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Oct 28, 2018

The Final Days Of NASA’s Dawn

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The end could happen “any minute now,” says the space agency.

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Oct 28, 2018

Hubble telescope is back to normal operations, NASA says

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Welcome back, Hubble!


NASA said the Hubble Space Telescope has returned to normal operations after issues with a gyroscope knocked the device into safe mode.

The telescope completed its first observations Saturday, capturing information on a distant, star-forming galaxy, the agency said.

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Oct 28, 2018

PH’s second microsatellite launched into space today

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By Pol Justin Marquez and Dhel Nazario

The Philippines will launch today the DIWATA-2 microsatellite, marking the country’s third venture into space under the P840-million PHL-MICROSAT Program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

SPACE-BOUND – A drawing of the DIWATA-2 microsatellite which will be launched by a Japanese rocket today, marking the Philippines’ third venture into space.

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Oct 28, 2018

Physicists Discover How an Exotic Form of Ice Grows at Over 1,000 Miles Per Hour

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Physicists detail how “Ice VII” forms for the first time and what this means for life elsewhere in the galaxy.

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Oct 28, 2018

Humans are about to touch the deepest corners of the ocean for the first time — an endeavor as dangerous as landing on the moon

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The Five Deeps expedition aims to explore the bottom of each of the world’s oceans. The first stop is in Puerto Rico this December.

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Oct 28, 2018

How BrainNet Enabled 3 People to Directly Transmit Thoughts

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For a remarkably social species, we’re not particularly effective communicators.

Finding the right words to clearly, efficient transmit our thoughts to another consciousness—even something as simple as driving directions—can be a challenge, especially in-the-moment and under pressure.

What if we could do away with words altogether? What if, rather than relying on an intermediary, we could directly transmit our thoughts through a digital, internet-like space into another mind?

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Oct 28, 2018

China’s 1st private rocket fails after launch

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Made in…?


The first attempt by a private Chinese company to send a rocket into space has failed.

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Oct 28, 2018

Scientists Say New Material Could Hold up an Actual Space Elevator

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This is a breakthrough.

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Oct 28, 2018

Ice-Filled Lava Tubes On The Moon Could Aid Astronauts

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A recent discovery.

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Oct 27, 2018

Why Don’t We Put A Space Telescope On The Moon?

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It’s a great ambition of science enthusiasts all over the globe. It’s also a terrible idea.

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