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Archive for April 1st, 2025

Watch chilling 1st views of Earth’s poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)

April 1st, 2025 by me

The first images of Earth’s poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking.

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Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun’s greatest mysteries (video)

April 1st, 2025 by me

Europe’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.

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NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet aces key ‘cruise control’ test ahead of 1st flight

April 1st, 2025 by me

NASA’s “quiet” new supersonic jet, the X-59, just passed a key engine test, bringing it closer to its first flight later this year.

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Scientists used JWST instruments ‘wrong’ on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets

April 1st, 2025 by me

The JWST was used in a creative way to capture direct images of distant worlds.

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Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?

April 1st, 2025 by me

After last week’s explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth?

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2 decades of Hubble Space Telescope data track changing seasons on Uranus

April 1st, 2025 by me

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus, including the effects of the sun’s radiation on its seasonal shifts.

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SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth’s poles

April 1st, 2025 by me

SpaceX launched the Fram2 astronaut mission today (March 31), the first-ever crewed spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.

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Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)

April 1st, 2025 by me

A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace’s first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.

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