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Rocket Report: SLS workforce cuts; New Glenn launch to launch in the early fall - Ars Technica

Eric Berger

Enlarge/ The flight hardware core stage for Europes new rocket, Ariane 6, is moved onto the launch pad for the first time this week. A launch is possible some time this summer. 21 Welcome to Editio ...[Continue Reading]

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Maps of northern lights forecast show where millions in U.S. could see aurora borealis this weekend - CBS News

Alex Sundby

Minnesotans may be treated to spectacular northern lights Friday night Minnesotans may be treated to spectacular northern lights Friday night03:53 Americans as far south as Alabama and Northern Ca ...[Continue Reading]

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Voyager 1 was in crisis in interstellar space. NASA wouldn't give up. - The Washington Post

Joel Achenbach

For the past six months a team of engineers at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been trying to fix a glitchy computer. Three things make the repair job challenging: The computer is highly customi ...[Continue Reading]

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Outdoing the dinosaurs: What we can do if we spot a threatening asteroid - Ars Technica

Paul Sutter

Enlarge/ We'd like to avoid this. 53 In 2005, the United States Congress laid out a clear mandate: To protect our civilization and perhaps our very species, by 2020, the nation should be able to de ...[Continue Reading]

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The Longest-Running Laboratory Experiment In The World Is Streaming Live Right Now - IFLScience

James Felton

At the University of Queensland, there is a display containing the longest-running laboratory experiment in the world. It has been running so long that two of its custodians have died before they eve ...[Continue Reading]

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Why are scientists making 'moon dust'? - BBC.com

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With humanity looking to set foot on the Moon again for the first time in 50 years, space agencies around the world need lunar soil and lots of it. This video is from BBC Click, the BBCs flagship te ...[Continue Reading]

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