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March 18, 2024
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Space.com

The James Webb Space Telescope is digging deep into the mysteries of gas planets

It could be argued that one of the most perplexing aspects of our solar system is the fact that not every planet is a nice, solid rock like Earth. Some are literally, almost entirely, made of gas.

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Space.com

Scientists may finally know why this infamous supernova wears a ‘string of pearls’

“The fascinating part about this is that the same mechanism that breaks up airplane wakes could be in play here.” Comments (0). A blurry image of a supernova with a blue interior and pearl-like globules around. (Main) an image of the supernova 1987A …

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Space.com

SpaceX’s Starship will go interstellar someday, Elon Musk says

“A future Starship, much larger and more advanced, will travel to other star systems.”.

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Space.com

Bad news for life on Mars? Red Planet’s wet epoch may have been shorter than we thought

Mars may be dry and barren today, but multiple lines of evidence show that water flowed across the Red Planet billions of years ago. Now, new research has suggested that this water may have …

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Space.com

Why I’m going to Rochester NY to see my first-ever total solar eclipse

ROC the Eclipse Festival 2024 is going to be the perfect way to celebrate the total solar eclipse on April 8. Comments (0). Rochester skyline showing trees and shrubs in the foreground, a waterfall in the center and. Rochester will be a hub of eclipse …

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Space.com

SpaceX to launch 30th cargo mission to the ISS for NASA this week

The CRS-30 flight is scheduled to launch toward the International Space Station on Thursday (March 21). Comments (0). a black and white spacex rocket launches into a dark night sky. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the company’s 29th cargo run for …

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ABC News

Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93

The NASA astronaut who commanded the dress rehearsal mission for the 1969 moon landing has died. BySETH BORENSTEIN AP science writer. March 18, 2024, 9:29 AM. 1:10. National headlines from ABC News. Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.

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The Washington Post

Thomas Stafford, astronaut on the first US-Soviet space linkup, dies at 93

A retired Air Force three-star general, Gen. Stafford took part in four space missions. Before Apollo 10, he flew on two Gemini flights, including the first rendezvous of two U.S. capsules in orbit. He was one of 24 NASA astronauts who flew to the moon, …

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NPR

Watching a solar eclipse without the right filters can cause eye damage. Here’s why

Looking at any part of the exposed sun without the right kind of protection can permanently injure the eye’s light-sensitive retina. And if past eclipses are prologue, it’s likely that some eclipse-gazers will …

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Phys.Org

Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes

Research models using animal cell cultures can help navigate big biological questions, but these tools are only useful when following the right map. “The genome is a blueprint of an organism,” says Yury Bukhman …

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