Category: Science
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Look Out for the 2020 Lyrid Meteor Shower
The April Lyrids are a meteor shower lasting from April 16 to April 26 each year. The radiant of the meteor shower is located in the constellation Lyra, near its brightest star, Vega.
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Someday, Betelgeuse Might Explode.
Betelgeuse is usually the tenth-brightest star in the night sky and, after Rigel, the second-brightest in the constellation of Orion. It is a distinctly reddish semiregular variable star whose apparent magnitude, varying between +0.0 and +1.6, has the widest range displayed by any first-magnitude star. At near-infrared wavelengths, Betelgeuse is the brightest star in the…
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NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return from Space Station
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
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How NASA Observes Earth from Air & Orbit (live public talk)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory To understand changes in our world, we need to observe from different perspectives. In time for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, this month’s show will focus on how NASA monitors global change — from orbit, as you’d expect, but also from closer to the ground, with aircraft, boats and buoys.…
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Earth-Size, Habitable Zone Planet Found Hidden in Early NASA Kepler Data
A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star’s habitable zone,
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NASA Astronaut, Air Force General to Talk with Students About Future of Air, Space
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt will discuss leadership for the future of air and space through an online educational opportunity at noon EDT Thursday, April 16.
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NASA TV to Air Landing of NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka
NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, who has spent nine months living and working on the International Space Station, will join fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos for a scheduled return to Earth on Friday, April 17.
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Maine Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Students from Maine will have an opportunity next week to talk with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station who have special ties to the Pine Tree State.
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A Huge Asteroid Will Safely Pass the Earth this Month
It is April 2020 and there is a huge asteroid headed this way. According to Astronomers, a very big space rock designated Asteroid 52768 1998 OR2, will pass us safely, at around 4 million miles.
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NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts arrived Thursday for their mission aboard the International Space Station, temporarily restoring the orbiting laboratory’s population to six people.