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January 29, 2024
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Space.com

Japan’s upside-down SLIM moon lander wakes up on lunar surface and snaps new photos

Ten days after making the first moon landing for Japan, the SLIM moon lander is suddenly awake again after arriving upside-down. Mission operators with SLIM, or the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission, successfully made the first moon landing …

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Space.com

1st gravitational wave detector in space ‘LISA’ will hunt for ripples in spacetime

“So far we have been watching the cosmos like a silent movie, capturing the ripples of spacetime with LISA will be a real game-changer, like when sound was added to motion pictures.” Comments (0). Artwork shows the laser arms of LISA as it detects …

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Space.com

James Webb Space Telescope observes 19 intricate galaxy structures in stunning detail (images)

The observations, part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby Galaxies (PHANGS) program, especially highlight structures of gas and dust within these galaxies, offering astronomers hints at how spiral galaxies like the Milky Way form stars.

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Space.com

Hubble Telescope spies massive ‘bridge of stars’ connecting 2 galaxies on collision course (image)

A stunning new Hubble Space Telescope image shows a huge ‘bridge of stars’ extending from one of the galaxies in a galactic grouping to another. The image focuses on the galaxy Arp 295a, …

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Phys.Org

The effect of additives on calcium carbonate crystallization

Results of a large-scale innovative Citizen Science experiment called Project M, which involved more than 1,000 scientists, 800 samples and 110 U.K. secondary schools in a huge experiment, were published in the journal CrystEngComm.

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Space.com

Watch SpaceX launch private cargo spacecraft to the ISS on Jan. 30

a cylindrical silver spacecraft is seen with earth in the background. The Cygnus NG-19 Laurel Clark space freighter is captured by the International Space Station’s robotic arm in August 2023.

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CNN

Researchers report first sighting of newborn great white shark

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN —. Drone footage shot off the coast of Southern California may have revealed the first ever glimpse of …

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Phys.Org

Space shuttle Endeavour soaring into place at final museum home

Barring weather delays, the space shuttle Endeavour will undergo its final, historic lift starting Monday night, a maneuver no other retired orbiter has undergone. Plans for the coming move—setting into place the crown jewel of the new Samuel Oschin …

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CNN

Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ robot explorer resumes operations on lunar surface

The spacecraft landed facing the wrong direction after one of its engines failed during landing, meaning its solar cells couldn’t generate electricity and it had to rely on limited battery power, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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Phys.Org

Black hole at the center of a galaxy in the early universe received less mass influx than expected, astronomers find

With the upgraded GRAVITY-instrument at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer of the European Southern Observatory, a team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics has determined the mass of a black hole in a galaxy …

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