), which just arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray spacecraft finds ‘danger zones’ around stars

November 6th, 2024 by

Using NASA’s Chandra spacecraft, astronomers have found “danger zones” for worlds where planet-birthing disks are blasted with high-energy radiation from massive young stars and rapidly disintegrate.

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Supernova hides in new Hubble Telescope galaxy ‘light show’ image (photo)

November 6th, 2024 by

A celestial light show illuminates a distant spiral galaxy, where a hidden supernova briefly outshines its stellar neighbors in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope sees ‘knots’ blasting from nearby black hole jets

November 6th, 2024 by

A fresh analysis of decades-old X-ray black hole jet data has revealed bright, lumpy features with mysterious speed changes.

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World’s 1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for key orbital test

November 6th, 2024 by

LignoSat could help change the way we build satellites.

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Satellite survives impact with object in space, takes selfie to prove it (photos)

November 6th, 2024 by

The 6mm hole was discovered accidentally in footage from an onboard camera.

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