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Archive for December 17th, 2024

Astronomers discover 1st binary stars orbiting supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

December 17th, 2024 by

Astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope to discover the first binary stars around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.

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‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ featurette reveals the magic behind the massive stop-motion Mama Crab (video)

December 17th, 2024 by

A pair of new behind-the-scenes videos for “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew”

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SpaceX launches 6th batch of next-gen US spy satellites from California

December 17th, 2024 by

SpaceX launched the sixth batch of “proliferated architecture” spy satellites for the NRO this morning (Dec. 17) from California’s central coast.

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SpaceX launching 2 mPOWER communication satellites from Florida today

December 17th, 2024 by

SpaceX plans to launch two communication satellites to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast today (Dec. 17).

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NASA astronaut Suni Williams poses with adorable tentacle-armed Astrobee robot on ISS (photo)

December 17th, 2024 by

An Astrobee robotic free-flyer with tentacle-like arms was tested in a demonstration experiment aboard the space station.

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Meet Endurance, a pioneering NASA moon rover designed to survive the frigid lunar night

December 17th, 2024 by

NASA has begun blueprinting the Endurance rover to traverse the gigantic South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, a wonderland of promising geological surprises.

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James Webb Space Telescope witnesses Firefly Sparkle galaxy ‘being assembled brick by brick’ (image, video)

December 17th, 2024 by

A relic galaxy has been uncovered from the early universe, revealing new clues about what our own Milky Way galaxy may have looked like back then.

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SpaceX’s 31st Dragon cargo capsule departs ISS to head home to Earth

December 17th, 2024 by

SpaceX’s 31st robotic Dragon cargo capsule departed the International Space Station today (Dec. 16) and began the trip back home to Earth.

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