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Spaceport Cornwall: The ultimate guide to the UK’s first spaceport

Submit on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 21:11

Spaceport Cornwall is the UK’s first licensed spaceport. Here we explore the air-launch hub in more detail.

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Rare green comet’s close approach a feast for astrophotographers (photos)

Submit on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 21:11

A rare green comet that hasn’t been seen since the time of the Neaderthals made its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 1, and astrophotographers all over the world couldn’t peel their eyes off it.

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Zero-gravity parabolic flights get surge of demand for spaceflight work

Submit on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 20:11

Commercial astronauts, disability advocates and private space experiment makers are adding more parabolic airplane flights to Zero-G’s manifest.

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Curiosity rover finds metallic meteorite on Mars

Submit on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 18:11

NASA’s Curiosity rover has rolled up on another meteorite on Mars, an iron-nickel rock the mission team has dubbed “Cacao.”

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Tricky alien worlds easier to find when humans and machines team up

Submit on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 18:11

A combination of citizen science and machine learning is a promising new technique for astronomers looking for exoplanets.

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With a ‘wiggle and nudge,’ spacewalking astronauts install stubborn array mount outside space station

Submit on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 03:11

Two spacewalking astronauts wiggled a stubborn strut into place, completing the installation of a solar array platform outside the International Space Station.

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Chaotic ‘knot’ of merging galaxy clusters captured in multiple wavelengths

Submit on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 03:11

Combining X-ray, radio, optical and infrared wavelengths, astronomers have imaged the messy collision of three galactic clusters leading to the formation of Abell 2256.

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With moon crews to assign, Joe Acaba named NASA’s new chief astronaut

Submit on Friday, February 3rd, 2023 02:11

As NASA nears selecting its first crew to fly to the moon in more than 50 years, the agency has a new leader for its astronaut corps, Joe Acaba, who has flown into space on three missions.

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