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⋅ November 4, 2024
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Space.com

How do you vote from space? NASA astronauts cast 2024 election ballots from ISS
Space.com
Election day in the United States is Tuesday, Nov. 4, and even American astronauts living in space are taking the time to fulfill their civic duty and cast their votes. There are four …
Space.com

See the moon snuggle up to Venus after sunset tonight
Space.com
Monday evening (Nov. 4), the night before Election Day, will bring a lovely celestial display involving the two brightest objects in the nighttime sky. The planet Venus, which has been …
Space.com

SpaceX scrubs Starlink satellite launch due to rocket issue
Space.com
SpaceX scrubbed a launch of its Starlink satellites this weekend due to an issue with one of its rockets. The company was scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket containing 23 of its Starlink satellites on Sunday (Nov. 3) from Space Launch Complex 40 …
Space.com

Don’t miss the Taurid meteor shower peak with colorful fireballs and shooting stars this week
Space.com
Roughly 8 to 12 meteors per hour might be seen under dark skies during this period. Most meteor showers are at their best after midnight, because their radiants (apparent points of origin) are highest in the sky just before dawn.
USA TODAY

Remember those Starliner astronauts still in space? Don’t worry, they can vote.
USA TODAY
Astronauts have voted in U.S. elections since 1997 when the Texas Legislature passed a bill that allowed NASA astronauts to cast ballots from orbit. Just like any other voter, astronauts can fill out an application to request …
Space.com

Watch SpaceX launch 3 tons of cargo to ISS today
Space.com
SpaceX plans to launch nearly 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms) of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) today (Nov. 4), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center …
Physics

Searching for Axions in Polarized Gas
Physics
November 4, 2024 • Physics 17, 157. By exploiting polarized-gas collisions, researchers have conducted a sensitive search for exotic spin-dependent interactions, placing new constraints on a dark matter candidate called the axion.
Phys.Org

Portal to the past: Geologist identifies metamorphic rock as a crucial feature of the ancient Earth’s carbon cycle
Phys.Org
During the Proterozoic Eon—2.5 billion years to 543 million years ago—the sun was still a young star, much dimmer than today, and Earth required a stronger greenhouse effect to compensate and maintain habitable temperatures for the planet’s earliest …
Newsweek

Breakthrough As Scientists Make Animal Cells Photosynthesize
Newsweek
Photosynthesis is a biochemical process that plants, algae and certain bacteria use to turn light energy from the sun into food. The process—which occurs in special cellular structures called chloroplasts—uses up water and carbon dioxide and produces …
The Hub at Johns Hopkins

Huge terror bird fossil offers new insight into wildlife in South America 12 million years ago
The Hub at Johns Hopkins
Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird—which they say could be the largest known member of its kind—providing new information about animal life in …