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February 19, 2024
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Space.com

Major X-ray sky survey could relieve crisis surrounding the universe’s ‘lumpiness’

A new analysis of how galaxy clusters evolved over the 13.8-billion-year history of the cosmos could help solve a long-standing tension surrounding the ‘lumpiness’ of our universe’s matter content. Down the line, it may also help scientists solve a …

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Space.com

NASA’s twin spacecraft will go to the ends of the Earth to combat climate change

The shoebox-sized satellites, or “Cubesats,” in the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE), will blast off during the Spring of 2024. Reaching an altitude of between …

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Space.com

South Pole Telescope has a ‘treasure map’ to the secrets of dark matter

“The more we learn about the distribution of dark matter, the closer we get to understanding its nature and its role in forming the universe that we live in today.” Comments (0). Diagram shows the South Pole Telescope using the Cosmic Microwave …

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Space.com

Brightest quasar ever seen is powered by black hole that eats a ‘sun a day’

The quasar, as bright as 500 trillion suns, has evaded astronomers for over 40 years because of its incredible luminosity. Comments (0). An illustration of the recording-breaker quasar J059-4351, the bright core of a distant galaxy that is powered by a …

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Space.com

For this dead star, 72 Earth years is a single day

The system, designated TMTS J0526, was spotted by a Tsinghua University team using the Tsinghua University-Ma Huateng Telescope for Survey (TMTS) and is located around 2,760 light-years from Earth. TMTS J0526 contains a carbon- and oxygen-rich white dwarf …

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CBS News

Satellite weighing as much as adult rhino to crash through Earth’s atmosphere this week

The last of ERS-2’s fuel was used up back in 2011 to minimize the risk of a catastrophic explosion capable of generating a large amount of space debris. Is there any danger as ERS …

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CBS News

NASA looking for 4 volunteers to spend a year living and working inside a Mars simulator

The missions, called CHAPEA, for Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, take place in a 3D-printed Mars habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The simulation, called …

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NPR

In latest lunar landing trial, Intuitive Machines hopes to get US back to the moon

An uncrewed lunar lander that launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., last week is scheduled to land near the moon’s south pole on Thursday. The lander, named Odysseus, comes from the Houston company Intuitive …

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USA TODAY

Odysseus lunar lander sends first photos in orbit as it attempts to make history

The photos were chosen from hundreds of images captured by the lander’s cameras shortly after it separated from the SpaceX rocket and headed toward the moon to attempt a historic landing. Eric Lagatta. USA TODAY.

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Space.com

Big, doomed satellite seen from space as it tumbles towards a fiery reentry on Feb. 21 (photos)

Photographs taken in space show a big dead satellite as it tumbled towards a fiery end in Earth’s atmosphere. Australian commercial imaging company HEO Robotics was able to capture images of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ERS-2 Earth observation …

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