Thursday, February 3, 2022

SpaceX launches 49 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea

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February 3, 2022
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The Launchpad
NASA hopes James Webb Space Telescope will unlock secrets of 'super-Earths' and hot rocky worlds
(NASA)
One of the space telescope's first projects will study 11 "super-Earths," worlds between the sizes of Earth and Neptune. Here's what it will do.
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SpaceX launches 49 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea
SpaceX
SpaceX just added another 49 satellites to its growing Starlink internet megaconstellation with a smooth launch today.
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Inside All About Space issue 126: Complete guide to exoplanets
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All About Space issue 126 explores distant alien worlds, the Big Bang theory and a star that shouldn't exist.
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Spaceflight
Astra aiming for 1st Florida launch on Saturday
(John Kraus on behalf of Astra)
Astra is preparing to launch the ELaNa 41 mission from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday (Feb. 5). It's the company's first launch outside of Alaska.
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Advanced GOES-T weather satellite to launch in March with instrument fix
(NASA)
The next Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite is set for launch, with improvements to avoid an instrument problem that caused issues in a predecessor mission.
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Curious Kids: How exactly does a spaceship get into space?
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"How exactly does a spaceship get into space?" - Mathilde, age 5, Sydney. Thanks for the great question It isn't easy to get to space, and there are a few steps to it.
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Science & Astronomy
New Milky Way mosaic reveals 1,000 strange 'filaments' at the heart of our galaxy
(Ian Heywood/SARAO)
An unprecedentedly detailed new telescope image of the complex heart of our galaxy is now giving researchers their best view yet of hundreds of strange magnetic filaments seen nowhere else.
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South Atlantic Anomaly: Have astronomers finally explained space's Bermuda Triangle?
(Getty)
Spacecraft go haywire and sometimes meet their doom in an area above Earth that's blasted by high doses of radiation. Meet the South Atlantic Anomaly.
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How Many Galaxies Are There?
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How have astronomers estimated the number of galaxies in the universe?
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    (Fisher Space Pen)
    Fisher Space Pen is ready for NASA's next missions to the moon, 50 years after its writing instruments were used by astronauts on the lunar surface.
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    Search for Life
    Megaconstellations like SpaceX's Starlink may interfere with search for life by world's largest radio telescope
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    Signals from internet-beaming megaconstellations partially blind radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometer Array.
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    Entertainment
    Making 'Moonfall': Geophysicist revels in annihilating Earth in disaster sci-fi film (video)
    (Lionsgate)
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    The 1st poster for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' evokes the (final) frontier coming to Paramount Plus
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    Paramount Plus has just unveiled the striking key art poster and launch date for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" coming on May 5.
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    'Star Trek: Picard' audio drama 'No Man's Land' unites Michelle Hurd and Jeri Ryan
    (Simon & Schuster)
    With the second season of "Star Trek: Picard" now slated to premiere on March 3 on Paramount Plus, an ambitious new radio drama titled "Star Trek: Picard - No Man's Land" will launch Feb. 22 starring Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd.
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