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Archive for January, 2025

‘Star Trek: Section 31’ has a huge surprise celebrity cameo at the end

January 27th, 2025 by me

The Oscar-winning ‘Everything, Everywhere, All At Once’ co-star makes her ‘Star Trek’ debut.

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Earth is bombarded with rocks from space — but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?

January 26th, 2025 by me

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth.

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US military practices rescuing astronauts from the sea (photos)

January 26th, 2025 by me

A U.S. military joint task force did some training recently off the Florida coast, preparing to help rescue astronauts from the ocean if need be.

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Partial solar eclipse September 2025: Everything you need to know about the ‘solstice’ solar eclipse

January 26th, 2025 by me

Some remote regions will experience a partial solar eclipse on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. The best places to see it will be in Antarctica and New Zealand.

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What are boson stars — and what do they have to do with dark matter?

January 26th, 2025 by me

The skies may be full of invisible “boson stars” that could have a connection to dark matter.

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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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