This story has slipped under the radar with all the other chaos in the world. As of 26 July, US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have been in space for 50 days. Sounds like a great adventure, but that is 42 days longer than they were supposed to be there. As of now, there …
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In 2021, the helicopter-like drone known as Ingenuity landed on Mars’ surface. This NASA-built helicopter became the first vehicle to engage in powered flight on another world. Last week, however, NASA announced that Ingenuity had sustained damaged to its rotor blades and can no longer fly. Ingenuity was launched on the same craft that brought …
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What is remarkable about a celestial body called WASP-107-b? It is a planet found 212 light years away from Earth, or 1.2 quadrillion miles, a distance so vast that the human mind fails to comprehend it. Nevertheless, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers are able to observe such far away phenomenon. The JWST …
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No tricks in the title. This blog is simply about interesting information related to our planet’s original satellite. There’s not really an over-arching story, and not much questioning of power structures occurs. Still, at the very least it’s interesting trivia, and, if you’re like me, great facts to spout just for the sake of it …
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