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Archive for December 20th, 2024

Rocket Lab scrubs Strix radar satellite launch for Synspective over ‘sensor data’

December 20th, 2024 by

A new exact launch date for the Strix satellite launch by Rocket Lab has yet to be announced.

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NASA Mars probe spies dusty, retired Insight lander from orbit (photo)

December 20th, 2024 by

Photos of the dormant InSight lander captured from Mars orbit are providing researchers new data on how dust accumulates and evolves over time on the Red Planet.

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Hubble’s ‘impossible’ planet explained? Gas giants may have formed fast in early universe

December 20th, 2024 by

An ancient exoplanet dated at 12.7 billion years old could have formed over a long period in a giant disk of gas, according to new JWST observations.

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The Ursid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here’s what to expect from the final ‘shooting stars’ of 2024

December 20th, 2024 by

The last meteor shower of the year peaks in the early morning hours of Dec. 22.

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NASA’s Hubble and Chandra telescopes discover a strange ‘sideways’ black hole in a cosmic crime scene (image)

December 20th, 2024 by

Using the NASA space telescopes Hubble and Chandra astronomers have discovered a strange black hole that has been knocked on its side in a cosmic crime scene.

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US Space Force 5 years later: What has it accomplished so far, and where does it go from here?

December 20th, 2024 by

As the U.S. Space Force celebrates its fifth anniversary, the service’s leadership looked back on its accomplishments so far while looking ahead to the future.

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Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Earth-imaging satellite this morning

December 20th, 2024 by

Rocket Lab plans to launch a radar satellite for the Earth-observation company Synspective this morning (Dec. 20), and you can watch it live.

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Russian cosmonauts install X-ray detector, jettison trash on spacewalk outside ISS

December 20th, 2024 by

Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner installed an X-ray detector and jettisoned trash during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

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