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Meet the crew launching on Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut flight

Submit on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 00:11

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are slated to launch on Boeing’s first crewed test flight of its Starliner capsule, flying to the International Space Station on May 6.

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Boeing Starliner astronauts conduct dress rehearsal ahead of May 6 launch (photos, video)

Submit on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 00:11

Boeing Starliner’s 1st astronaut crew continues their training, even in quarantine. After finishing a big dress rehearsal on April 26, practice continues ahead of the scheduled May 6 launch to the ISS.

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‘Tiger stripes’ on Saturn’s moon Enceladus could reveal if its oceans are habitable

Submit on Monday, April 29th, 2024 23:11

A new model of Enceladus “tiger stripe” fractures and their connection with the moon of Saturn’s ice geysers and subsurface oceans could have implications for its ability to support life.

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‘Flash Gordon’ returns to escape from a prison planet in new comic series

Submit on Monday, April 29th, 2024 23:11

A preview of Mad Cave Studios’ new “Flash Gordon” comic book series coming in July.

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Astronomers finally know why stars born from the same cloud aren’t identical twins

Submit on Monday, April 29th, 2024 22:11

Astronomers finally know why giant binary stars born from the same collapsing cloud of gas and dust can be “non-identical twins” with different characteristics and planetary systems.

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Hubble Space Telescope pauses science due to gyroscope issue

Submit on Monday, April 29th, 2024 21:11

The Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode and stopped conducting science on April 23 when one of its three remaining gyroscopes sent faulty readings back to Earth.

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Private moon lander will carry Nokia’s 4G cell network to the lunar surface this year

Submit on Monday, April 29th, 2024 21:11

Nokia is developing a LTE/4G communications system for the moon, and its first piece of the network might launch as soon as late this year.

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‘Traffic jams’ in the hearts of galaxies can force black holes to collide

Submit on Monday, April 29th, 2024 20:11

Supermassive black holes may create conditions akin to “cosmic intersections with failed traffic lights” that make collisions between smaller stellar-mass black holes inevitable.

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