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Archive for January, 2025

World’s 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)

January 11th, 2025 by me

LignoSat’s six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.

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Mars is bigger and brighter this weekend than it will be all year. Here’s how to see it

January 11th, 2025 by me

Mars will be at perigee, its closest point to Earth, on Sunday, Jan. 12, appearing bigger and brighter in the sky. Here’s how to view the Red Planet at its best for 2025.

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Star escapes ravenous supermassive black hole, leaving behind its stellar partner

January 11th, 2025 by me

Scientists want to know if a tidal disruption event that exploded twice is the result of a star abandoning its binary partner, allowing it to be devoured by a supermassive black hole.

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What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?

January 11th, 2025 by me

The United States’ northernmost military installation is critical for national security, Space Force officials say.

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NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory back online after 2024 data center flood

January 11th, 2025 by me

The spacecraft themselves continued to operate normally in Earth orbit during the outage and “no science data has been lost.”

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching on record-breaking 25th flight today

January 11th, 2025 by me

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch 21 Starlink satellites from Florida today (Jan. 10). It will be the 25th mission for the rocket’s first stage, a new record.

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Panasonic Lumix GH7 review

January 11th, 2025 by me

The Panasonic Lumix GH7 is Panasonic’s flagship G-series camera with features and functionality covering both professional photo and video capture.

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See the moon and Jupiter ride the Bull in tonight’s sky

January 10th, 2025 by me

On Friday (Jan. 10), the moon will pass near Jupiter, meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus. Viewers can expect to see the bright moon and Jupiter shortly after sunset.

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