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A Space Junk Removal Mission Got Struck By Space Junk
In a sad case of debris-on-debris crime, a defunct payload adapter that was chosen as the subject of a space debris cleanup mission was itself hit by a piece of space junk. The VESPA payload adapter has been floating in Earth’s orbit following the launch of a Vega rocket in 2013, adding to the thousands…
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New Giraffe Just Dropped
The zoo where she was born is currently running a competition to name the one-of-a-kind giraffe.
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Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Galaxy Cluster That Could Hold Secrets of Dark Matter
The Hubble Space Telescope is no spring chicken, having operated in space for over 30 years. But the veteran observatory soldiers on. It recently imaged a massive galaxy cluster that could hold secrets about both dark and ordinary matter. The cluster is Abell 3322. It sits in the constellation Pictor, about 2.6 billion light-years from…
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How Do Black Holes Pull in Light?
To answer this, we must first explain three things: 1) what is light, 2) what is gravity, and 3) what is a black hole? 1) What is light? Light is just a type of energy, travelling through space. There are many different types of light we can’t physically see, but can detect and even use.…