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‘The spacecraft really reacted great:’ NASA astronauts praise Boeing Starliner’s performance (video)

Submit on Friday, June 14th, 2024 02:11

The first astronauts to fly Boeing’s new Starliner vehicle have spoken of the spacecraft in glowing terms.

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Bark! Meow! Cluck! NASA uses lasers to beam pictures of pet dogs, cats and chickens to the ISS

Submit on Friday, June 14th, 2024 01:11

NASA is testing how infrared light can transfer far more information than radio frequency communications.

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope captures closest super star cluster to Earth (image)

Submit on Friday, June 14th, 2024 00:11

NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope has imaged Westerlund 1, the largest and closest super star cluster to Earth, in stunning detail.

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Mars meteorites reveal clues about what lies within the Red Planet

Submit on Thursday, June 13th, 2024 23:12

Volcanic meteorites from Mars give scientists a glimpse into the planet’s structure.

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Scientists find a surprise ingredient in exoplanet cake mix — sulfur dioxide

Submit on Thursday, June 13th, 2024 22:11

The presence of sulfur dioxide around a hot Neptune exoplanet with an evaporating atmosphere could help us understand how it formed.

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Hubble Telescope maps high-speed ‘burps’ from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time

Submit on Thursday, June 13th, 2024 21:11

Hubble has mapped the outflow “burps” of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for the first time, measuring speeds of 6.5 million mph, around 8,500 times the speed of sound.

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NASA calls off spacewalk at International Space Station due to ‘spacesuit discomfort’

Submit on Thursday, June 13th, 2024 20:11

NASA has postponed a scheduled EVA today (June 13), as the two astronauts slated for the spacewalk were already putting on their suits.

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Secrets of radioactive ‘promethium’ — a rare earth element with mysterious applications — uncovered after 80-year search

Submit on Thursday, June 13th, 2024 20:11

Scientists have revealed key properties of radioactive promethium, a rare earth element with poorly understood applications, using a groundbreaking new method.

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