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Astronomers might face layoffs, an observatory might be forced to tumble to Earth and precious cosmic details might start to fade from view. Comments (0). a long spacecraft in space. A view of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory after being deployed by Space …

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Though everyone is hoping for clear skies, here’s what might happen if an eclipse-chaser’s worst enemy — clouds — decides to make an appearance. Comments (0). a mostly cloudy sky obscures the sun and a person is below holding a camera up.

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After leak checks to verify an airtight structural seal, hatches were opened and the Soyuz crew floated into the station, greeted by ISS commander Oleg Kononenko, cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Alexander Grebenkin, along with NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara, …

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The Worm Moon underwent a slightly undramatic lunar eclipse on Sunday, March 24, two weeks before the main event: April’s total solar eclipse. Comments (0). one side of the silvery-grey surface of the moon is slightly darkened by a. The full Worm Moon …

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“Odie has permanently faded after cementing its legacy into history as the first commercial lunar lander to land on the moon.” Comments (0). a fisheye photo showing parts of a gold and silver lunar lander in the foreground,.

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The fully reusable two-stage vehicle notched some significant milestones on the test mission, which launched from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas. For example, its 165-foot-tall (50 m) …

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This particular CME exploded alongside a solar flare on Friday, an event that occurs when electromagnetic radiation suddenly erupts from the sun. NOAA says these flares can last hours and the eruption “travels at the speed of light,” meaning it can impact …

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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ranks geomagnetic storms on a scale running from G1, which can cause an increase in auroral activity around the poles and minor fluctuations in power supplies, up to G5.

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Flying on the Soyuz are NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya, a spaceflight participant from Belarus. The …

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Understanding the moon’s shadow; Distance and speed of the moon; Why it slows down and speeds up. When the moon’s shadow races across Earth on April 8 during the …