SpaceX engineers also reveal machine learning is not used on the Dragon and Falcon spacecraft. …read more Source:: Linux
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NASA space laser missions map 16 years of ice sheet loss
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•Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made precise, detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets …read more Source:: Science
‘Elegant’ solution reveals how the universe got its structure
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•The universe is full of billions of galaxies — but their distribution across space is far from uniform. Why do we see so much structure in the universe today and …read more Source:: Science
Meteorite chunk contains unexpected evidence of presolar grains
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•An unusual chunk in a meteorite may contain a surprising bit of space history. Presolar grains — tiny bits of solid interstellar material formed before the sun was born — …read more Source:: Science
Citizen science discovers a new form of the northern lights
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•Working together with space researchers, amateur photographers have discovered a new auroral form. Named ‘dunes’ by the hobbyists, the phenomenon is believed to be caused by waves of oxygen atoms …read more Source:: Science
Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space
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•Researchers report the spacecraft Voyager 2 has reached interstellar space, following Voyager 1’s historic passage six years ago. In the study, the researchers note a jump in plasma density detected …read more Source:: Science
Moon glows brighter than sun in images from NASA’s Fermi
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•If our eyes could see gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That’s how NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has seen our neighbor in space for the …read more Source:: Science
A long time ago, galaxies far, far away
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•Astronomers used the combined power of multiple astronomical observatories around the world and in space to discover a treasure-trove of previously unknown ancient massive galaxies. This is the first multiple …read more Source:: Science
Blue supergiant stars open doors to concert in space
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•Blue supergiants are rock-and-roll: they live fast and die young. This makes them rare and difficult to study. Before space telescopes were invented, few blue supergiants had been observed, so …read more Source:: Science
The space rock that hit the moon at 61,000 kilometers an hour
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•Observers watching January’s total eclipse of the Moon saw a rare event, a short-lived flash as a meteorite hit the lunar surface. Astronomers now think the space rock collided with …read more Source:: Science