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	Science Daily update ⋅ September 29, 2020
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	Space.com We now know exactly how much radiation astronauts will face on the moon Space.com We finally know what kind of radiation environment future moonwalkers will be stepping into. Astronauts hopping about on the lunar surface will soak up about 60 microsieverts of radiation per hour, a new study reports. That's 5 to 10 times higher than the rate ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit today Space.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX will launch its next big batch of Starlink satellites into orbit for the company's growing megaconstellation today (Sept. 28), and you can watch the action live online. The Hawthorne, California-based company will loft 60 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com US faces tight timeline for 2024 moon landing, NASA chief tells Senate Space.com NASA needs to have a new lunar lander and giant rocket ready by next year in order to return astronauts to the moon by 2024, the space agency's chief Jim Bridenstine told Congress Wednesday (Sept. 23). In a Senate appropriations committee hearing, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to bad weather Space.com SpaceX postponed the launch of a new fleet of Starlink internet satellites today (Sept. 28) due to bad weather at the mission's Florida launch site. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to launch 60 Starlink satellites from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com On Mars, 4 supersalty lakes may be hiding under the south pole ice cap Space.com Remnants of water once found on the surface of Mars may be hidden in a handful of small lakes below the Red Planet's south pole, and more could exist, according to new research. For decades, researchers have suspected that water lurks below the polar ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Stunning images from Hubble, Chandra, and more reveal value of space telescope teamwork Space.com What do you get when you put a space telescope to work with another space telescope or two? Amazing compilation images of our universe. NASA recently highlighted some collaborations between its Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN 'Extreme' exoplanet found orbiting hot blue star CNN This is an artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-189 b orbiting its host star. The star appears to glow blue because it's more than 2,000 degrees hotter than our sun. The planet, which is slightly larger than Jupiter, has a tilted orbit around the star's poles rather ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will vote from space Space.com NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will vote in the upcoming presidential election while floating in space 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth. Although Rubins will fly to the International Space Station on Oct. 14, a few weeks before the U.S. presidential election ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org New Mars rover is ready for space lasers Phys.Org When the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon, they brought devices with them called retroreflectors, which are essentially small arrays of mirrors. The plan was for scientists on Earth to aim lasers at them and calculate the time it took for the beams to return. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Arthur Ashkin, 98, Dies; Nobel Laureate Invented a 'Tractor Beam' The New York Times Arthur Ashkin, a physicist who was awarded a 2018 Nobel Prize for figuring out how to harness the power of light to trap microscopic objects for closer study, calling his invention optical tweezers, died on Sept. 21 at his home in Rumson, N.J. He was 98. Flag as irrelevant
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