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NASA suspends Swift gamma-ray space telescope operations

March 22nd, 2024 by

NASA has shut down its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, but don’t panic; this is only a temporary pause for the space telescope that has served the space agency since 2004.

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See the 1st teaser for August sci-fi scarefest ‘Alien: Romulus’ (video)

March 22nd, 2024 by

A sneak peek at director Fede Álvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” has just dropped. The film will be released this summer.

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Amazing photos of ‘horned’ comet 12P/Pons-Brooks from around the world

March 22nd, 2024 by

Take a look at some of the best ‘horned’ comet 12P/Pons-Brooks photos from around the world.

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‘All eyes to the sky’: National Geographic to chronicle epic solar spectacle on April 8 (exclusive video)

March 22nd, 2024 by

National Geographic and ABC will offer live coverage of the total solar eclipse on April 8 from eight U.S. states during its ‘Eclipse Across America’ special. Watch the trailer here.

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A ‘snowball fight’ may help scientists find life on Jupiter’s moon Europa

March 22nd, 2024 by

Impact craters in Europa’s icy crust have been used to measure the thickness of the world’s shell, leading scientists closer to learning if this frozen moon could host life as we know it.

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Hubble Space Telescope discovers ‘failed stars’ are bad at relationships too

March 22nd, 2024 by

Using the Hubble astronomers found that “failed star” brown dwarfs struggle to maintain relationships as passing stars disrupt them like the cosmic equivalent of the distracted boyfriend meme.

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Astronomers call for radio silence on the far side of the moon

March 22nd, 2024 by

There’s a growing and passionate call for preserving radio silence on the far side of the moon in order to protect the possibility of conducting valuable radio astronomy.

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Dying SpaceX rocket creates glowing, galaxy-like spiral in the middle of the Northern Lights

March 22nd, 2024 by

A large swirl of white light that temporarily outshone vibrant auroras in the Arctic last week was triggered by the death throes of a SpaceX rocket that deployed more than 50 satellites into space.

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