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05/24/2019 02:36 PM
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Sen has Launched a 4K Video Stream to Space
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In their drive towards "democratizing space", the private aerospace company Sen recently demonstrated the capabilities of their 4K video streaming satellite.
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05/24/2019 11:37 AM
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SpaceX just launched 60 satellites for its Starlink Constellation. Internet service providers should be very worried.
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SpaceX just launched the first 60 satellites that will make up their Starlink broadband internet service provider.
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05/23/2019 01:34 PM
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An Insulating Layer of Gas Could Keep a Liquid Ocean Inside Pluto
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A new study led by Japanese researchers indicates that Pluto could have a subsurface ocean, provided there is an "insulating layer" beneath the ice.
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05/23/2019 12:54 PM
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The Collision that Created the Moon Might Have Also Brought Water to the Early Earth
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Scientists at the University of Munster have discovered that Earth got its water from a collision with Theia. Theia was the ancient body that collided with Earth and formed the Moon. Their discovery shows that Earth’s water is much more ancient than previously thought. The standing theory for the formation of the Moon involves an …
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05/22/2019 01:20 PM
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Bizarre Star Could be the Result of Two White Dwarfs Merging Together
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Stars live and die on epic time scales. Tens of millions of years, hundreds of millions of years, even billions of years or longer. Maybe the only thing that surpasses that epicness is when two dead stars join together and come back to life. Astronomers at the University of Bonn in Germany, along with colleagues …
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05/22/2019 12:46 PM
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Weekly Space Hangout: May 22, 2019 – Dr. Susan Bailey of the NASA TWINS Study
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Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Brian Koberlein (briankoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein) Dr. Susan Bailey is a Professor and Radiation Cancer Biologist in the Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences (ERHS) at …
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05/22/2019 10:27 AM
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NASA has Picked the Companies That’ll Help Build its Lunar Landers
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NASA has chosen 11 American companies to help them build the next lunar landers that will carry humans to the surface of the Moon. The 11 companies will conduct studies and work on prototype landers in the coming years. It’s all part of NASA’s Artemis mission, and the mission’s 2024 date with the surface of …
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05/21/2019 08:29 PM
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Don’t Forget, Curiosity’s Sister Rover is Flying to Mars in 2020
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The Mars 2020 mission is getting ever closer to the day when it will be launched to the Red Planet.
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05/21/2019 02:03 PM
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Planetary Society’s Light Sail 2 is Set to Launch on a Falcon Heavy Rocket Next Month
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The Planetary Society is going to launch their LightSail 2 CubeSat next month. LightSail 2 is a test mission designed to study the feasibility of using sunlight for propulsion. The small satellite will use the pressure of sunlight on its solar sails to propel its way to a higher orbit. The launch is scheduled for …
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05/21/2019 12:43 PM
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Interview with Dennis E. Taylor, Author of the Bobiverse Trilogy
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This week I had a fantastic opportunity to interview one of my favorite authors, Dennis E. Taylor, the author of We Are Legion (We Are Bob), and the rest of the Bobiverse Trilogy. We had a great conversation about the challenges in writing science fiction during a time when science has come so far, what …
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