Thursday, April 21, 2022

The sun burps out a flare in a stellar new photo

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April 21, 2022
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NASA's Artemis astronauts will ride to launchpad in sleek new electric vans
(Canoo)
Future moon crews will have an electric ride to the launchpad.

Starting with Artemis 2, the mission NASA hopes to send around the moon in 2024, crews will take their last ride on Earth before launch using electric crew transportation vehicles provided by Canoo Technologies Inc.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift off for a record-tying 12th time on Thursday (April 21), and you can watch the action live.
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Here, Space.com will share the latest updates on SpaceX's crewed missions.
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Spaceflight
Uranus by 2049: Here's why scientists want NASA to send a flagship mission to the strange planet
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
A key committee of scientists has recommended that a flagship mission to Uranus should be NASA's highest-priority large planetary science mission for the next decade.
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Science & Astronomy
The sun burps out a flare in a stellar new photo
(SDO/NASA)
The sun is a beehive of flaring activity in a stunning new photo from a NASA spacecraft.
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A ridge etched into the ice sheet of Greenland provides an unexpected hint that plentiful pockets of water may be trapped just underneath the surface of Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa, one of the solar system's likeliest candidates to host microbial life.
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    Technology
    Wow! Perseverance rover captures gorgeous video of solar eclipse on Mars
    (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI)
    The tiny Mars moon Phobos looms large on the sun's face in dramatic eclipse footage captured by NASA's Perseverance rover.
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    Skywatching
    Full moon looms under icon of Paris in incredible photo
    (Thierry Legault)
    Moon, meet monument.

    The full moon of April 17 was caught beneath the notable Parisian landmark, the Arc de Triomphe, by long-time French astrophotographer Thierry Legault. (We've featured his work on Space.com numerous times.)
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    Skywatchers will finally be able to enjoy the thrill of observing "shooting stars" again this week as the April Lyrids meteor shower arrives after a three-month-long meteor drought.
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    Star Trek
    'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2 episode 7 is a massive metaphoric trip down Memory Lane
    (Paramount Plus)
    Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Star Trek: Picard" season 2, episode 7

    With just two more episodes after this until the end of Season 2, it's hard to imagine quite where the story will take us. However, since we know the third and final season has completed principal photography, this will be the only new "Star Trek" series to be written with a two-season story arc in mind, which itself is interesting and worth keeping in mind as the plot continues to jump around quite a lot. if you've not been watching along and want to get caught up before reading this review, check out our guide on how to stream Star Trek: Picard.
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