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The 'devil comet' is passing by the earth. Here's how to get a glimpse in Oklahoma

The Oklahoman 18 Apr 2024
The solar eclipse may be over, but there's another celestial phenomenon happening for sky-watchers in the Northern Hemisphere ... Comets are made up of frozen dust, rock and ice leftover from the formation of the solar system.
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NASA Langley is testing solar sail technology that could reduce costs of space missions

LA Daily News 18 Apr 2024
Much like a sailboat harnesses the power of wind, the solar sails use the sun’s light radiation to move through space, Chamberlain said ... The ACS3’s solar sails, seen here at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, feel thinner than tissue paper.
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Two NASA Sounding Rockets Launch from Alaska During Solar Flare

NASA 18 Apr 2024
Two Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 17, 2024, during an M-class solar flare for NASA's NASA home page.
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Enormous pink 'flames' recorded on sun during total solar eclipse.

Sott 18 Apr 2024
Fiery pink towers could be seen erupting from the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8 ... Despite what some excited eclipse viewers have claimed, those are not solar flares.
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NASA's Solar Sail Set for Space Voyage: Testing New Propulsion Method

SpaceDaily 18 Apr 2024
NASA is poised to launch its Advanced Composite Solar Sail System next week, utilizing ...
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Catching A Glimpse: Rosemont Resident Was Ready For Big Moment On Trip To Capture Solar Eclipse

Journal Online Chicago 18 Apr 2024
As for the next solar eclipse that NASA says will be visible in North America in 2044, the Rosemont native says he would love to go — “or perhaps Spain in 2026” — when the next total solar eclipse viewable from Earth occurs..
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$2.1 million Route 997 project starts week of April 22 between Mont Alto and U.S. 30

The Record Herald 18 Apr 2024
Solar eclipse party held in Waynesboro with help from NASA. More than 1,400 people attended solar eclipse viewing party on April 8 in the Waynesboro Area Senior High School stadium ... The work is expected to be finished Oct. 25 ... until nightfall ...
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NASA Observations Find What Helps Heat Roots of 'Moss' on Sun

SpaceDaily 18 Apr 2024
... a small-scale, bright, patchy structure made of plasma in the solar atmosphere "moss."
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This ancient snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed ...

Daily Press 18 Apr 2024
The largest living snake today is Asia’s reticulated python at 33 feet (10 meters) ... Science . ... Science .. NASA Langley is testing solar sail technology that could reduce costs of space missions ... Hampton Roads spectators take in the solar eclipse ... ___ ... .
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NASA to hoist its sail: Solar sail mission gets ready for launch

Phys Dot Org 17 Apr 2024
A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space—not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight ... NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail ...
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NASA Langley in Hampton testing solar sail technology that could reduce costs of space missions

The Virginian-Pilot 17 Apr 2024
... frame unfolds during a demonstration Tuesday at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton ... The ACS3’s solar sails, seen here at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, feel thinner than tissue paper.
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Astronauts to patch up NASA's NICER telescope

Phys Dot Org 17 Apr 2024
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Solar Maximum Mission, as well as AMS (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, also on the station), are the only other science observatories repaired by astronauts in orbit ... Provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Written in the stars: Interdisciplinary Sky Project celebrates the solar eclipse

Stanford Daily 17 Apr 2024
To celebrate both NASA’s Heliophysics Year and the solar eclipse that took place on April 8, Aimee A ... Year, which is a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system.
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Rockland Community College to host Astronomy expo

Lohud 17 Apr 2024
The Expo, in its 33rd year, offers presentations and lectures from past and current NASA officials, including Jean Wright, subject of the children's book, "Sew Sisters. The untold story of Jean Wright and NASA's seamstresses.".
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Amazing Amateur Images of April 8th’s Total Solar Eclipse

Universe Today 17 Apr 2024
The last total solar eclipse across the Mexico, the U.S ... Did you see it? Last week’s total solar eclipse did not disappoint, as viewers from the Pacific coast of Mexico, across the U.S ... Tales of a Total Solar Eclipse.

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