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OTD In Space - April 4: Last Un-Crewed Apollo Test Flight

3rd - Higher Ed
On April 4, 1968, NASA launched the final un-crewed test flight of its Saturn V rocket. The Apollo 6 mission demonstrated that the Saturn V rocket and the Apollo spacecraft were ready to send astronauts into space. On top of the rocket...
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Star Cluster Resembles 'Cosmic Wreath' In Chandra X-Ray Telescope Tour

3rd - Higher Ed
Check out an amazing view of star cluster NGC 602. It "lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud," according to the Chandra X-ray Telescope team. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart
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OTD In Space - April 3: Soviet Union Launches Salyut 2 Space Station

3rd - Higher Ed
On April 3, 1973, the Soviet Union launched a small space station called Salyut 2. This was the second space station ever launched and the first military space station. The Soviet Union told the rest of the world that Salyut 2 was a...
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NASA Ejects Orion Spacecraft's Forward Bay Cover In Test

3rd - Higher Ed
NASA tested the Orion spacecraft forward bay cover's ejection mechanism at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Credit: NASA/Jordan Salkin and Quentin Schwinn | edited by Space.com
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OTD In Space – March 30: SpaceX Launches And Lands Used Rocket In Historic 1st Re-Flight

3rd - Higher Ed
On March 30, 2017, SpaceX launched and landed a used rocket for the first time. This was a huge step forward in SpaceX's plight to develop fully reusable rockets and reduce launch costs. The Falcon 9 rocket had completed a previous...
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Time-Lapse Of The Moon Phases From South Up In 2025 Full-Year

3rd - Higher Ed
Watch the moon phases and libration for 2024, as seen from Earth's Southern Hemisphere, in this time-lapsed animation that is set at hourly intervals. Video credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio Music: Meditations by Drift Far...
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Brain Shrinkage Linked To COVID-19

6th - Higher Ed
COVID-19 may shrink the brain's gray matter, primarily in areas of the brain involved in smell and memory processing, a large study suggests.
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Earth's First Planetary Defense

6th - Higher Ed
Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect us. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
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Stadium-Sized Asteroid Safely Flies By Earth In Orbit Animation

3rd - Higher Ed
Asteroid 2020 XR flew about 1.37 million miles (2.2M km) away from Earth. The space rock is estimated to be about 300-700 km (248-434 miles) wide. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: 2024 NEO Coordination Centre - European Space...
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4K James Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Sombrero Galaxy

3rd - Higher Ed
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured and amazing view of the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104). The galaxy is about 30 million light years away from Earth. Credit: Space.com | NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m,...
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Highlights From ESA's Rosetta Mission Landing On Comet 67P

3rd - Higher Ed
The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - European Space Agency
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Early Universe Black Hole Devoured Matter At Astonishing Rate

3rd - Higher Ed
U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, have discovered an early universe supermassive black hole "consuming matter at a phenomenal rate —...
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James Webb Space Telescope Spies iInteracting Galaxies

3rd - Higher Ed
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of interacting galaxies Arp 142. Arp 142 consists of a distorted spiral galaxy known as “the Penguin” and a compact elliptical galaxy called “the Egg." Credit: Space.com | NASA,...
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Stars Being Scouted For Ideal Habitable Zone Conditions By Chandra X-ray Telescope

3rd - Higher Ed
The Chandra X-ray telescope and other observatories are being used to study stars that could potentially harbor habitable planets. Future observatories will use the data to narrow down the list for possible Earth-like planets to image....
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Animation Of SpaceX 'Chopsticks' To Catch Starship's Super Heavy Booster

3rd - Higher Ed
SpaceX intends to captures Starship's Super Heavy booster with mechanical arms known as "chopsticks." See an animation of a catch and recent footage from tests. Credit: Space.com | animation & footage: SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta
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Pillars Of Creation In 3D Created From Webb And Hubble Space Telescope Data

3rd - Higher Ed
See the iconic Pillars of Creation in this 3D visualization created from James Webb and Hubble Space Telescope data. Credits Producer Greg Bacon (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), NASA's Universe of Learning Visualization Greg Bacon...
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Massive Black Hole Has 'Awakened' In Galaxy SDSS1335+0728

3rd - Higher Ed
Very Large Telescope observations of the galaxy revealed that there was likely a “sudden awakening of the massive black hole at its core,” according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Credit; Space.com | ESO/L. Calçada, M....
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Mars Perseverance Rover's New 'Comet Geyser' Sample 'Great For Biosignature Studies'

3rd - Higher Ed
NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has collected its 24th sample of Jezero Crater. The 'Comet Geyser' sample is "great for biosignature studies," according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.



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What Is Insider Trading?

9th - Higher Ed
Insider trading is the buying or selling of a company's securities by individuals who possess material, nonpublic information about that company.
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Creatures That Look The Same As They Did Millions Of Years Ago

6th - Higher Ed
From the coelacanth to the cockroach, these "living fossil" creatures haven't changed much in millions or even hundreds of millions of years.
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SpaceX CRS-31 Mission To Space Station - Science Payloads Explained

3rd - Higher Ed
Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-31 mission.<b<br/>r/>

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What's The Oldest Tree On Earth?

6th - Higher Ed
The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ago, toward the end of the Devonian period. Considered living historical records, the organisms can withstand...
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Vikings May Not Have Been Who We Thought They Were: Tall, Blonde, Or Scandinavian

6th - Higher Ed
The research "debunks the modern image of Vikings."
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What You Need To Know About The 2024 Social Security Changes

9th - Higher Ed
Information you will find useful on the changes