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The cold lunar night may have finally swallowed Japan’s SLIM moon lander

Submit on Friday, May 31st, 2024 21:11

Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission failed to respond to a signal sent Monday — but all hope is not lost.

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NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet passes key safety review ahead of 1st test flight

Submit on Friday, May 31st, 2024 20:11

NASA’s new X-59 supersonic jet has successfully completed its Flight Readiness Review, marking a pivotal step towards its first flight.

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Massive, magnetic stars beyond the Milky Way detected for the 1st time

Submit on Friday, May 31st, 2024 20:11

Astronomers have detected giant, magnetic stars outside the Milky Way for the first time. These infant stars in the Magellanic Clouds could reveal details of early stellar evolution.

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Opticron Oregon 4 PC Oasis 10X42 monocular review

Submit on Friday, May 31st, 2024 17:11

There is an instant feel of quality in this rugged and easy-to-use Opticron Oregon 4 PC Oasis 10X42 monocular.

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China’s Chang’e 6 probe to land on far side of the moon this weekend to return lunar samples to Earth

Submit on Friday, May 31st, 2024 17:11

China’s Chang’e 6 moon mission is studying landing sites on the lunar far side for accessibility ahead of a planned touchdown attempt this weekend.

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Elusive medium-size black holes may form in dense ‘birthing nests’

Submit on Friday, May 31st, 2024 04:11

A new simulation has shown elusive intermediate-mass black holes may form in dense globular clusters of millions of tightly packed stars, thanks to a chaotic collision chain.

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How NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun

Submit on Friday, May 31st, 2024 03:11

OSIRIS-APEX emerged unscathed from its first of six close brushes with the sun, thanks to some clever engineering.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots the 2 earliest galaxies ever seen (image)

Submit on Friday, May 31st, 2024 02:11

James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen. One, JADES-GS-z14-0, is a massive and bright galaxy that existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

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