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China’s Yutu 2 rover still going strong after nearly 6 years on the far side of the moon (video)

September 19th, 2024 by

China’s Chang’e 4 rover Yutu 2 has been working on the far side of the moon for nearly six years. It was designed to operate for just three lunar days, or about three Earth months.

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Caught on camera: Satellite tracker photographs secret spacecraft

September 19th, 2024 by

Satellite tracker and photographer Felix Schöfbänker has captured a variety of secret spacecraft on camera, revealing “things that either were not known, or only were speculated before.”

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Rocket Lab aborts launch of 5 ‘Internet of Things’ satellites at last second (video)

September 19th, 2024 by

Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle appeared to fire up briefly today (Sept. 18) before shutting down, resulting in a launch abort.

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NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’ women awarded Congressional Gold Medals

September 19th, 2024 by

Though they may never shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer “hidden figures,” and they now have Congressional Gold Medals to prove it.

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‘Transformers One’ is an end of summer sensation certain to please fans (review)

September 19th, 2024 by

Paramount’s new all-CG animated ‘Transformers’ film delivers a dynamic origin story for the shapeshifting robots from outer space.

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2nd Kuiper Belt? Our solar system may be much larger than thought

September 19th, 2024 by

Eleven objects found at the extremities of the solar system could mark the location of a ‘Kuiper Belt 2.’

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AI is on the hunt for dark matter

September 19th, 2024 by

The secrets of dark matter might be hiding in the immense cosmic crashes that are colliding galaxy clusters.

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The largest volcano on Mars may sit above a 1,000-mile magma pool. Could Olympus Mons erupt again?

September 19th, 2024 by

A low-density, weak-gravity region has been found below Olympus Mons and the Tharsis volcanoes, while Mars’ northern hemisphere is littered with puzzling high-gravity structures beneath the surface.

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