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Seeing Some Cosmic X-Ray Emitters Might Be a Matter of Perspective
Known as ultraluminous X-ray sources, the emitters are easy to spot when viewed straight on, but they might be hidden from view if they point even slightly away from Earth.
It’s hard to miss a flashlight beam pointed straight at you. But that beam viewed from the side appears…
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NASA’s AIRS Tracks Record-Breaking Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest
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The science instrument mapped the dome of high pressure that settled over the northwestern U.S. and western Canada in…
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Meet the Open-Source Software Powering NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
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Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime isn’t just powering humanity’s first…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Patches of Rock Record Erased, Revealing Clues
A new paper enriches scientists’ understanding of where the rock record preserved or destroyed evidence of Mars’ past and possible signs of ancient life.
Today, Mars is a planet of extremes – it’s bitterly cold, has high radiation, and is bone-dry. But billions of years ago, Mars…
Startup Halo will bring driverless car service to Las Vegas later this year on T-Mobile 5G
July 8, 2021
Driverless car startup Halo has announced a new service coming to Las Vegas later this year: a fleet of remotely operated electric vehicles, using T-Mobile’s 5G network. It’s potentially a big step toward fulfilling the promise of 5G remote driver tech, with a…
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Study Projects a Surge in Coastal Flooding, Starting in 2030s
In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change.
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A California Highway Patrol officer stopped a Toyota Prius on Friday that had what looks like a Starlink dish fastened to its hood, the agency said in a Facebook post. The “visual obstruction,” sitting right smack in the middle of the car’s hood, landed the driver a ticket.
“Sir I stopped you today for that visual obstruction on your hood. Does it not block your view while driving?” an…
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Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension
NEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of over 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our nearest solar system neighbors.
For two more years…
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Assembly of Satellite to Track World’s Water Shifts From US to France
Set for launch next year, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will help scientists monitor Earth’s ocean, as…
SpaceX’s satellite internet network, Starlink, should have roughly 500,000 users within the next 12 months, Elon Musk said at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) conference on Tuesday. SpaceX’s current goal, Musk said, is to beam broadband internet to most of the planet by August.
The internet network, in the midst of an open beta phase, has launched more than 1,700 satellites to low-Earth orbit…
