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Australia’s first ever home-grown orbital rocket ready for debut launch today

Submit on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 20:11

Australian company Gilmour Space is poised to launch Australia’s first ever orbital rocket designed and manufactured in the land down under.

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Strongest solar flare of 2025 erupts from sun, sparking radio blackouts across Europe, Asia and the Middle East

Submit on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 19:11

X2.7-class eruption from sunspot AR4087 disrupts radio signals as the active region rotates toward Earth, raising the risk of more flares ahead.

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Canon EOS R6 Mark II review

Submit on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 18:11

The Canon EOS R6 Mark II is a mid-range full-frame mirrorless camera offering a 24.2MP resolution with up to 4K video capture in-camera alongside impressive autofocus.

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A spaceship moving near the speed of light would appear rotated, special relativity experiment proves

Submit on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 17:11

Using laser pulses, picosecond exposures on high-speed cameras, and some clever methods to simulate the speed of light, Austrian-based researchers were able to show that the image of an object moving at the speed of light is rotated.

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After the Arecibo collapse in 2020, a lone NASA radar dish in the Mojave desert stepped up as a leading asteroid hunter

Submit on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 16:11

The unexpected 2020 collapse of the Arecibo Observatory left NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar as the new heavy hitter when it comes to finding and studying asteroids.

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SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft again ahead of 9th test flight (video, photos)

Submit on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 05:11

SpaceX just conducted another static-fire test with a Starship upper stage, further prepping the megarocket for its upcoming ninth test flight.

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NASA’s Europa Clipper probe snaps ghostly thermal portrait of Mars en route to Jupiter

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NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft captured a thermal image of Mars during a gravity-assist flyby, testing instruments ahead of its mission to explore Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa.

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A tiny glass bead from the moon offers clues to its hidden interior

Submit on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 03:11

A glass bead retrieved by China’s Chang’e-5 lunar mission is offering a glimpse into the moon’s hidden interior and violent past.

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