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The Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Are ‘shooting stars’ in the forecast for 2024?

Submit on Friday, November 15th, 2024 21:12

The annual Leonid meteor shower peaks on Nov. 17, 2024, but a bright moon just two days past full will make viewing this year’s Leonids difficult.

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Aurora activity is just getting started. Here’s why the best northern lights are yet to come.

Submit on Friday, November 15th, 2024 20:11

Mark your diaries for the 2026/27 aurora season could be a big one!

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Did NASA’s Viking landers accidentally kill life on Mars? Why one scientist thinks so

Submit on Friday, November 15th, 2024 18:11

Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a scientist who thinks NASA’s Viking landers could have inadvertently destroyed the life they were searching for. In this Q&A, we ask why.

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SpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 Super Heavy rocket to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch (photos)

Submit on Friday, November 15th, 2024 06:11

SpaceX has rolled the Super Heavy first stage of its Starship megarocket out to the launch pad to prep for the vehicle’s sixth test flight, which is scheduled for Monday (Nov. 18).

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NASA rockets seed artificial clouds below glowing auroras in Norway (photo)

Submit on Friday, November 15th, 2024 05:11

NASA’s VortEx experiment launched sounding rockets that created clouds, which will help scientists better understand how energy flows between layers of the atmosphere.

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FAA creating new committee to update launch regulations

Submit on Friday, November 15th, 2024 04:11

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is creating a new committee to review and update its “Part 450” launch and reentry licensing rule.

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Asteroid pieces brought to Earth help reveal how our solar system’s planets and moons grew

Submit on Friday, November 15th, 2024 03:11

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system.

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Is this the best Black Friday camera deal ever? The Canon EOS R5 is nearly $1500 off the MSRP

Submit on Friday, November 15th, 2024 02:11

The Canon EOS R5 could be the perfect Christmas present as this early Black Friday camera deal has nearly $1500 off the MSRP, its lowest-ever price.

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