proton
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Physicists Just Learned Something Major About the Proton
Physics at the smallest scales is a challenge of observation: Particles are often fleeting, and the forces that govern their behaviour are nearly imperceptible. But now, by exploiting decades-old data and a 50-year-old prediction about gravity’s import on subatomic particles, a team of physicists has teased out a measurement for a second mechanical property in…
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Mars Rover Being Packed Into Storage After Russian Launch Scrapped
The European Space Agency is scrambling to figure out the ExoMars rover’s next-possible launch window after the agency suspended cooperation with the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia Will Stop Building Their 53-Year-Old Workhorse Proton Rockets And It’s Partially Elon Musk’s Fault
The Russian Proton rocket, the Soviet Union’s and then Russia’s primary medium-lift workhorse rocket, is finally being discontinued after a remarkable 53-year run. A Proton rocket launched the very first space station ever into orbit (and every Soviet and Russian one since). A combination of highly toxic fuels, a launch site outside of Russia, and…