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SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from California tonight

Space.com - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 3:19pm
SpaceX is set to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites from California tonight (May 9), including 13 with direct-to-cell capability.
Categories: Astronomy

Star Wars makes Darth Jar Jar official in 'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy' mini-series (video)

Space.com - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 3:00pm
One of the Star Wars fandom's most infamous memes is joining the Star Wars canon (kind of) in this Lego Star Wars special mini-series.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's TESS spacecraft resumes exoplanet hunt after recovering from glitch

Space.com - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is back in action after nine days in safe mode, returning to scientific observations on May 3.
Categories: Astronomy

How science can help you whip up perfect egg whites for your bakes

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
Egg whites are key to so many baked goods but can be tricky to work with. These tips will help you master the technique, says Catherine de Lange
Categories: Astronomy

How science can help you whip up perfect egg whites for your bakes

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
Egg whites are key to so many baked goods but can be tricky to work with. These tips will help you master the technique, says Catherine de Lange
Categories: Astronomy

Sarah Perry's Enlightenment is a moving story of love and astronomy

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
This beautifully written and compassionate novel tells the story of how comet Halle-Bopp turns a small-town writer onto astronomy and opens him up to fresh adventures
Categories: Astronomy

Sarah Perry's Enlightenment is a moving story of love and astronomy

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
This beautifully written and compassionate novel tells the story of how comet Halle-Bopp turns a small-town writer onto astronomy and opens him up to fresh adventures
Categories: Astronomy

The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
Lisa Kaltenegger has been working on how to find life on exoplanets since the 1990s. Her new book, Alien Earths, brings her quest to vivid life
Categories: Astronomy

The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
Lisa Kaltenegger has been working on how to find life on exoplanets since the 1990s. Her new book, Alien Earths, brings her quest to vivid life
Categories: Astronomy

Why carbon offsetting your flight isn't the answer

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
I always add the carbon offset option when buying a flight, but I had a sneaking suspicion I was being greenwashed. Turns out I was right, says Graham Lawton
Categories: Astronomy

Why carbon offsetting your flight isn't the answer

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
I always add the carbon offset option when buying a flight, but I had a sneaking suspicion I was being greenwashed. Turns out I was right, says Graham Lawton
Categories: Astronomy

XPRIZE’s $100-Million Carbon-Removal Contest Selects Finalists

Scientific American.com - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm

A competition to develop carbon-removal technology that is run by XPRIZE and backed by money from Elon Musk has announced 20 finalists. A winner will be announced next year

Categories: Astronomy

How the discovery of a nest in a Roman museum caused a kerfuffle

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
On a recent visit to the National Roman Museum, Feedback was an onlooker to the furore that ensued when a sparrow's nest was spotted in the mouth of an ancient stone face
Categories: Astronomy

How the discovery of a nest in a Roman museum caused a kerfuffle

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
On a recent visit to the National Roman Museum, Feedback was an onlooker to the furore that ensued when a sparrow's nest was spotted in the mouth of an ancient stone face
Categories: Astronomy

Why criticisms of the proposed Anthropocene epoch miss the point

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
A proposal to define the Anthropocene as a geological epoch was rejected this March, but humanity's impact on Earth is real, whether formalised or not, says Jan Zalasiewicz
Categories: Astronomy

Why eggs should be front and centre in the story of evolution

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
From large and shell-covered to tiny and jelly-like, the developmental story of eggs offers a way to rethink the story of life, says Jules Howard in his new book Infinite Life
Categories: Astronomy

It's time to clean up 'forever chemicals' and companies should pay

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
Artificial compounds found in things like food packaging can be a risk to our health. We can clean them up, but who will foot the vast bill?
Categories: Astronomy

Why criticisms of the proposed Anthropocene epoch miss the point

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
A proposal to define the Anthropocene as a geological epoch was rejected this March, but humanity's impact on Earth is real, whether formalised or not, says Jan Zalasiewicz
Categories: Astronomy

Why eggs should be front and centre in the story of evolution

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
From large and shell-covered to tiny and jelly-like, the developmental story of eggs offers a way to rethink the story of life, says Jules Howard in his new book Infinite Life
Categories: Astronomy

It's time to clean up 'forever chemicals' and companies should pay

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 2:00pm
Artificial compounds found in things like food packaging can be a risk to our health. We can clean them up, but who will foot the vast bill?
Categories: Astronomy