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Archive for January 29th, 2025

Satellites watch world’s largest iceberg on crash course with Antarctic penguin island (photo/video)

January 29th, 2025 by me

The mega-iceberg poses a significant threat to South Georgia Island a remote wildlife haven.

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Blue Origin scrubs landmark New Shepard moon-gravity launch due to weather, rocket glitch

January 29th, 2025 by me

Blue Origin scrubbed the planned 29th launch of its New Shepard suborbital rocket today (Jan. 28) due to uncooperative weather and a vehicle issue.

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Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)

January 29th, 2025 by me

Boom Supersonic made history today (Jan. 28) when its XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on a test flight over the American desert.

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‘Star Trek: Section 31’ goes back to Trek’s ‘space western’ roots to tell a ‘Clint Eastwood’ story (exclusive)

January 29th, 2025 by me

An exclusive interview with ‘Section 31’s’ Alex Kurtzman and Olatunde Osunsanmi

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‘Star Wars: A New Legacy’ celebrates 10 years of ‘Star Wars’ comics under the Marvel empire

January 29th, 2025 by me

A preview of Marvel Comics’ “Star Wars: A New Legacy #1”

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An interstellar visitor may have changed the course of 4 solar system planets, study suggests

January 29th, 2025 by me

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars’ present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system’s planets onto a different course.

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Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star’s habitable zone. Could life survive its extreme climate?

January 29th, 2025 by me

Located less than 20 light years away, HD 20794d could potentially be one of the most Earth-like planets found so far, despite its extreme climatic variability.

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Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032

January 29th, 2025 by me

A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could impact our planet and what level of destruction it could cause.

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