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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds

Submit on Sunday, April 14th, 2024 22:11

The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.

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This little robot can hop in zero-gravity to explore asteroids

Submit on Sunday, April 14th, 2024 17:11

A three-legged robot named SpaceHopper could help combat challenges of exploring low-gravity environments, such as asteroids or moons.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 106 — Space Potpourri!

Submit on Saturday, April 13th, 2024 22:11

On Episode 106 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq take you on a tour of the coolest space places on Earth.

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Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects

Submit on Saturday, April 13th, 2024 21:11

Don’t rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe’s most mysterious stuff.

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‘You could feel the energy and wonder’: Despite clouds, totality wows crowds during solar eclipse in Syracuse

Submit on Saturday, April 13th, 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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Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft starts testing ahead of moon mission with astronauts in 2025 (video)

Submit on Saturday, April 13th, 2024 19:11

The Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft began testing on April 10 in an altitude chamber at NASA. The spacecraft will bring four astronauts around the moon no earlier than 2025.

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In a virtual reality universe, upcoming ‘JUICE’ mission flies by Jupiter’s moon Callisto

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To test its autonomous software, the JUICE mission team pretended to fly the spacecraft past Jupiter’s fourth moon, and passed the exam with flying colors.

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SpaceX Starship will be 500 feet tall to prepare for Mars missions, Elon Musk says (video)

Submit on Saturday, April 13th, 2024 17:11

Just weeks after Starship first reached orbital speed during a spaceflight in March, SpaceX founder Elon Musk outlined what the company wants to do with future spacecraft for Mars missions.

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