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Archive for November 13th, 2024

‘Snowball Earth:’ Entire planet was likely covered in ice more than 600 million years ago

November 13th, 2024 by

New evidence found in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado supports the notion that Snowball Earth was indeed a global phenomenon.

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NASA dealing with aging ISS and spacewalk hardware: ‘None of our spacesuits are spring chickens’

November 13th, 2024 by

Crew-8 commander Matthew Dominick says NASA is carefully making decisions for astronaut safety while the ISS deals with a leak, and spacesuit issues, related to aging hardware.

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Galaxies get tangled up in ‘the queen’s hair’ in new Hubble Telescope image

November 13th, 2024 by

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused knots to form in the constellation Coma Berenice, or the “queen’s hair.”

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Trump appoints SpaceX’s Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing ‘Department of Government Efficiency’

November 13th, 2024 by

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to ‘dismantle government bureaucracy.’

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce

November 13th, 2024 by

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s chief center for planetary exploration, is conducting its second round of layoffs in 2024, reducing its workforce by another 5%.

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China’s Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean

November 13th, 2024 by

Data from China’s Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars’ northern hemisphere.

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‘I weigh the same’: NASA astronaut Suni Williams refutes tabloid health claims (video)

November 13th, 2024 by

NASA astronaut Suni Williams says her weight is stable aboard the International Space Station, rebutting tabloid claims that her orbital stay has made her emaciated.

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Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time

November 13th, 2024 by

A new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals a fresh theory about Uranus’s unique magnetosphere.

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