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China tests new engine for huge Long March 9 moon rocket

Submit on Friday, September 16th, 2022 21:11

Chinese engineers have conducted a successful hot fire test of a new, powerful engine for the nation’s planned super heavy-lift rocket for moon missions.

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See elusive planet Neptune in opposition tonight (Sept. 16)

Submit on Friday, September 16th, 2022 20:11

Located at the outer edge of the solar system, the distant planet Neptune will make its closest approach to Earth on Friday, when it will be visible in opposition to the sun all through the night.

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See the conjunction of the moon and Mars tonight (Sept. 16)

Submit on Friday, September 16th, 2022 19:11

Mars and the moon will make a close approach to each other in the sky tonight (Sept. 16), and here’s what you can expect to see.

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We still haven’t found most of Mars’ ancient lakes

Submit on Friday, September 16th, 2022 19:11

A “new era” in Martian water searches awaits, a new study suggests, with hundreds of ancient lakes likely still lying undetected on the Red Planet.

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Russia says private satellites could become ‘legitimate target’ during wartime

Submit on Friday, September 16th, 2022 17:11

As the United States continues to leverage more commercial satellites for intelligence and communications work, Russia has warned these craft may become a “legitimate target” for wartime operations.

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Strange quark star may have formed from a lucky cosmic merger

Submit on Friday, September 16th, 2022 17:11

A team of physicists has found that the remnant of a neutron star merger observed in 2019 has just the right mass to be a strange hypothetical quark star.

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This spiral galaxy photo from the Hubble Space Telescope is just spectacular

Submit on Friday, September 16th, 2022 17:11

An intermediate spiral galaxy called NGC 1961 was photographed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, revealing gorgeous spiral arms and glittering, blue regions of bright young stars.

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Happy anniversary, Inspiration4! Landmark SpaceX tourism mission launched 1 year ago today

Submit on Friday, September 16th, 2022 06:11

Inspiration4 raised $250 million for charity during the first-ever all-private crewed mission to orbit, and it’s just the start of a program using SpaceX vehicles for private flights.

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