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Looking four-ward to launch

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• Launch

Looking four-ward to launch

SNN February 1, 2022

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is all smiles alongside her Crew-4 mates during a training session at SpaceX headquarters in...

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NASA asteroid tracking system now capable of full sky search

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• Technology

NASA asteroid tracking system now capable of full sky search

SNN February 1, 2022

Clockwise top left to right: Sutherland ATLAS station during construction in South Africa. Credit: Willie Koorts (SAAO);...

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Study inspects the origin of high-mass X-ray binary 4U 2206+54

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• Science & Astronomy

Study inspects the origin of high-mass X-ray binary 4U 2206+54

SNN January 31, 2022

The 3D trajectories of 4U 2206+54/BD+53 2790 and BD +53 2820 ≡ Gaia EDR3 2005418950349782272, a member...

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ESA determines new ‘space time’

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• Science & Astronomy

ESA determines new ‘space time’

SNN January 31, 2022

Galileo time In brief Since November 2021, ESA’s satellites and ground stations have been running on a newly defined, incredibly precise...

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Ancient solar storm smashed Earth at the wrong part of the sun’s cycle — and scientists are concerned

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• Science & Astronomy

Ancient solar storm smashed Earth at the wrong part of the sun’s cycle — and scientists are concerned

SNN January 31, 2022

A powerful solar flare captured in 2010 by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) An extremely...

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Venus burns bright with a lowly Mercury and Mars

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• Science & Astronomy

Venus burns bright with a lowly Mercury and Mars

SNN January 31, 2022

Venus is a brilliant and beautiful ‘morning star’ seen in the pre-dawn sky throughout February. Mars is...

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Hibernate for a trip to Mars, the bear way

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• Science & Astronomy

Hibernate for a trip to Mars, the bear way

SNN January 31, 2022

1 / 1ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli inside his sleeping bag in the Italian-built Node 2 module. Also...

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Europe launches fund to invest in space startups

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• Venture

Europe launches fund to invest in space startups

SNN January 31, 2022

E.U. commissioner Thierry Breton, European Investment Bank Vice President Kris Peeters and European Investment Fund CEO Alain...

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Superhorizon modes can explain Hubble tension

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• Science & Astronomy

Superhorizon modes can explain Hubble tension

SNN January 31, 2022

1 / 1The sketch depicts a perturbation of very large wavelength, larger than the size of the...

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China’s high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite put into use

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• Satellites

China’s high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite put into use

SNN January 31, 2022

China’s high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite has been officially put into use, according to the China National Space...

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