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April 30, 2024
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Space.com

Einstein Probe X-ray telescope releases 1st images taken with ‘lobster vision’

Flaring stars, black hole outbursts and gamma-rays are just some of the cosmic exotica that Einstein Probe will hunt for. Comments (0). A view of the Milky Way from Einstein’s Probe’s perspective. There are various squares overlain.

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Space.com

This spacecraft is headed to NASA’s asteroid-crash aftermath — but first, it’ll stop by Mars

in the mid-right of the image, two three-paneled solar arrays span. An artist’s rendering of Hera flying past Mars. (Image credit: ESA-Science …

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The Planetary Society

Chang’e-6 launch: What to expect

The Chang’e-6 spacecraft consists of four separate components: an orbiter, lander, ascender, and reentry module. After launch, Chang’e-6 will travel to the Moon and enter lunar orbit. The spacecraft’s lander and ascender will travel to the surface, while …

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Space.com

China unveils video of its moon base plans, which weirdly includes a NASA space shuttle

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released a video of its concept for a lunar base to be developed across the next couple of decades. CNSA unveiled the video on Wednesday (April …

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The New York Times

Killer Asteroid Hunters Spot 27500 Overlooked Space Rocks

A couple of years ago, a team of researchers dedicated to finding killer asteroids before they kill us came up with a neat trick. Instead of scanning the skies with telescopes for asteroids, the scientists wrote an algorithm that sifts through old …

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Florida Today

Meet the NASA astronauts who will fly Boeing Starliner on Crewed Test Flight

The two astronauts have spoken in the past on how they found their way to this mission: the Starliner Crewed Flight Test (CFT). Williams was originally a helicopter test …

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Astronomy Magazine

Sky This Month: May 2024

The evening sky loses its last planet early in May, shifting the attention of planetary observers to the morning. Try to glimpse Jupiter before it’s lost in the Sun’s glow soon after sunset. Meanwhile, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and Neptune are up before …

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ABC News

How ‘tiger stripes’ on Saturn’s moon Enceladus hint at habitability: Study

In the race to understand the potential habitability of Saturn’s icy and active moon, Enceladus, scientists could have a newfound understanding of the moon’s defining stripes and eruptions. Enceladus harbors a global, subsurface ocean more …

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Livescience.com

Yahoo News

T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence

By Will Dunham. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur – or any extinct animal – based on its fossils is a tricky proposition, with so many uncertainties involved. Assessing a dinosaur’s intelligence, …

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