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‘It’s bananas:’ Toy fruit becomes first zero-g indicator to fly on SpaceX Starship

Submit on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 18:11

An artificial banana floated in the microgravity environment of outer space. No longer needing its attached tethers, it just hung there in the bay of its spacecraft’s otherwise empty cargo hold.

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The Unistellar eQuinox 2 is our top-rated smart telescope and now has a $500 price cut in this Black Friday deal

Submit on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 17:11

This super easy-to-use motorized telescope is currently available with a 20% saving off the regular price.

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Trump watches SpaceX launch Starship’s 6th test flight (photos)

Submit on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 08:11

President-elect Donald Trump made the trip to South Texas today (Nov. 19) to watch the sixth test flight of SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket.

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‘Mind-blowing’ dark energy instrument results show Einstein was right about gravity — again

Submit on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 08:11

The first year of data from the 5,000 robotic eyes of DESI shows Einstein’s theory of general relativity is the right recipe for gravity despite the challenges of dark energy and dark matter.

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Pentagon UFO chief tells Senate ‘very anomalous objects’ need careful study (video)

Submit on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 07:11

In new testimony, the head of the Pentagon’s UFO office told the US senate that it “has not discovered any verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology.”

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SpaceX Starship launches banana to space, skips giant rocket catch on 6th test flight (video, photos)

Submit on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 06:11

SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the sixth time ever today (Nov. 19) but did not try to catch the vehicle’s Super Heavy first stage back at the pad.

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India’s Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter avoids collision with South Korea’s Danuri spacecraft

Submit on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 04:11

India’s Chandrayaan 2 moon orbiter maneuvered in September to avoid a close approach with Korea’s Danuri spacecraft, ISRO said.

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Everything we know about ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

Submit on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 02:11

Earth’s mightiest heroes are assembling again in 2026. Here’s what we know about Avengers: Doomsday so far.

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