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A New 3,200-Megapixel Camera Has Astronomers SalivatingThe Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s key instrument is almost ready to be installed on the telescope, where it will image tens of billions of cosmic objects.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Ramin Skibba Powered by WPeMatico
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What Drives Galaxies? The Milky Way’s Black Hole May Be the KeySupermassive black holes are engines of galactic evolution, but new observations of our galaxy and its central hole don’t quite match expectations.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Thomas Lewton Powered by WPeMatico
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NASA’s DART Spacecraft Smashes Into an Asteroid—on PurposeThe mission was designed to test whether a probe could knock a hazardous space rock away from a crash course with Earth.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Ramin Skibba Powered by WPeMatico
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Hurricane Ian Blows Back NASA’s Artemis LaunchBad weather forced a third delay for the space agency’s SLS rocket plans—another setback for the uncrewed back-to-the-moon mission.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Ramin Skibba Powered by WPeMatico
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Astrophysicists Release the Biggest Map of the Universe YetA powerful astronomy instrument called DESI charts millions of galaxies in the night sky. Can it help scientists finally figure out what dark energy is?https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Ramin Skibba Powered by WPeMatico
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A Staple of Sci-Fi Space Travel Will Likely Remain a FantasyPhysicists say an interstellar engine popularized in the ’60s is technically feasible, but it would take a more advanced civilization to build one.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica Powered by WPeMatico
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Earth’s Oceanography Helps Demystify Jupiter’s Flowing CyclonesA team of scientists shows where some of the gas giant’s huge storms come from and how the process is similar to the buildup of extreme weather on our planet.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Ramin Skibba Powered by WPeMatico
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The US National Space Council Is Back and Focused on SecurityLed by vice president Kamala Harris, the first council meeting of the Biden administration drew attention to keeping space safe for NASA and industry players.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Ramin Skibba Powered by WPeMatico
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The Guide for the Next Decade of Space Research Just DroppedThe Astro2020 Decadal Survey’s top priorities include new telescopes, the search for habitable exoplanets, and far-infrared and x-ray probe missions.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Chris Wright Powered by WPeMatico
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Extends Deep into the Gas GiantScientists used NASA’s Juno spacecraft to probe the massive storm, finding that it’s not as shallow as previously thought.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Ramin Skibba Powered by WPeMatico
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