space
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Stratolaunch, World’s Largest-Ever Plane By Wingspan, Successfully Takes Off On Maiden Flight
Stratolaunch, the world’s largest plane by wingspan and the brainchild of late Silicon Valley billionaire Paul Allen, finally took off at around 10:00 a.m. local time on Saturday for a two and a half hour inaugural flight, the Washington Post reported.
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Claire Denis’ High Life Gets Lost In The Void Of Its Own Imagination
Going by the trailer for Claire Denis’ High Life, you’d get the impression that the film was an unsettling science-future thriller about criminals launched into space believing themselves to be on an important mission to investigate a black hole—when in reality, they’re the subjects of twisted reproductive experiments. In reality, the movie is about prison.
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What Do Mars Rovers Sound Like?
Before meeting its end in a planet-circling dust storm, the Opportunity rover traversed nearly 48km over the perilous Martian surface. In some ways, we travelled along with Oppy thanks to the thousands of images it sent back to Earth. But what did Oppy’s journey sound like?
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Scientists Might Have Found A Way To Thwart Deadly Superbug Outbreaks In Space
For years now, scientists have sounded the alarm about a potential nightmare for astronauts on the International Space Station: antibiotic-resistant superbugs that could be even more dangerous in space than they are on Earth. This week, research say they’ve found a way to better prevent such hardy bacteria from growing on surfaces of the ISS.