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When's the next 'parade of planets'? The past, present and future of planetary alignments
Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...
A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years
Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...
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The moon joins Mars and Jupiter in a 'mini planet parade' tonight. Here's how to see it
Mars and the moon will also be in conjunction tonight. If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, you can catch a ...
Fusion rocket could cut Mars trips in half and reach Pluto in four years
Unlike conventional chemical rockets, Sunbird relies on nuclear fusion – a process that replicates the energy production at the core of stars – to propel spacecraft.
From Earth to Mars in half the time: This nuclear rocket would be the fastest object ever built
A British propulsion company is aiming to harness nuclear fusion and drastically cut travel times to far off places in space.
New fusion-powered rocket could get us to Mars in half the time
A U.K. space tech company has revealed a secret project that could change how humans travel between planets. After ten years ...
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Solar bursts squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield, left half of the planet scorching hot-
A solar wind event in 2017 struck Jupiter’s magnetosphere, generating an expansive hot region that covered half the planet’s ...
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‘Planetary parade’ will see six planets line up in the morning sky
Bottom line is that you can only see about half the planets in this ... side of the sun at the moment. If the planets actually aligned with each other in space, that would be called a syzygy ...
Solar wind compresses Jupiter's magnetosphere, creating a hot region spanning half the planet's circumference
"The solar wind squished Jupiter's magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...
Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space
A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...
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Solar Waves Squash And Massively Heat Up Jupiter’s Magnetic Field 2-3 Times A Month
“The solar wind squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...
NASA makes first successful detection of Earth’s ambipolar electric field
For over half a century, scientists suspected a quiet but powerful electric field might be influencing Earth’s upper ...