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Car-sized asteroid is giving Earth a really, really close shave. But don’t worry.

Submit on Friday, April 12th, 2024 01:11

A newly discovered space rock will harmlessly pass by Earth today. Still, at less than a tenth the distance to the moon, asteroid 2024 GJ2 will miss the planet by the skin of its teeth.

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Gravitational waves reveal black hole and neutron star merging for 1st time

Submit on Friday, April 12th, 2024 00:11

The mystery object, which falls right within the mass-gap range, sheds light on a long-sought, murky realm.

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‘Star Wars: Tales of the Empire’ sets surprise May the 4th debut on Disney Plus (video)

Submit on Friday, April 12th, 2024 00:11

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Before The Acolyte, Star Wars animation will return to our screens with Tales of the Empire, a brand-new anthology series.

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Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov, who flew into space twice, dies at 89

Submit on Thursday, April 11th, 2024 23:11

Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov, who flew into space twice, has died at the age of 89. Aksyonov logged almost 12 days in space and orbited Earth 189 times.

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Trains, planes and a total solar eclipse! Watching the moon block the sun was a transportation adventure (exclusive)

Submit on Thursday, April 11th, 2024 23:11

My family has been in transportation for generations, in planes and trains. I finally got my two ancestral lines to meet, eclipse-style, at a Canadian rail station near an airport.

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Space weather can make it hard to predict satellite trajectories. Here’s why that’s a problem

Submit on Thursday, April 11th, 2024 21:11

Satellites in low Earth orbit can be hundreds of miles off their expected trajectories when bad space weather hits.

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Stars make a bigger mess in old galaxies, and scientists just figured out why

Submit on Thursday, April 11th, 2024 20:11

More evolved galaxies demonstrate a greater range of stellar motions compared to the orderly, circular orbits of stars like our sun in the Milky Way.

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SpaceX to launch advanced weather satellite for US Space Force today

Submit on Thursday, April 11th, 2024 19:11

SpaceX will launch a mission for the U.S. Space Force this morning (April 11), sending aloft an advanced environment-monitoring satellite.

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