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Archive for January, 2025

Dead stars can celebrate 2 New Years every second with nearby cosmic fireworks

January 3rd, 2025 by

Celestial fireworks that erupt all year long but last a fraction of a second, fast radio bursts, may have traced them to the immediate surroundings of extreme and highly magnetic dead stars.

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun

January 3rd, 2025 by

This New Year’s Day, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.

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Strap on a VR headset like a Facehugger with ‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ — the 1st-ever ‘Alien’ VR game

January 3rd, 2025 by

“Alien: Rogue Incursion” virtual reality game for PSVR and and PCVR available now

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Newly uncovered oxygen reaction could aid the search for alien life

January 3rd, 2025 by

A newly discovered way for oxygen to form in carbon-dioxide-rich atmospheres of exoplanets could help guide scientists’ search for alien life.

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Space debris crashes into Kenyan village, believed to be leftover rocket hardware

January 3rd, 2025 by

Kenya Space Agency officials report a large, “red-hot” metallic ring roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) in diameter fell from the sky, crashing into Mukuku village.

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Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy ? but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy

January 3rd, 2025 by

Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy ? but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy

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Fall 2024 was Earth’s warmest autumn ever

January 2nd, 2025 by

Fall 2024 makes history in the record books as the warmest on record in the past 130 years.

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The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight! Don’t miss the 1st ‘shooting stars’ of 2025

January 2nd, 2025 by

The 2025 Quadrantid meteor shower peaks overnight on Jan. 3, and could produce between 60 to 120 meteors per hour.

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