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April 2, 2023
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CNN

Scheduled to launch in 2024, Artemis II will be the program’s first crewed mission to orbit the moon, flying farther into space than any humans since the Apollo program. It will pave the way for the Artemis …

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Space.com

Anyone who attended a space exploration conference during the last few decades would undoubtedly have hobnobbed with innumerable scientists, aerospace engineers, industry and policy leaders, and other similarly talented individuals who are the products of …

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The New York Times

NASA on Monday will introduce four astronauts who are headed to the moon. The four — three Americans and one Canadian — will be the crew of Artemis II, a 10-day mission occurring no earlier than the end of 2024 that will travel around the moon before …

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Daily Beast

On one side is a camp led by iconoclast Harvard physicist and noted alien-hunter Avi Loeb, who contends that we should at least consider the possibility that ‘Oumuamua is an alien spacecraft. On the other side is a loose confederation of scientists who …

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Science News

NOORDWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS — Life might arise in the darkest of places: the moon of a planet wandering the galaxy without a star. The gravitational tug-of-war between a moon and its planet can keep certain satellites toasty enough for liquid water to …

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Popular Mechanics

Even with next-gen tech, it’s going to be very hard to separate a singular wave from the noise in the data. Experts say that a constellation of gravitational wave detectors might be the answer, …

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mlive.com

The first full moon of springtime will share the night sky with three bright planets in a dazzling twilight display this week. The April full moon, also known as the “Pink Moon,” will occur on the night of Wednesday, April 5 into the morning of …

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YubaNet

Spot Mercury after sunset early in the month, follow the Moon’s visits with the planets, and catch a shooting star when the Lyrid meteors peak on April 23. YouTube video. April 2023 Skywatching Highlights. April 11 – Mercury is at its highest in the …

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Mashable

The aftermath of a collapsed and exploded star, a dramatic cosmic event called a supernova. (This is *not* the collapsed star responsible for the historic gamma ray burst described below, which happened some 1.9 billion light-years away.) …

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KVNF Public Radio

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Color me hopeful, but we have heard about a new kind of paint that holds the potential to cut airline fuel usage and make our homes and communities cooler. How? Well, some of the brightest and most beautiful colors in nature can …

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