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‘Star Wars: Visions’ Volume 2 blasts back onto Disney+ this year for Star Wars Day

Submit on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 05:11

Disney+ released a list of all nine animated shorts for the new season of “Star Wars: Visions” which premieres on Star Wars Day, May 4, 2023.

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James Webb Space Telescope pushed past its limits to observe DART asteroid crash

Submit on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 04:11

The James Webb Space Telescope had to perform outside of its design limits to observe the collision of NASA’s DART probe with asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September last year, NASA has revealed

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Virgin Orbit’s failed debut UK rocket launch traced to ‘$100 part:’ report

Submit on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 03:11

Virgin Orbit’s debut Cornwall orbital launch ended in failure Jan. 9, and early stages of the investigation point to an inexpensive part in rocket LauncherOne.

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See the green comet near Mars in the night sky this week

Submit on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 02:11

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will be positioned close to Mars in the Taurus constellation from Feb. 9 through Feb. 14, making it easier to locate as it dims in the night sky.

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ESA successfully unfurls sail to drag spacecraft out of orbit

Submit on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 02:11

The European Space Agency has successfully unfurled a sail aboard a used cubesat to help drag the spacecraft down into Earth’s atmosphere and out of orbit.

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Space claw! Sun shoots powerful flare that knocks out shortwave radio (video)

Submit on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 00:11

The sun is growing more active in its regular 11-year-cycle and has a huge sunspot serving as a hotbed of flares and other activity.

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A dwarf planet beyond Neptune has a mysterious ring that astronomers can’t explain

Submit on Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 23:11

A mini-planet orbiting in the frigid outer reaches of the solar system has a Saturn-like ring of dust and debris that defies the rules of physics, a new study has revealed.

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A fleet of gamma-ray burst detecting cubesats could help crack mystery of neutron star mergers

Submit on Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 22:11

A constellation of tiny satellites could revolutionize the study of the most energetic explosion in the cosmos and help astronomers untangle the mysteries of colliding neutron stars.

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