Caltech’s Lightsail Experiment Brings Interstellar Travel Closer to Reality
Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...
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How solar storms could bring our world to a standstill
Solar storms, intensified by the current solar cycle, endanger power grids, satellites, and essential systems. Experts urge ...
This New Model Could Revolutionize How We Predict Solar Storms
The sun’s solar wind, made of charged particles, interacts with powerful eruptions, affecting cosmic rays and space weather.
New model predicts solar storm particle acceleration and escape
The sun, a searing hot sphere of gas primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, boasts surface and outer atmospheric ...
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MSU Model Illuminates Solar Storms, Space Weather
His model could be applied to solar storms that impact ... 5, 2022, the sun spat a huge wad of energy into space just as NASA's Parker Solar Probe took one of its closest dives toward the star. The ...
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‘The thrill of the heist’: Trial opens for ring accused of targeting New Jersey museums
Parker Space, a New Jersey senator whose family owns the Space Farms Zoo & Museum in Wantage, took the stand Wednesday to testify about vintage firearms allegedly taken in two separate thefts ...
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SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster at the launch pad in latest Starship test
The spacecraft — a new and upgraded model making its debut — was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico from Texas on a near loop around the world similar to previous test flights.
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SpaceX Ship Explodes During Test Flight
Debris streaks across the skies after SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft was destroyed minutes after liftoff. Photo: Eric Gay/Associated Press An uncrewed vehicle operated by SpaceX exploded during a ...
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SpaceX catches Starship booster for a second time but loses the spacecraft
The Starship’s ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ caused a fiery re-entry display over the Turks and Caicos islands. The Starship’s ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ caused a fiery re-entry ...
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SpaceX Starship spacecraft is lost on 7th test flight
Lost spacecraft: SpaceX said Thursday that its Starship spacecraft — which was meant to lap Earth and splash down in the Indian Ocean — exploded not long after its 7th test flight took off ...
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SpaceX catches its colossal Starship rocket at launch pad — but spacecraft is destroyed
The engines of the new and improved spacecraft went out during its ascent and the SpaceX team lost contact with the uncrewed craft, the company said. The launch however was not without some success.
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SpaceX catches its Starship rocket back at the launch pad, but the spacecraft is destroyed
Elon Musk’s company said the spacecraft’s six engines appeared to shut down one by one, with contact lost just 8 1/2 minutes into the flight. The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the ...