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	Science Daily update ⋅ February 28, 2020
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	Space.com Northrop Grumman test fires new OmegA rocket second stage motor in Utah Space.com PROMONTORY, Utah — A new rocket's second stage roared to life for the first time today (Feb. 27), sending flame and smoke billowing out against the snow-capped mountains of Utah. Mounted on a horizontal test stand at Northrop Grumman's Promontory ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Two private satellites just docked in space in historic first for orbital servicing Space.com In a historic first for satellite operations, a commercial spacecraft "helper" has docked with a working communications satellite to provide life-extension services. The companies involved in the meetup — Northrop Grumman and Intelsat — hailed the operation, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Katherine Johnson: Pioneering NASA mathematician Space.com Katherine Johnson was a NASA mathematician who played a key role in numerous NASA missions during the Space Race, perhaps most notably calculating the trajectory needed to get the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and back. As a black woman working ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Boom! Scientists spot the biggest known explosion in the universe Space.com Astronomers have spotted a cosmic blast that dwarfs all others. A gargantuan explosion tore through the heart of a distant galaxy cluster, releasing about five times more energy than the previous record holder, a new study reports. "In some ways, this blast is ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com How to see Venus shining with the moon tonight Space.com Tonight (Feb. 27), as darkness is falling, be sure to look toward the west-southwest sky to spot another beautiful celestial tableau formed by a lovely crescent moon and the brilliant planet Venus. Venus will appear to hover far to the right of the moon. Flag as irrelevant
	WIRED So, Amphibians Glow. Humans Just Couldn't See It—Until Now WIRED You've never seen amphibians in this light before. Like, literally, this specific azure light. Today in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers for the first time show that amphibians glow if you throw blue light on them. The tiger salamander suddenly pops with ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Biggest explosion in the universe spotted by astronomers CNN How did massive black holes form in the early universe? The rotating gaseous disk of this dark matter halo breaks apart into three clumps that collapse under their own gravity to form supermassive stars. Those stars will quickly collapse and form massive ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times A New Mini-Moon Was Found Orbiting Earth. There Will Be More. The New York Times Earth gets a new moon most months, but this month, we got two. About 4 a.m. on Feb. 15 at the Mount Lemmon Observatory, 9,000 feet above Tucson, two astronomers from the Catalina Sky Survey, Kacper Wierzchos and Theodore Pruyne, watched as their ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com SpaceX's next Starship prototype moves to launchpad for testing (video) Space.com Look at that Starship go! A new time-lapse video shows a prototype of SpaceX's Mars-colonizing ship moving toward the launchpad for testing. The unfinished prototype vehicle, called Starship SN1, was rolled to a pad at SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, facility ... Flag as irrelevant
	SpaceNews SpaceX planning major increase in Florida launch activity SpaceNews WASHINGTON — SpaceX is proposing a significant increase in launch activity in Florida over the next few years, including missions to polar orbits and those that will require the use of a new vertical payload integration tower. The Federal Aviation ... Flag as irrelevant
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