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How ‘quantum foam’ may have inflated the early universe

Submit on Sunday, January 19th, 2025 21:11

For decades, scientists assumed that the expansion of the universe was powered by a new entity, known as the inflaton, but new research suggests that it may have been possible without it.

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World’s largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)

Submit on Sunday, January 19th, 2025 20:11

The mighty telescope is expected to see its “first light” by 2028.

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20 years after crashing in the Utah desert, NASA’s Genesis mission is still teaching us about solar wind

Submit on Sunday, January 19th, 2025 18:11

Despite crashing in the Utah desert in 2004, NASA’s Genesis mission is still helping scientists study the effects of solar wind.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 144 —The great lunar armada

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 23:11

On Episode 144 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik take a look a pair of private moon missions by Firefly Aerospace and ispace that lifted off this week and so much more.

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Nikon 5×15 HG monocular review

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 22:11

The Nikon 5×15 HG monocular is tiny, but it promises the same high-quality build and lens of Nikon’s other optical devices.

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Satellites watch ‘ghost island’ solidify in the Caspian Sea before disappearing (photos)

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 21:11

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery.

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World’s largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 20:11

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world’s most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to a new renewable energy project.

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SpaceX launching 27 Starlink satellites today in 1st flight since Starship explosion

Submit on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 19:11

SpaceX is set to launch 27 of its Starlink internet satellites today (Jan. 18), just two days after a test flight of its Starship megarocket ended in an explosion.

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