Tuesday, April 4, 2023

What would happen if the asteroid Ryugu hit Earth?

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What would happen if the asteroid Ryugu hit Earth?
(NASA/JAXA/Robert Lea)
Scientists have calculated what would happen if the asteroid Ryugu struck our planet. Predicting the result of such a collision was made possible thanks to the analysis of samples returned to Earth by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spacecraft Hayabusa2.
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SpaceX may launch Starship orbital flight next week
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In mid-March, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said that the landmark flight, from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas, might launch as soon as the third week of April. But recent developments suggest that the attempt could come even sooner than that.
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Space Quiz! How far away are the JWST's newest farthest galaxies?
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Space Deal of the Day
These Celestron SkyMaster binoculars are 47% off
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The Celestron SkyMaster 20x80 binoculars are ideal for stargazing and we've spotted the pro model on sale too. The 47% discount means you save $95 ($94.95 to be exact) on some powerful binoculars.
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Spaceflight
Meet the 4 astronauts on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission
(Left to right) Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch. (The Washington Post/Getty Images)
On Monday, NASA announced the four crewmembers of Artemis 2, a 10-day flight around the moon that's targeted to lift off in late 2024. The quartet consists of NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Hammock Koch and the Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen. Read on for brief biographical sketches of the four Artemis 2 astronauts, the first to voyage to lunar realms since NASA's Apollo 17 mission in December 1972.
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Jeremy Hansen was named Monday (April 3) as the Canadian astronaut aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission, which will visit our lunar neighbor in November 2024 or so. It's a big moment for Canada, which gained its seat through a next-generation robotic arm called Canadarm3, which will support NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station.
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Science & Astronomy
James Webb Space Telescope spies most ancient galaxies
(NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez)
Astronomers are now confident that the light from these galaxies has been traveling to Earth for over 13.4 billion years, two new studies report. The results show that these galaxies inhabited the universe when it was less than 350 million years old and demonstrate the rapid emergence of the first generations of galaxies.
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Entertainment
'Lost In Space' at 25: A sci-fi reboot wildly off course
(New Line Cinema)
Created by disaster master Irwin Allen, the 1960s TV show "Lost In Space" grew from a concept that's essentially the "Swiss Family Robinson In Outer Space." It's 1997 film reboot was a bit of a mess.
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Star Wars
'Return of the Jedi' 40th anniversary comics!
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It's nearly time to blow out the blazing candles on "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi's" 40th birthday cake. To mark the upcoming milestone anniversary in May, Marvel Comics is breaking out a robust lineup of special one-shot issues spotlighting certain characters from that thrilling era of the "Star Wars" canon.
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