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• Gamma-Ray Bursts Associated with Kilonovae: Ambushing a Standard Candle in Its Nest

  25-11-2020 01:53
  Gamma-Ray Bursts Associated with Kilonovae: Ambushing a Standard Candle in Its Nest
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  Tue, 11/24/2020 - 19:53Gamma-Ray Bursts Associated with Kilonovae: Ambushing a Standard Candle in Its Nesthttp://oa.uj.edu.pl/AOM/aom20nov.en.html
  
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• Do black holes hide the secrets of their ancestors?

  15-04-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  Some black holes are so massive they were likely created as smaller black holes that merged. Maybe we can use such black hole "children" to learn about the black hole "ancestors."
  
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• 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 3 'Jinaal' is a slow but steady affair

  15-04-2024 17:00 via space.com
  
  A trip back to Trill is nice, but we're starting to wonder if this final season will end up a 10-episode long epilogue after episode 3 of Star Trek: Discovery season 5.
  
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• Superfast drone fitted with new 'rotating detonation rocket engine' approaches the speed of sound

  15-04-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.
  
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• Why I watched the solar eclipse with my kids, a goose and 2,000 trees

  15-04-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.
  
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• Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20x80 review

  15-04-2024 12:22 via space.com
  
  The Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20x80 binoculars offer a massive aperture, interchangeable eyecups and incredible deep-sky views.
  
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• Rocket Lab to launch NASA's new solar sail technology no earlier than April 24

  15-04-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  An upcoming NASA mission meant to test new solar sail technology will launch no sooner than April 24, 2024.
  
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• Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds

  14-04-2024 16:58 via space.com
  
  The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.
  
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• 1st female ISS program manager looks ahead to new spaceships, space stations (exclusive)

  14-04-2024 16:54 via space.com
  
  NASA's Dana Weigel has held leadership positions at the agency for 20 years. Now leading the ISS program, she highlighted the outpost's increasingly commercial focus.
  
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• This little robot can hop in zero-gravity to explore asteroids

  14-04-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  A three-legged robot named SpaceHopper could help combat challenges of exploring low-gravity environments, such as asteroids or moons.
  
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• This Week In Space podcast: Episode 106 — Space Potpourri!

  13-04-2024 16:32 via space.com
  
  On Episode 106 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq take you on a tour of the coolest space places on Earth.
  
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• Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects

  13-04-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  Don't rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe's most mysterious stuff.
  
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• 'You could feel the energy and wonder': Despite clouds, totality wows crowds during solar eclipse in Syracuse

  13-04-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.
  
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• In a virtual reality universe, upcoming 'JUICE' mission flies by Jupiter's moon Callisto

  13-04-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  To test its autonomous software, the JUICE mission team pretended to fly the spacecraft past Jupiter's fourth moon, and passed the exam with flying colors.
  
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• Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft starts testing ahead of moon mission with astronauts in 2025 (video)

  13-04-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  The Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft began testing on April 10 in an altitude chamber at NASA. The spacecraft will bring four astronauts around the moon no earlier than 2025.
  
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• SpaceX Starship will be 500 feet tall to prepare for Mars missions, Elon Musk says (video)

  13-04-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  Just weeks after Starship first reached orbital speed during a spaceflight in March, SpaceX founder Elon Musk outlined what the company wants to do with future spacecraft for Mars missions.
  
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• ULA chronicles the rise of Vulcan rocket in new employee-drawn comic book

  12-04-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  Vulcan, United Launch Alliance's new heavy-lift rocket, was not the result of being exposed to gamma rays or the bite of a radioactive spider, but it does have an origin story worthy of a comic book.
  
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• Watch an exclusive clip from the CNN' 'Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight' finale (video)

  12-04-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  CNN's space documentary, "Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight" reaches its finale on April 14. You can watch an exclusive clip now.
  
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• 'Fly Me to the Moon' trailer mixes real-life Apollo history with moon landing hoax

  12-04-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  Watching the new trailer for the upcoming movie "Fly Me to the Moon" might leave you thinking that it is an entire work of fiction. And for the most part, you would be correct.
  
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• HALO Space unveils capsule design for stratospheric space 'glamping'

  12-04-2024 19:42 via space.com
  
  Spanish start-up HALO Space has unveiled its capsule design for stratospheric space tourism.
  
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• One of the universe's most 'extreme' dead stars just sprang back to life unexpectedly

  12-04-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  The closest extreme magnetic dead star or magnetar to Earth suddenly burst back to life to give astronomers a sight of unexpected and unexplained phenomena that are unlike anything seen before.
  
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• 'Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight' documentary set to conclude on CNN

  12-04-2024 17:38 via space.com
  
  CNN is set to conclude airing a four-part series on space shuttle Columbia's ill-fated last return to Earth. "Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight" airs on Sunday (April 14).
  
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• SpaceX to launch a Falcon 9 rocket first stage for a record 20th time tonight

  12-04-2024 17:06 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is set to lift off for a record-setting 20th time on Friday (April 12), sending 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.
  
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• SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 20th reflight of a Falcon 9 rocket first stage

  12-04-2024 17:06 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage lifted off for a record-setting 20th time on Friday (April 12), sending 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.
  
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• No, you didn't see a solar flare during the total eclipse — but you may have seen something just as special

  12-04-2024 16:02 via space.com
  
  Several media outlets have incorrectly claimed that explosive solar flares were spotted during the April 8 total solar eclipse. But there were no flares during totality, so what did people see?
  
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• Fallout and the Space Age: The franchise's connections and nods to the final frontier

  12-04-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  The Fallout video game franchise (now also a streaming series) is known for its unique take on the post-apocalypse, but it's also quite interested in outer space.
  
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• Sierra Space wants to drop cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in 90 minutes

  12-04-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  Sierra Space has unveiled a new "global payload delivery" system known as Ghost that is designed to drop vital payloads from orbit to anywhere on Earth's surface within 90 minutes.
  
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• DJI Avata 2 drone review

  12-04-2024 11:58 via space.com
  
  The DJI Avata 2 offers an incredibly tantalizing FPV experience that can be as simple or as complicated to fly as you require.
  
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• Scientists identify origin of the 'BOAT' — the brightest cosmic blast of all time

  12-04-2024 11:00 via space.com
  
  Astronomers have discovered that the BOAT, the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever detected, came from the supernova death of a massive star 2.4 million light-years away.
  
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• My formal 2024 solar eclipse apology

  12-04-2024 00:00 via space.com
  
  I used to be an eclipse hater, and now I'm not. That's the story.
  
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