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Archive for February, 2025

SpaceX rolls huge Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship Flight 8 launch (photos)

February 26th, 2025 by me

The Super Heavy booster that will fly on the eighth test mission of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is now on the launch pad. Liftoff is scheduled for Friday (Feb. 28).

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SpaceX says its Falcon 9 rocket debris crash over Europe was caused by propellant leak

February 26th, 2025 by me

A propellant leak was to blame for the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket crashing to Earth over Europe last week, SpaceX says.

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NASA tells employees to ignore Trump administration’s ‘What did you do last week?’ email

February 26th, 2025 by me

NASA employees have been told they are not required to respond to a Trump administration email request to list achievements or potentially face termination.

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond — Release window, trailers, and everything we know

February 26th, 2025 by me

Samus Aran returns in 2025 with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, a first-person action adventure that’s been in the works for nearly a decade.

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Ancient beach on Mars discovered by China’s Zhurong Mars rover: ‘This strengthens the case for past habitability’

February 26th, 2025 by me

China’s Mars rover discovered evidence of an ancient Red Planet beach. Here’s why scientists are excited about this.

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Mysterious fast radio burst traced back to massive ‘cosmic graveyard’ of ancient stars

February 25th, 2025 by me

A mysterious burst of radiowaves with more energy than the sun emits in a year has been traced back to a cosmic graveyard dead galaxy filled with ancient stars.

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Exoplanetary parade: What would the night sky look like on alien worlds? (op-ed)

February 25th, 2025 by me

Most of the planets are aligned in our night sky right now, providing a treat for skywatchers. Are such “planetary parades” visible from other worlds?

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If Mars has microbe fossils, a laser and rock quarry in Algeria could help find them

February 25th, 2025 by me

Scientists searching for microbe fossils on Mars have a better idea of what to look for thanks to gypsum that formed when the Mediterranean Ocean dried up over 5 million years ago.

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