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Carnival of Space #622
02 Aug 01:00:01 | Universe Today
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #622 And if you?re interested in looking back, here?s an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space. If you?ve got a space-related blog, you should really join the carnival. Just email an entry …
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NASA Promised More Smaller, Earth-size Exoplanets. TESS is Delivering.
01 Aug 01:00:01 | Universe Today
When NASA launched TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) in 2018, it had a specific goal. While its predecessor, the Kepler spacecraft, found thousands of exoplanets, many of them were massive gas giants. TESS was sent into space with a promise: to find smaller planets similar in size to Earth and Neptune, orbiting stable stars without …
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The Moon is Older Than Scientists Thought
01 Aug 01:00:01 | Universe Today
The most comprehensive and widely-held theory of how the Moon formed is called the ‘giant impact hypothesis.’ That hypothesis shows that about 150 million years after the Solar System formed, a roughly Mars-sized planet named Theia collided with Earth. Though the timeline is hotly-debated in the scientific community, we know that this collision melted Theia …
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Watch this Amazing Video of Hayabusa 2 Picking Up a Sample from the Surface of Ryugu
31 Jul 01:00:01 | Universe Today
A new video shows Japan’s Hayabusa 2 sample return spacecraft collecting samples from asteroid Ryugu. The spacecraft has been at Ryugu for months now, and it’s all been leading up to this. In the video, you can clearly see airborne asteroid dust and particles swirling around in the low gravity. It’s especially cool because the …
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Check Out This Super-Cool Quad Video of the Falcon Re-Entry. Two Sonic Booms!
31 Jul 01:00:01 | Universe Today
Elon Musk has posted a four-panel video of the Falcon re-entry on his Twitter feed and it’s driving even jaded space-watchers into a frenzy. With all of SpaceX’s success, it’s easy to forget what a long road it’s been to get to this point. Remember in 2001 when Musk wanted to send experimental greenhouses to …
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Great News! The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Might be Named for Vera Rubin
30 Jul 01:00:02 | Universe Today
The U.S. House of Representatives have passed a bill to change the name of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST.) Instead of that explanatory yet cumbersome name, it will be named after American astronomer Vera Rubin. Rubin is well-known for her pioneering work in discovering dark matter. The new official name of the telescope is …
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As Meteorites Slice Through the Atmosphere, They?re Sculpted Into Cones
30 Jul 01:00:01 | Universe Today
A new study reveals why many meteors, when they enter Earth's atmosphere, become cone-shaped as they heat up.
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Big News! SpaceX?s Starhopper Test Vehicle Completes First Free Flight!
29 Jul 01:00:02 | Universe Today
Last night, after multiple delays, SpaceX's Starhopper test vehicle has completed its first untethered test flight.
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What Did the Early Milky Way Look Like
28 Jul 01:00:01 | Universe Today
In the very early days of our Universe, just over 13 billion years ago, there was very little structure. There were stars, and they were forming at a rapid rate, kicking off what’s known as the Stelliferous Era. But the enormous, majestic galaxies that we see today, including our Milky Way galaxy, hadn’t formed yet. …
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Fossilized Clams Had Evidence of a Meteorite Impact Inside Them
27 Jul 01:00:01 | Universe Today
When an extraterrestrial object slams into the Earth, it sends molten rock high into the atmosphere. That debris cools and re-crystallizes and falls back down to Earth. Tiny glass beads that form in this process are called microtektites, and researchers in Florida have found microtektites inside fossilized clams. This story starts over 10 years ago …
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