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Atlas 5 rocket launches two US military satellites on $1.1 billion mission A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Friday on a six-hour climb to geosynchronous orbit, deploying a classified payload and a U.S. Space Force satellite to test an improved infrared heat-sensitive sensor design ...
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Aphelion 2022: Earth will be farthest from the sun on the Fourth of July On Monday (July 4), Earth celebrates Independence Day by getting as far away from the sun as possible — reaching what astronomers call aphelion at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT). At aphelion, Earth will be 94.51 million miles (152.1 million kilometers) away ...
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James Webb Space Telescope has comets to catch when science begins The goal will be to analyze the comets' chemical compositions. Because comets are some of the most primitive bodies in the solar system, this information could reveal clues about the solar system's early life.
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Atlas V rocket launches classified missile-tracking satellite for US Space Force A missile-warning satellite and another spacecraft are on their way to orbit to help the U.S. military get better at tracking fast-moving threats. The two U.S. military surveillance satellites lifted off today ...
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Is the electric grid ready for extreme space weather? Boteler spoke about the 1989 blackout as part of a June 8 panel presentation at a joint meeting of two groups within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and the Space Studies Board.
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Astronaut study reveals effects of space travel on human bones The research amassed new data on bone loss in astronauts caused by the microgravity conditions of space and the degree to which bone mineral density can be regained on Earth. It involved 14 male and three female astronauts, ...
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Making minerals: Crushed, zapped, boiled and baked When the penguins poop on Antarctica's Elephant Island, a little bit of magic happens in the soil. Chemical reactions produce a dull brown mineral called spheniscidite. It's unique and reflects the special conditions that exist only in that locality.
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Nail-biting research rules out 2052 asteroid impact on Earth For months, the asteroid dubbed "2021 QM1" was at the top of risk lists around the globe. As far as we knew, there was a real chance of the space rock impacting Earth on April 2, 2052. But after a series of scientifically impressive observations and ...
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10 years of Higgs boson | How the particle could unlock new physics beyond the standard model In the past decade, measurements of the properties of the Higgs boson have confirmed the predictions of the standard model of particle physics. But it has also raised questions about the limitations of this model, such as whether there's a more ...
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Satellites falling back on Earth due to solar flares. Scientists explain how dangerous they can be What are solar flares? A solar flare is an intense burst of electromagnetic radiation generated in the sun's atmosphere. They are the largest explosive events in our solar system and can last for minutes or hours ...
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