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Lego-inspired ‘space bricks’ could help scientists design moon habitats. Here’s how

Submit on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 19:11

How European Space Agency scientists are using Lego-inspired “space bricks” to design lunar habitats.

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If alien terraforming emits greenhouse gases, our telescopes could detect it

Submit on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 17:12

A new thought experiment reveals how greenhouse gases can be used as a technosignature in the hunt for aliens.

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Satellites watch ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane Beryl batter Carriacou island (video)

Submit on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 05:11

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday (July 1) morning, setting the record of strongest hurricane to happen this early in the year.

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Not-so-static fire: Private Chinese rocket accidentally launches during test

Submit on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 04:11

Space Pioneer’s new Tianlong-3 rocket took to the skies accidentally on Sunday (June 30), then crashed back to Earth in a dramatic explosion.

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Forbidden black holes and ancient stars hide in these ‘tiny red dots’ (image)

Submit on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 03:11

The James Webb Space Telescope found “tiny red dots” in the early universe representing overgrown supermassive black holes and stars that are impossibly old for the infant cosmos.

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Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm

Submit on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 02:11

New research has identified two distinct populations of puffy, sub-Neptune exoplanets with low densities, allowing them to stay in step with their planetary siblings.

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Watch Firefly Aerospace launch 8 cubesats to orbit tonight

Submit on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 00:11

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket is scheduled to launch for the fifth time ever just after midnight on Tuesday (July 2), and you can watch the action live.

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Once-in-a-lifetime star explosion, visible from Earth, could happen any day now

Submit on Monday, July 1st, 2024 22:11

Binary star system T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is about to go nova any day now. The recurrent nova explodes approximately every 79 or 80 years.

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