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Watch a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launch to the ISS live on Dec. 1
A Russian cargo ship is bound for the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS launch saw a Russian Progress cargo ship fly to space at 4:25 a.m. EST (0925 GMT or 3:25 p.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On Sunday (Dec. 3) there will be another live event with the spaceship, when…
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Watch a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launch to the ISS live on Dec. 1
A Russian cargo ship is bound for the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS launch saw a Russian Progress cargo ship fly to space at 4:25 a.m. EST (0925 GMT or 3:25 p.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On Sunday (Dec. 3) there will be another live event with the spaceship, when…
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Mary Cleave, ‘trailblazing’ astronaut and scientist, dies at 76
Mary Cleave’s NASA portrait. Credit: NASA Mary Cleave, a former NASA astronaut and engineer, died Monday at age 76 according to a release from NASA, Cleave was the tenth woman in space, the first woman to fly in NASA’s Space Shuttle missions after the Challenger disaster of 1986, and the first woman to lead the Science…
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Mary Cleave, ‘trailblazing’ astronaut and scientist, dies at 76
Mary Cleave’s NASA portrait. Credit: NASA Mary Cleave, a former NASA astronaut and engineer, died Monday at age 76 according to a release from NASA, Cleave was the tenth woman in space, the first woman to fly in NASA’s Space Shuttle missions after the Challenger disaster of 1986, and the first woman to lead the Science…
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Possible Northern Lights sighting Thursday night in DC area
The aurora forecast for the night of Nov. 30, 2023. (Courtesy NOAA) Courtesy NOAA A very rare “red Northern Lights” over Virginia in 2003. (Greg Redfern) Greg Redfern Photo of the SAR Arc and stars seen in Shenandoah National Park on Sunday night. (WTOP/Greg Redfern) WTOP/Greg Redfern The D.C. area is enjoying a day of…
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Newly discovered exoplanet should be too big to exist
The observation of an exoplanet has shaken up previous wisdom on planet formation because it is far too big for its host star. A Neptune-sized planet has been found orbiting the “ultracool” dwarf star LHS 3154. The exoplanet is at least 13.2 times more massive than Earth, while its host star is 9 times smaller…
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She has ‘made it so far’
Northwestern student Nia Robles Del Pino was named a 2024 Global Rhodes Scholar recently. The University’s 20th Rhodes Scholar, she also is the first Argentinian to receive the prestigious honor. A senior in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Robles Del Pino majors in math and physics. And she is especially driven to inspire…
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Dancing With the Stars – CHEOPS and TESS Space Telescopes Discover Synchronized Planetary Orbits
Over the past few years, interest in astronomy has been skyrocketing – and with good reason. Between efforts made by companies like SpaceX to bring humans to Mars or the stunning discoveries made by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), there has been no shortage of stunning achievements to revel in. To wit, astronomers have…
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James Webb telescope reveals ‘nursery’ of 500,000 stars in the chaotic heart of the Milky Way
The full view of the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument reveals a 50 light-years-wide portion of the Milky Way’s dense center. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Samuel Crowe (UVA)) A dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals about 500,000 stars, including a dense cluster of newborn giant…
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James Webb telescope reveals ‘nursery’ of 500,000 stars in the chaotic heart of the Milky Way
The full view of the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument reveals a 50 light-years-wide portion of the Milky Way’s dense center. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Samuel Crowe (UVA)) A dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals about 500,000 stars, including a dense cluster of newborn giant…