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Weekly Space Hangout: April 11, 2018: Emily Lakdawalla's "The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job"
Carnival of Space #556
New Saturn Storm Emerging?
Astrophotographer Damian Peach raised the alarm on Twitter this past week, of a possible bright storm emerging of the planet Saturn. The spot was noticeable even with the naked eye and in the raw video Peach captured, a sure sign that the storm was a biggie.
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Io Afire With Volcanoes Under Juno's Gaze
Now's Your Chance to Play Kerbal Space Program for Only $12 US
Proxima Centauri Just Released a Flare so Powerful it was Visible to the Unaided Eye. Planets There Would Get Scorched
According to a new study, Proxima Centauri experiences superflare activity that would likely render its exoplanet (Proxima b) uninhabitable
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What If New York City Had No Light Pollution?
This is the COOLEST! Everything that's Orbiting the Earth Right Now
A Magnetar Just Woke Up After Three Years of Silence
A new study by a team of over 200 international scientists has revealed how a magnetar - a special class of neutron star - has awakened after three years of being dormant.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 486: Particle Physics Update
Launching Rockets from Balloons is About to be a Thing, But We Need a Better Name than "Rockoons"
A new company is developing a hybrid rocket-balloon system to launch microsatellites cheaply from high altitude.
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Astronomers Just Found 72 Stellar Explosions, but Don't Know What's Causing Them
Using data from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova program, a team of astronomers recently found 72 supernovae, the largest number discovered to date
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NASA Begins Construction of its New Quiet Supersonic Plane
In partnership with Lockheed Martin, NASA has begun developing their quiet supersonic plane, a revolutionary aircraft that will generate quiet sonic booms
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Could There Be Life in the Cloudtops of Venus?
A new study by a team of international researchers shows how microbial life could exist in Venus' cloud tops, an idea suggested almost fifty years ago
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The Most Distant Star Ever Seen, Only 4.4 Billion Years After the Big Bang
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently imaged the most distant star ever seen in a distant galaxy cluster
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NASA Simulates Their Orion Abort System. Now That Would be a Crazy Ride
A team of research scientists recently conducted a series of simulations to see how the Orion Launch Abort System would fair in high speed conditions.
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Simulated View of a Newly Forming Planetary System with Rings and Gaps
Using data from the ALMA array, a team of international astronomers was able to image a newly forming planetary system and predict the presence of a planet.
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Weekly Space Hangout: April 4, 2018: Mathew Anderson's "Habitable Exoplanets"
Tiangong-1 Splashes Down in the Pacific Ocean
According to a statement made by the US Air Force, the reentry of the Tiangong-1 was confirmed over the Pacific Ocean on April 2nd.
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Carnival of Space #555