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DWARFLAB Dwarf II smart telescope review

Submit on Thursday, January 11th, 2024 17:11

The book-sized DWARFLAB Dwarf II is a much more budget-friendly smart telescope than the competition, but does it hold its own against them?

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Doomed Peregrine moon lander snaps another selfie as it zooms away from Earth (photo)

Submit on Thursday, January 11th, 2024 07:11

Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander snapped another in-space selfie as it cruised away from Earth, toward a date with lunar destiny that it can no longer keep.

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SpaceX targeting February for Starship’s 3rd flight test

Submit on Thursday, January 11th, 2024 05:11

SpaceX’s massive, reusable Starship rocket made two test flights in 2023, and company representatives now say the third flight test could come as soon as February 2024.

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Hubble Telescope finds surprising source of brightest fast radio burst ever

Submit on Thursday, January 11th, 2024 05:11

The brightest fast radio burst ever observed flashed from a group of ancient galaxies, the Hubble Space Telescope has found, and astronomers are surprised.

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UAE to provide airlock for NASA’s moon-orbiting Gateway space station

Submit on Thursday, January 11th, 2024 05:11

The United Arab Emirates will build an airlock for NASA’s moon-orbiting Gateway space station, and will get to send an astronaut to the outpost for the contribution.

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China’s 1st launch of 2024 puts 4 small weather satellites into orbit (video)

Submit on Thursday, January 11th, 2024 04:11

A Kuaizhou 1A solid rocket launched four Tianmu-1 weather satellites on Jan. 5, on the first of what will be many Chinese missions in 2024.

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Watch self-eating rocket prototype engine consume itself then explode (video)

Submit on Thursday, January 11th, 2024 03:11

British researchers have tested a prototype self-eating rocket that could launch tiny satellites cheaply and without leaving any debris behind.

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China launches ‘lobster eye’ Einstein Probe to study black holes, neutron stars and more (video)

Submit on Thursday, January 11th, 2024 02:11

On Jan. 9, China launched its Einstein Probe to observe the X-ray sky, hunting for high-energy light from neutron stars, feeding black holes and other exotic objects.

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