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SpaceX rolls Starship spacecraft to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch (photos)

Submit on Thursday, November 14th, 2024 02:11

SpaceX just rolled the upper stage of its sixth Starship megarocket out to the pad to gear up for its test flight, which is scheduled for Nov. 18.

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The sun’s poles may have powerful magnetic tornadoes

Submit on Thursday, November 14th, 2024 02:11

The sun may have swirling polar vortices similar to those on Earth, but powered by a very different source, according to a new study.

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The final supermoon of 2024 rises Nov. 15 as November’s Full Beaver Moon

Submit on Thursday, November 14th, 2024 01:11

The Full Beaver Moon of November 2024 will be the final of four consecutive supermoons this year, appearing slightly larger in the night sky on Friday (Nov. 15).

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Surprised Russian school kids discover Arctic island has vanished after comparing satellite images

Submit on Thursday, November 14th, 2024 00:11

The cryovolcanic “centaur” comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually bright in the process. It is the most powerful outburst from the city-size oddball in more than three years.

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‘Snowball Earth:’ Entire planet was likely covered in ice more than 600 million years ago

Submit on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 22:11

New evidence found in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado supports the notion that Snowball Earth was indeed a global phenomenon.

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NASA dealing with aging ISS and spacewalk hardware: ‘None of our spacesuits are spring chickens’

Submit on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 21:11

Crew-8 commander Matthew Dominick says NASA is carefully making decisions for astronaut safety while the ISS deals with a leak, and spacesuit issues, related to aging hardware.

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Galaxies get tangled up in ‘the queen’s hair’ in new Hubble Telescope image

Submit on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 21:11

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused knots to form in the constellation Coma Berenice, or the “queen’s hair.”

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Trump appoints SpaceX’s Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing ‘Department of Government Efficiency’

Submit on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 11:11

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to ‘dismantle government bureaucracy.’

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