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March 9, 2024
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Space.com

The next chapter of lunar exploration could forever change the moon — and our relationship to it (op-ed)

Aparna Venkatesan is an astronomer and dark-sky advocate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University of San Francisco. John Barentine is an astronomer, historian, author, science communicator, and founder of Dark Sky Consulting, LLC.

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Space.com

10 things you probably didn’t know about the 2024 total solar eclipse

4. Tennessee and Michigan get only a technical totality; 5. A tiny village in Mexico will get the best view; 6. It’s part of a repeating event in North America; 7. Seasons determine the path of totality; 8. It’s a ‘city eclipse’; 9. Alaska misses out on …

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CNN

Scientists inch forward in efforts to resurrect an extinct giant

Church and Eriona Hysolli, Colossal’s head of biological sciences, revealed they had reprogrammed cells from an Asian elephant, the mammoth’s closest living relative, into an embryonic state — the first time stem cells have been derived from elephant cells …

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Space.com

NASA, Boeing delay Starliner capsule’s 1st astronaut launch to early May

a silver and white space capsule sits inside a huge white-walled room with an. The Boeing Starliner capsule that will fly the company’s Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station …

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NPR

This week in science: shared rhythm, electric fish and a methane-tracking satellite

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Anil Oza about rhythms and the brain, how electric fish sense their environment, and a new methane-detecting satellite. AILSA CHANG, HOST: It’s time now for our regular science news roundup with our …

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Yahoo News

Dark energy remains a mystery. Maybe AI can help crack the code

As humans struggle to understand dark energy, the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerated expansion, scientists have started to wonder something rather futuristic. Can computers can do any better? Well, initial results from a team that used …

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The Atlantic

Evolution Isn’t Just a Matter of Chance

Mollusk eyes could help unravel a long-standing biological mystery. By Viviane Callier. A clock in the shape of a chiton shell.

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SpaceNews

ISS schedule conflicts delay Starliner crewed test flight to May

WASHINGTON — The first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner has slipped from late April to early May because of International Space Station schedule conflicts and not due to any issues with the spacecraft itself.

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Ars Technica

A hunk of junk from the International Space Station hurtles back to Earth

A bundle of depleted batteries from the International Space Station careened around Earth for almost three years before falling out of orbit and plunging back into the atmosphere Friday. Most of the trash likely burned up during reentry, …

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Florida Today

SpaceX targeting Sunday night for next Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is targeting Sunday night for its next Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — hours after a series of showers and thunderstorms should sweep off the Space Coast. In fact, the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predicts …

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