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Rapid bursts of radio waves that originate millions to billions of light-years away from Earth could be used as probes to investigate halos of difficult-to-see diffuse gas surrounding nearby galaxies.
NASA's Landsat 5 Satellite owns the Guinness World Record for being the longest-operating Earth observation satellite. For how long did Landsat 5 orbit the Earth before its decommissioning in 2013?
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The Summer Triangle is an annual feature of the northern summer sky and remains visible until the end of December. Look to the sky after dusk to see the bright stars of Vega, Deneb and Altair rise above the eastern horizon.
Join us at The British Library, Saturday 16 July! The countdown is on for a fantastic line-up of children's authors to come together at The British Library, live on stage, Hear from Sharna Jackson, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Emma Carroll, Rob Biddulph, Phil Earle and more. Book now.
A Minotaur II+ rocket exploded just after launching on a test mission from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base early Thursday morning (July 7). There were no injuries reported and the cause is under investigation.
An engineering image acquired during testing of one of James Webb Space Telescope's instruments reveals hundreds of distant galaxies in the deepest ever glimpse into the infrared universe.
