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Boom’s XB-1 test plane gets FAA green light for supersonic flight

Submit on Thursday, April 18th, 2024 03:11

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 experimental jet has been cleared for supersonic flight by the FAA.

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Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet’s powerful pull

Submit on Thursday, April 18th, 2024 02:12

The discovery of vast subsurface seas on Saturn’s tiny moon Mimas has redefined our view of what an ocean world can be. We may now know how this buried ocean was formed, revealing it is shockingly young.

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Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in ‘strings of pearls’ trailing our galaxy

Submit on Thursday, April 18th, 2024 01:11

Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.

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James Webb Space Telescope’s ‘shocking’ discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around ‘failed star’

Submit on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 22:11

JWST’s surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this “failed star” is orbited by an active moon.

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‘I really like these suits.’ Boeing’s snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)

Submit on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 21:11

Starliner will make its first trip to space with astronauts no earlier than May 6. The historic flight also marks the crewed debut of a new generation of Boeing blue spacesuits.

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Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

Submit on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 20:11

The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York’s Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.

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SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. ‘And we never have’

Submit on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 19:11

For the chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there’s a need to step back and cuddle up to a cup of cosmic reality.

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SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida this evening

Submit on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 17:11

SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (April 17).

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