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March 2, 2023
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CNN

SpaceX launches international crew of astronauts on space station mission

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission, which includes NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, the United Arab Emirates Sultan Al-Neyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, launches to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape …

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Space.com

Watch SpaceX’s Crew-6 astronauts arrive at space station early Friday (March 3)

SpaceX’s Crew-6 astronaut mission is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) early Friday morning (March 3), and you can watch the meetup live. Crew-6’s Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, lifted off at 12:34 a.m. EST (0534 GMT) on …

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Space.com

Artemis astronauts may be able to spray away sticky moon dust

A liquid nitrogen spray blasted away more than 98% of simulated moon dust during experiments here on Earth, potentially providing welcome relief to future lunar explorers. The abrasive, fiberglass-like moon dust was a persistent problem during Apollo …

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The New York Times

Hubble Telescope Faces Threat From SpaceX and Other Companies’ Satellites

The Hubble Space Telescope, known for recording awe-inspiring images of the cosmos while advancing the field of astronomy, is under threat. Private companies are launching thousands of satellites that are photobombing the telescope — producing long …

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Space.com

Moon-dust shield could help fight climate change on Earth

Astronomers are exploring solutions to mitigate climate change, one of humanity’s biggest challenges, by using some tiny players — dust particles. In recent research, they propose mining, scooping and blasting dust from the moon’s surface and placing …

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Space.com

SpaceX gearing up to launch 2 private astronaut missions

The next two astronaut missions that SpaceX launches will be private affairs, if current schedules hold. Elon Musk’s company launched the Crew-6 mission for NASA early Thursday morning (March 2), sending four astronauts toward the International Space …

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Phys.Org

The final results of the Majorana collaboration’s search for neutrinoless double-beta decay

Cartoon showing the experimental layout describing the shield components and experimental apparatus. The experiment operates at the 4800-foot level at Sanford Underground Research Facility. Credit: Majorana Collaboration. For more than …

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EarthSky

Icy moons’ puzzling features may be due to salty ice

| The Galileo spacecraft took this composite view of Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa. This image is a combination of images from 1995 and 1998. A recent study suggests that newly discovered forms of salty ice hydrates may explain some unusual surface features …

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CNN

Move over, artificial intelligence. Scientists announce a new ‘organoid intelligence’ field

Computers powered by human brain cells may sound like science fiction, but a team of researchers in the United States believes such machines, part of a new field called “organoid intelligence,” could shape the future — and now they have a plan to get there …

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CNN

Hubble Space Telescope captured ‘movie’ of spacecraft slamming into asteroid

It was the first time humanity has attempted to change the movement of a celestial object, and the results show how this kinetic impact technology could be used to deflect asteroids that may ever appear to be on a collision course with Earth.

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