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Solar maximum is coming, but we won’t know it happened until 7 months after it’s over

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• Science & Astronomy

Solar maximum is coming, but we won’t know it happened until 7 months after it’s over

Space.com February 5, 2024

The sun has been gradually gaining strength as it nears its highest rate of activity — solar...

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879 days! Russian cosmonaut breaks record for total time spent in space

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879 days! Russian cosmonaut breaks record for total time spent in space

Space.com February 5, 2024

The spaceflight record books have just been rewritten. Over the weekend, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko set a...

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Earth isn’t the only planet with seasons, but they can look wildly different on other worlds

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Earth isn’t the only planet with seasons, but they can look wildly different on other worlds

Space.com February 5, 2024

Spring, summer, fall and winter – the seasons on Earth change every few months, around the same...

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‘Halo’ Season 2 charges back onto Paramount Plus this week with plenty to prove

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‘Halo’ Season 2 charges back onto Paramount Plus this week with plenty to prove

Space.com February 5, 2024

Few TV shows have incited the ire of loyal fanbases more than Paramount+’s live-action, non-canon adaptation of...

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Hubble Space Telescope spots a cosmic ‘tug of war’ between galaxies that could lead to a collision (image)

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• Science & Astronomy

Hubble Space Telescope spots a cosmic ‘tug of war’ between galaxies that could lead to a collision (image)

Space.com February 5, 2024

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has zoomed in on one side of a cosmic tug-of-war that will rage...

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Scientists find black hole powering a molecular gas fountain in the ancient universe

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• Science & Astronomy

Scientists find black hole powering a molecular gas fountain in the ancient universe

Space.com February 5, 2024

Astronomers have discovered a quasar, powered by a supermassive black hole, in the infant universe. Strikingly, this...

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NASA’s PACE satellite will study Earth’s tiniest mysteries from space: Watch it launch live Feb. 6

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NASA’s PACE satellite will study Earth’s tiniest mysteries from space: Watch it launch live Feb. 6

Space.com February 5, 2024

On Feb. 6, NASA is scheduled to launch a major, multi-million dollar satellite to a reserved spot...

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Ghostly plasma loops linger on the sun after massive solar explosion (photos)

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• Science & Astronomy

Ghostly plasma loops linger on the sun after massive solar explosion (photos)

Space.com February 5, 2024

A series of gigantic yet eerily faint plasma loops temporarily rose above our home star’s surface after...

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SLIM lander’s precise ‘moon sniper’ tech will lend itself to future lunar missions

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• Science & Astronomy

SLIM lander’s precise ‘moon sniper’ tech will lend itself to future lunar missions

Space.com February 4, 2024

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights....

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SpaceX to launch NASA’s PACE ocean-monitoring satellite this week

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SpaceX to launch NASA’s PACE ocean-monitoring satellite this week

Space.com February 4, 2024

A NASA satellite is about to take flight to map out the ocean’s many hues. NASA’s PACE...

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