Earlier this month, the Artemis II astronauts took the ultimate roadtrip: a flyby of the Moon, on which they brought the entire world along.
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Category: Space Systems, Engineering
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We're a step closer to understanding how energy is spread across the Universe, with the most detailed map of intergalactic magnetism ever produced. It's more than five times larger than all earlier studies combined.
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Category: Astronomy, Science
Tags: CSIRO, Space exploration, Planetary Resources, Earth, Magnetic field, Galaxy
In microgravity, walking doesn't exist. Balance doesn't exist. What does exist is the need to grip surfaces, manipulate tools, move through narrow corridors, and not go flying every time you push against something. Two legs solve none of those problems.
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Category: AI and Humanoids, Technology
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Observations of a far-distant galaxy several times the size of the Milky Way reveal a surprising stillness overcoming the sea of early stars.
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Category: Astronomy, Science
Tags: Galaxy, JWST, Big Bang Theory, University of California, UC Davis, Space exploration
People across the country and around the world are gathering today to watch the launch of Artemis II, which is set to send humans back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
Jeremy Hansen, 50, of London, Ontario, will serve as the mission specialist for Artemis II and become the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit.
He will be joined by veteran NASA astronauts…