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Satellite images of Rafah illustrate Palestinians fleeing the city

Submit on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 05:11

Satellite imagery of Rafah, Gaza, provided by commercial company Planet Labs, offers a spaceborne view of the Israel-Hamas war.

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Big decision! Curiosity rover keeps following possible Mars river remnant

Submit on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 03:11

After much debate, the Curiosity Mars rover team decided to continue following an intriguing channel rather than send the robot on an off-road detour.

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Sun unleashes massive X8.7 solar flare, biggest of current cycle, from super-active monster sunspot (video)

Submit on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 02:11

A monster sunspot on the sun’s surface just won’t quit, erupting yet again this week with a whopping X8.7-class solar flare on Tuesday (May 14).

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Car-sized asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)

Submit on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 02:11

A car-sized asteroid flew very close to Earth on Tuesday morning (May 14), just two days after being discovered.

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Blue Origin targeting May 19 for 1st crewed spaceflight since 2022

Submit on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 02:11

Blue Origin is targeting Sunday (May 19) for the six-person NS-25, the company’s first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.

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Jupiter’s mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot (photo)

Submit on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 01:11

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has spotted the elusive fifth moon of Jupiter transiting the giant planet’s Great Red Spot, giving astronomers a rare view of this small but intriguing natural satellite.

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Helium leak delays 1st astronaut launch of Boeing’s Starliner to May 21

Submit on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 00:11

The first crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been pushed back by four days to May 21, due to a helium leak in its service module.

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New York Times best-selling author revisits 1986 space shuttle tragedy in ‘Challenger’ (interview)

Submit on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 00:11

Adam Higginbotham was out with his first book when he got the idea. “People often asked me whether I remembered where I was when I heard the news about Chernobyl.” He didn’t, but recalled Challenger.

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