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Sagittarius A* in pictures: The 1st photo of the Milky Way's monster black hole explained in images
On May 12, 2022, scientists unveiled the first-ever image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The historic image of Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A* for short) came courtesy of the Event Horizon Telescope, a planet-wide array of observatories best known for capturing the event horizon of a black hole in Messier 87 (M87) in 2019. You can see the image above.
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Chinese rocket company suffers third consecutive launch failure
An orbital launch attempt by Chinese startup iSpace suffered failure early Friday, following on from two failures last year. The fourth Hyperbola-1, a four-stage solid rocket, lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 3:09 a.m. Eastern May 13.
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'Holy cow ... are you kidding me?' Scientists stunned to see plants grow in soil from the moon
Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in harsh moon dirt and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar explorers. The results stunned them.
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For the first time, researchers have observed an X-ray explosion on a white dwarf
When stars like our sun use up all their fuel, they shrink to form white dwarfs. Sometimes such dead stars flare back to life in a super-hot explosion and produce a fireball of X-ray radiation. A research team from several German institutes including Tübingen University, and led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), has now been able to observe such an explosion of X-ray light for the very first time.
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A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035.
The United Kingdom is getting serious about beaming solar power from space and thinks it could have a demonstrator in orbit by 2035. Over 50 British technology organizations, including heavyweights such as aerospace manufacturer Airbus, Cambridge University and satellite maker SSTL, have joined the U.K. Space Energy Initiative, which launched last year in a quest to explore options for developing a space-based solar power plant.
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Mars just shook more than we have ever seen it shake before
Nasa’s Insight lander has recorded the largest quake ever observed on Mars and any planet other than Earth, a magnitude 5 quake that rumbled the Red Planet on 4 May. While Nasa scientists are still analyzing the data, the results so far were impressive enough to elicit an excited “wow” from Thomas Zurbuchen, assistant administrator of Nasa’s science directorate, who shared the results on Twitter.
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NASA's Mars lander detects its most powerful quake to date
A magnitude 5 quake shook the surface of Mars on May 4, the strongest temblor ever detected not only on Mars but on any planet besides Earth.
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NASA Releases Ridiculously Sharp Webb Space Telescope Images
The telescope achieved a "perfect" alignment, according to Webb scientists.
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SpaceX successfully returns four astronauts from the International Space Station
Four astronauts successfully returned home to Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft today, bringing an end to their six-month-long stay on the International Space Station (ISS). After undocking from the ISS early Thursday morning, the crew dove through Earth’s atmosphere before splashing down underneath parachutes off the coast of Florida at 12:43AM ET.
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Old Russian rocket motor breaks up in orbit, generating new cloud of space debris
Another cloud of Russian space debris has bloomed in orbit. An Earth-orbiting object cataloged as #32398 broke up on April 15, the U.S. Space Force's 18th Space Defense Squadron tweeted on Tuesday (May 3). Sixteen pieces of space debris associated with the event are currently being tracked, the squadron added.
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Russia will pull out of the International Space Station, space agency chief confirms
"The decision has already been made, we are not obliged to talk about it publicly," Roscosmos chief said.
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Look! Webb Telescope captures 5 different, dazzling views of a nearby galaxy
New alignments mean the telescope will be poised to perform science investigations soon.
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Space station’s new robotic arm springs to life
Two spacewalkers at the International Space Station activated the facility's new robotic arm for the first time on Thursday, April 28.
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Private astronaut just back from space station describes interactions with Russian cosmonauts
It didn’t take long for the crew of the first all-private mission to the International Space Station to experience the unique dependency that US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts share in orbit. “We had one day when the toilet was down for a couple hours,” Larry Connor, the pilot of Axiom Space’s AX-1 mission, told CNN. “The Russians were very cordial, very accommodating. We operate as one team up there and they said, ‘Hey, come on over and use ours.”
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FAA delays decision on SpaceX environmental review for fifth time, says company changed application 'multiple times'
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has again delayed whether to issue SpaceX environmental approval of its suborbital launch and expansion plans in South Texas. The FAA said SpaceX has made “multiple changes” to its environmental assessment application. This is the fifth time the FAA has delayed its decision, with the final iteration of the agency’s environmental assessment initially due in December 2021.
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Here's Why Hibernation in Space May Not Be Possible For Future Space Travelers
Sending humans virtually anywhere in space beyond the Moon pushes logistics of health, food, and psychology to limits we're only just beginning to grasp. A staple solution to these problems in science fiction is to simply put the void-travelers to bed for a while. In a sleep-like state akin to hibernation or torpor, metabolism drops, and the mind is spared the boredom of waiting out endless empty hours.
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China Will Test Planetary Defense by Crashing a Spacecraft into An Asteroid
China plans to crash a spaceship into an asteroid that is potentially hazardous to Earth to alter its trajectory, a maneuver that caps off a multi-step planetary defense strategy that was outlined by a representative of the nation’s space agency on Sunday, reports SpaceNews.
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Jeff Bezos is worth $160bn – yet Congress might bail out his space company | Bernie Sanders
If we are going to send more humans to the Moon and eventually to Mars, will the goal be to benefit the people of the US and the world, or to make billionaires even richer?
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NASA has been ignoring Uranus. That may soon change.
The ice giant could represent the galaxy’s most common type of planet, but we know very little about it. Now scientists have declared that seeing the world up-close is a top priority.
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The Hunt for Life On Jupiter's Moon Europa Just Got a Little Easier
Thanks to a clue from Greenland, of all places
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