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Violent origins of gravitational waves probed by new telescope array

Submit on Thursday, May 18th, 2023 00:11

The new BlackGEM array will hunt for black hole mergers and neutron star collisions, cataclysmic events that generate ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves.

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‘Crater’ is an old-fashioned kids’ sci-fi flick with out-of-this-world charm (review)

Submit on Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 22:11

A review of Disney Plus’s enjoyable new Young Adult sci-fi adventure movie, “Crater.”

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Powerful solar flare erupts from hidden sunspot sparking widespread radio blackouts (video)

Submit on Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 21:11

The explosive solar flare erupted from a hidden sunspot on May 16 at 12:43 pm EDT (1643 GMT) triggering widespread radio blackouts.

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Could the floating islands in ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ exist?

Submit on Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 21:11

The latest entry in the Zelda series features floating islands high above the lands of Hyrule. But can we find these features on Earth, or alien planets?

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Building telescopes on the moon could transform astronomy – and it’s becoming an achievable goal

Submit on Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 20:11

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies – and increasingly by commercial companies – are set to visit the moon by the end of this decade.

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Radiation belt seen beyond our solar system for the 1st time

Submit on Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 19:11

The radiation belt around the ultracool dwarf star, located around 19 light-years from Earth, is doubled-lobed like the radiation belts around Jupiter — but it’s 10 million times brighter.

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Axiom Space’s Ax-2: What to know about the 2nd private astronaut mission to the space station

Submit on Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 17:11

Here’s what you need to know about the four-person Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch on May 21.

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See the moon meet up with elusive Mercury in a conjunction today

Submit on Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 17:11

The moon will meet up with Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet and the closest to the sun, in the evening sky on Wednesday, May 17.

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