Tuesday, May 3, 2022

China has big plans for new Tiangong space station

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May's lunar eclipse and a wild-card meteor shower offers double spectacle
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May offers an unusual skywatching bounty: the possibility of two major celestial highlights occurring within the span of a single month. Here's what you need to know.
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China has big plans for new Tiangong space station
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China will launch six major missions before the end of the year to complete its Tiangong space station, which space officials say could soon link up with a powerful telescope and host commercial activities and international astronauts.
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Rocket Lab catches falling booster with helicopter after launch
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Rocket Lab just did something we've never seen before. After launching an Electron rocket carrying 34 satellites into space, the company caught the booster's first stage in mid-ir with a helicopter.
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China launched five satellites into orbit on a rocket that lifted from a platform at sea on Saturday (April 30), setting a new distance record for the country's offshore launches.
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Science & Astronomy
Humanity may be locked in a 'spiral of self-destruction,' UN says
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Humanity's faulty perception of risk has set us on a "spiral of self-destruction," a new United Nations report claims. The report's authors also suggest our future will involve an onslaught of daily disasters by 2030.
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Until now, scientists have worked under the belief that post-starburst galaxies (PSBs), or galaxies born from violent galactic collisions that are no longer forming stars, expel gas and dust and remain dormant, or unable to produce new stars.
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Meet ignimbrite, a volcanic rock found here on Earth and potentially on Mars.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship engines look like Doctor Who Daleks
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No, they don't have plungers and scream "Exterminate!" Yes, they will fly in space.
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'Star Wars'-style hyperdrive might produce a quantum glow
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The hyperdrive view from the iconic Millennium Falcon of "Star Wars" would be far different than what science fiction portrays, scientists say.
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This device will make GPS work on the moon
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The device, called NaviMoon, was built by Switzerland-based company Space PNT for the European Space Agency (ESA), which funds the mission, and is hailed as a breakthrough in lunar navigation.
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Anycubic Photon M3 Plus 3D Printer review
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Anycubic is back for another stab at the resin 3D printer market with the Anycubic Photon M3 Plus and we're mostly thrilled with the results.... mostly.
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Skywatching
Blood Moon total lunar eclipse will turn the moon red soon
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Hot on the heels of the year's first solar eclipse - a partial eclipse on April 30 - a total lunar eclipse is on the horizon. It will be visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the eastern Pacific, the South Pacific and even Antarctica.
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Venus and Jupiter shine together over Rome (photo)
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Venus and Jupiter shone together between the clouds in the image taken by astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, who runs astronomical livestreams for the Virtual Telescope Project.
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The peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, when the most meteors are visible, should happen before dawn on May 5, according to Bill Cooke, who leads NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. That means you'll need to schedule your stargazing time overnight on May 4 and May 5.
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