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With almost no practical options for removing space junk or enforcing globally agreed space traffic ... [+] management, U.S. Space Command can only detect possible collisions and warn, much like a weather forecaster. Extremetech.com Space congestion and space junk are becoming a serious global problem and a potential flashpoint for international conflict. But publicly at…

Blue Origin simulated astronaut flight Blue Origin Someone just won the right to fly into space with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on July 20, after submitting a winning auction bid of $28 million. The name of the winning bidder will be released in the coming days after paperwork is finalized, the company says. The bid…

Each year, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for an average of 58,000 ... [+] hospitalizations and 100 to 500 deaths among children younger than 5 years old and 177,000 hospitalizations with 14,000 deaths among adults aged 65 years or older. (Photo by Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via Getty Images) Star Tribune via Getty Images Beware…

Discover the celestial mechanics behind eclipses and why they come in seasons. NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio Eclipse season is done. Thursday’s annular solar eclipse—mostly seen as a partial “bite” out of the Sun by the Moon, though to some as a “ring of fire”—was the second and final eclipse of the current season.  Wait. Eclipses…

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This image of Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager during Juno’s June 7, 2021, flyby of the ... [+] icy moon. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS NASA’s Juno spacecraft at Jupiter this week got to within 645 miles/1,000 kilometers of Ganymede, the Solar System’s largest moon. The spacecraft’s JunoCam imaging system had just 25 minutes to take photographs,…

To celebrate World Oceans Day, Finless Foods announced its new plant-based tuna product that offers ... [+] a way for consumers to support healthy oceans. Finless Foods Often called the lungs of our planet, oceans produce more oxygen than trees and cover 70% of the surface. However, overfishing, pollution, acidification, offshore drilling, and other problems…

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