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Archive for November 7th, 2024

NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

November 7th, 2024 by

NASA’s revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing toward its first flight test after completing a set of engine run tests at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in California.

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How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond

November 7th, 2024 by

Scientists are tracking the evolution of comet Hale-Bopp, one of the brightest comets ever seen.

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‘Beppo go home?’ An astronaut monkey steals hearts in tear-jerking SNL skit

November 7th, 2024 by

Saturday Night Live released a heart-wrenching skit about Beppo the astronaut monkey.

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SpaceX’s Dragon is about to do something to the ISS it’s never done before

November 7th, 2024 by

The data from the reboost, scheduled for Nov. 8, will help inform design for a larger Dragon to deorbit the ISS.

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Venus’ ‘missing’ giant impact craters may be hiding in plain sight

November 7th, 2024 by

Venus’ wrinkled, deformed “tesserae” terrain may be ancient impact features the size of continents, a new study suggests.

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SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites early Nov. 7 on 2nd half of doubleheader

November 7th, 2024 by

SpaceX plans to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites from California early Thursday morning (Nov. 7), just hours after lofting another batch from the East Coast.

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‘Fastest-feeding’ black hole of the early universe found! But does it break the laws of physics?

November 7th, 2024 by

The hungriest known black hole in the early universe has been found, thanks to teamwork between NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory.

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Sun erupts with powerful X2.3 solar flare, triggers radio blackouts (video)

November 7th, 2024 by

A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.

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