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June 10, 2024
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Space.com

‘Supercharged rhino’ black holes may have formed and died a second after the Big Bang

‘Even though these short-lived, exotic creatures are not around today, they could have affected cosmic history in ways that could show up in subtle signals today.’ Comments (0). A black circle outlined with a white swirl in a sea of red, blue,.

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Space.com

The Milky Way’s last major act of galactic cannibalism was surprisingly recent

New findings from the Gaia space telescope indicate the Milky Way may have cannibalized a small galaxy not too long ago, cosmically speaking. In fact, the last major collision between our galaxy and another seems to have occurred billions of years later …

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Space.com

‘We thought it was impossible:’ Water frost on Mars discovered near Red Planet’s equator

“Its existence here is exciting, and hints that there are exceptional processes at play that are allowing frost to form.” Comments (0). A dark brown cone from two angles, the top and the side, showing a. An image of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano …

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The Planetary Society

The search for Earthlike worlds

In July 2022, just six days after NASA declared that the James Webb Space Telescope was ready for full science operations, the observatory aimed its gold-plated mirrors at a star named TRAPPIST-1. Located 40 light-years away from Earth, TRAPPIST-1 has …

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Space.com

Is there really a huge subsurface lake near Mars’ south pole?

Doubt has been cast on the possibility of a lake of liquid water buried beneath Mars’ southern ice cap by new computer simulations, which suggest that closely compacted layers of ice could produce the same radar reflections that liquid water would.

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Take a video tour of Boeing’s Starliner with its 2 NASA astronauts

Starliner docked with the ISS Friday at 1:34 p.m. EDT (1734 GMT), 26 hours after the capsule launched on its first-ever crewed flight. The crew are commander Butch Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams, the first two of dozens of astronauts expected to fly to …

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Space.com

Youthful galaxy in the early universe was a heavy metal rebel

JWST spotted carbon in a small galaxy that we see as it existed just 350 million years after the Big Bang. Comments (0). telescope photo showing hundreds of galaxies in deep space. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is able to detect the most distant, …

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Space.com

Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut mission extended through June 18

“The additional time in orbit will allow the crew to perform a spacewalk on Thursday, June 13, while engineers complete Starliner systems checkouts.” Comments (0). a silvery white space capsule hovers in orbit with earth in the background.

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Phys.Org

NOAA’s hurricane hunting GOES-U satellite nears SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch

Hurricanes Michael, Dorian, Ian, Nicole and Idalia have all been stared down by one of the NOAA’s most powerful satellites since it took its place in geostationary orbit in late 2017. Its replacement is gearing up for launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy …

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Space.com

‘Vampire stars’ explode after eating too much — AI could help reveal why

A white orb is in the center. To the right, there’s an orange glowing. An illustration shows a white dwarf beginning to erupt as it feeds on a companion star …

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