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Archive for February, 2025

NASA supercomputer finds billions of comets mimicking the Milky Way’s shape: ‘The universe seems to like spirals!’

February 28th, 2025 by me

Astronomers have discovered that billions of comets in an icy shell around the solar system called the Oort Cloud mimic the spiral structure of the Milky Way.

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Private Blue Ghost lunar lander captures stunning views of moon’s far side ahead of March 2 touchdown try (video)

February 28th, 2025 by me

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has beamed home stunning views of the moon from an altitude of just 62 miles (100 kilometers).

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NASA must ‘consider alternatives’ to put Artemis astronauts on the moon, experts tell US Congress

February 28th, 2025 by me

Space policy experts told U.S. Congress that NASA must consider alternatives to its current plan to return astronauts to the moon with the Artemis program.

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NASA set to deliver a knock-out PUNCH to mysteries of the solar wind

February 28th, 2025 by me

A new mission designed to better understand the heliosphere will be the first to map in three dimensions how the solar corona becomes the solar wind.

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It’s Pokémon Day! Here are 10 Pokémon from space to celebrate the iconic series

February 28th, 2025 by me

You’ll need NASA’s help to catch ’em all: Here are ten Pokemon from space to celebrate Pokemon Day

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February new moon 2025: The young moon occults Mercury and passes by Venus

February 28th, 2025 by me

The moon enters its new phase for February 2025 tonight, leaving the skies nice and dark for observing many bright planets currently visible in the night sky.

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Katy Perry will launch to space with historic all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket

February 28th, 2025 by me

Perry and a celebrity female crew will launch on Blue Origin’s NS-31 mission this spring.

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Belyayev’s birthday ‘candle’: Russia to launch ISS cargo ship today to honor cosmonaut’s centennial and you can watch live

February 28th, 2025 by me

Russia is celebrating a late cosmonaut’s 100th birthday with a special logo on the launch shroud of a space station resupply spacecraft.

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