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Archive for January 25th, 2025

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 145 —We’re ‘Star Bound’ with a guide to America’s space program

January 25th, 2025 by me

On Episode 145 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik meet the authors of a new book about spaceflight called “Star Bound: A Beginner’s Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard’s Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything in Between,” Emily Carney and Bruce McCandless III.

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Mysterious Mars mounds may bolster case for ancient Red Planet ocean

January 25th, 2025 by me

Buttes and mesas in Mars’ Chryse Planitia contain clay minerals made from liquid water interacting with the rock nearly 4 billion years ago.

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Invisible ‘flickering’ on the sun could predict potentially dangerous solar flares hours in advance

January 25th, 2025 by me

Images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that “coronal loops” give off subtle flashes of ultraviolet light before a solar flare, which could act as an early warning system for dangerous space weather.

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NASA wants to launch rockets into northern lights to study ‘black auroras’

January 25th, 2025 by me

NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras and study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan night sky.

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Electric spacecraft propulsion may soon take a leap, thanks to new supercomputer

January 25th, 2025 by me

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new supercomputer simulations.

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Could we travel to parallel universes?

January 25th, 2025 by me

If parallel universes exist, can we access them? Let’s explore the possibility.

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What is Section 31? The ‘Star Trek’ spy organization explained

January 25th, 2025 by me

As the shadowy branch of Starfleet Intelligence gets its very own movie, we look back at Section 31’s morally dubious history.

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Scientists discover exoplanet with 20,500 mph winds — the fastest in the known universe

January 25th, 2025 by me

“The planet has complex weather patterns just like Earth and other planets of our own system.”

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