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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Blue Origin’s Electron Spacecraft launched Today

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft was successfully placed into interplanetary transfer orbit using SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. This marks humanity’s inaugural test of planetary defense to see whether intentionally colliding into an asteroid can alter its path. Falcon 9 successfully launched Badr 8, an Arabsat communications satellite based in Saudi Arabia from Cape […]

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Why is the Sky So Blue Today?

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Skys that change color from deep blue near the horizon to white near it are often due to dust or suspended water particles in the air, or indicate higher humidity. As sunlight travels through our atmosphere, it interacts with air molecules which scatter its light like billiard balls – blue and violet wavelengths being scattered

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Is Mercury in Retrograde Today?

Mercury / star planete

Mercury governs communication, and approximately three to four times every year it appears to move backwards – this phenomenon is known as Mercury Retrograde periods. Mercury Retrograde spans nine weeks and runs between Sagittarius and Capricorn, creating an alternating back-and-forth motion, offering the opportunity to review goals and dreams, according to McCord. Now is an

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The Planet Closest to Earth Today

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Venus, our nearest solar neighbor, lies closest to Earth in terms of distance. Its orbit is nearly circular, keeping Venus close by always. Mercury follows Mars in the planetary lineup. But Jupiter stands out, reaching its closest approach in 59 years this evening and appearing larger than usual at rare planetary opposition as it rises

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Spacecraft Launch Today

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Atlas V rocket will launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral with the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 payload belonging to National Reconnaissance Office. Psyche will visit an asteroid with unusually high metal content to gain new insights into Earth’s core formation and solar system development, and advance ocean health research. Starlink Starlink is a satellite constellation

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