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DARPA-funded ‘Inchworm’ robots could help us build moon bases. Here’s how

Submit on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 21:11

A maneuverable robot from Japan-based startup GITAI has made the list of technologies chosen for a lunar infrastructure development study from DARPA.

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Interstellar astronauts would face years-long communication delays due to time dilation

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Due to the mind-blowing distances and speeds required, interstellar travel remains a major spaceflight challenge. But new research highlights yet another hurdle: Communication blackouts.

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Astronaut Mike Massimino shares advice from NASA career in new book ‘Moonshot’

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Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino shares lessons learned during his career and how they can be applied in his new book, “Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible” out Dec. 5.

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‘The Star Wars Holiday Special’ was a disaster. This new film examines why

Submit on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 18:11

“The Star Wars Holiday Special” scores a new tell-all book and making-of documentary about what is widely regarded as the worst “Star Wars” spinoff in history.

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Pluto’s ‘almost twin’ dwarf planet Eris is surprisingly squishy

Submit on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 08:12

Pluto’s ‘almost twin’ dwarf planet Eris has a rocky core blanketed by an icy shell, which appears to be flexing slowly.

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How Perseverance rover captured its youngest samples from Mars’ Dream Lake (video)

Submit on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 06:11

A new NASA video explains how the Perseverance Rover may have collected its youngest rock sample yet from the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater.

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Stratolaunch’s huge Roc plane flies with fueled-up hypersonic vehicle for 1st time (photos)

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Stratolaunch’s giant Roc airplane conducted its first-ever captive-carry flight with a fueled Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle on Sunday (Dec. 3).

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X-ray telescope catches ‘spider pulsars’ devouring stars like cosmic black widows (image)

Submit on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 05:11

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Space Telescope has spotted a “clutter” of rapidly spinning neutron stars called spider pulsars that are devouring surrounding stars.

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