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07/19/2019 05:04 PM
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The Lunar Gateway Will be in a “Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit”
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After months of discussion, the space agencies behind the Lunar Gateway have decided how the space station will orbit the Moon. NASA and the ESA are developing the Lunar Gateway jointly, and the orbital path that it will follow around the Moon is a key part of mission design. It’ll affect all the vital aspects …
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07/19/2019 02:50 PM
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There are Ring-Like Formations Around the Lakes on Titan
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Some lakes on Titan have ring-like shapes around them, and scientists are trying to find out how they formed. Understanding how they formed may tell us something about how the entire region they’re in, including the lakes, formed. The ring-shaped features are found around pools and lakes at Titan’s polar regions. Thanks to the Cassini …
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07/19/2019 12:17 PM
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LightSail 2 is Sending Home New Pictures of Earth
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LightSail 2, the brainchild of The Planetary Society, has gifted us two new gorgeous images of Earth. The small spacecraft is currently in orbit at about 720 km, and the LightSail 2 mission team is putting it through its paces in preparation for solar sail deployment sometime on or after Sunday, July 21st. LightSail 2 …
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07/19/2019 07:10 AM
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The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 1
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Dick Battin stood on his driveway in the New England frosty pre-dawn back in October 1957, straining his eyes to see Sputnik fly overhead. It was amazing. Watching that little point of light scoot silently across the sky made Battin’s heart pound. A human-made hunk of metal was actually orbiting Earth! Walking back to his …
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07/18/2019 03:41 PM
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Asteroid 2006 QV89 Now Has a 0% Chance of Hitting Earth in September
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Why report on an asteroid that has no chance of hitting Earth? Because this asteroid, known as 2006 QV89, has a history. A history of being kind of hard to track. As the name says, this asteroid was discovered in 2006. It’s a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA, or NEO, for Near-Earth Object.) An object is classified …
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07/18/2019 10:49 AM
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Blankets of Silica Aerogel Could Make Parts of Mars Habitable
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The idea of somehow terra-forming Mars to make it more habitable is a visionary, sci-fi dream. But though global terra-forming of Mars is out of reach, the idea persists. But now, a material called silica aerogel might make make the whole idea of terra-forming Mars slightly less impossible. Notable people from Carl Sagan to Elon …
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07/17/2019 04:37 PM
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Gaia Mission is Mapping Out the Bar at the Center of the Milky Way
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The latest discovery to come from Gaia's years of observing the Milky Way is the first 3D measurements of our galaxy's central bar structure.
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07/17/2019 02:55 PM
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Screaming Sounds Sent to the Edge of Space, Confirming That… “In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream”
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A unique, low-cost, and crowd-scream-sourced experiment has proven what all sci-fi movie fans know is true: In space, no one can hear you scream.” That line is the tag line from the famous 1979 movie Alien, of course. And now an innovative experiment in Britain has shown that the writer of that movie was correct. …
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07/17/2019 12:37 PM
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Crew Dragon Exploded Back in April Because of a Nitrogen Tetroxide Leak
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SpaceX has revealed the cause of the accident that took place back in April, attributing it to a leak that took place just prior to the final tactic engine fire test.
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07/16/2019 07:13 PM
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First Ever Image of Quantum Entanglement
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A research team from the University of Glasgow has, for the first time ever, captured an image of entangled photons.
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