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Watch solar tornado as tall as 14 Earths hurl plasma cloud into space (video)

Submit on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 17:11

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured what might be ‘the tallest tornado’ in the solar system swirling across the north pole of the sun.

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Astronauts that hibernate on long spaceflights is not just for sci-fi. We could test it in 10 years.

Submit on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 17:11

First hibernation studies with human subjects could be feasible within a decade, a European Space Agency (ESA) researcher thinks.

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NASA climate change satellite back online after instrument shutdown

Submit on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 05:11

A stricken Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) instrument is back online, but NASA officials did not disclose a cause for the issue during commissioning.

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Win a free copy of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 in this Facebook giveaway!

Submit on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 04:11

Space.com and Paramount are teaming together to offer a chance to win a free Blu-Ray Steelbook edition of the critically-acclaimed first season.

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Two moons of Uranus may have active subsurface oceans

Submit on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 04:11

The Uranus moons Ariel and Miranda may have active oceans blasting plumes of particles into space, a new look at data collected by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft suggests.

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How much water lurks beneath an exoplanet’s surface? New tool could help astronomers tell

Submit on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 03:11

A new method could allow astronomers to assess exoplanets’ likely subsurface water stores, aiding the search for worlds capable of supporting life as we know it.

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1st map of moon water could help Artemis astronauts live at the lunar south pole

Submit on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 02:11

Astronomers have completed the first map of water distribution on the moon, including that more water is found in shaded lunar regions than in sunlit ones.

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Virgin Orbit eyes options as it works to generate cash flow: report

Submit on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 01:11

Launch company Virgin Orbit is engaging companies for discussions after furloughing most of its staff last week, according to media reports.

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