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China Outlines Plan to Become a ‘Space Power’ in New White Paper

January 31, 2022
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The Chinese regime is on a mission to become a global leader in space exploration, technology, and law-making, according to an official white paper released on Jan. 28. “To explore the vast cosmos, develop the space industry, and build China into a space power is our eternal dream,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping is quoted by the…

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NATO’s ‘Space Policy’ Outlines Readiness to Jointly Respond to Attacks in Space

January 18, 2022
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NATO on Monday made public its official “overarching Space Policy” that outlines how it would protect its members from space attacks, citing threats from potential adversaries. The U.S.-led alliance said its collective defense principles will be extended to outer space in response to developments made at last year’s Brussels Summit. “At the 2021 Brussels Summit,…

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American Rider Birch Swapping Velodrome for Outer Space

December 8, 2021
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Eleven-time American national champion Christina Birch is swapping the cycling velodrome to start a journey she hopes will take her all the way to the moon. Birch’s drastic change of direction comes after being selected for the NASA Astronaut Class of 2021, which will see her embark on a two-year training course for the Artemis…

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First Polarized Image of Black Hole Hints at Its Magnetic Field Structure

March 30, 2021
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Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration have produced the first-ever polarized picture of a black hole. In 2019, the same team obtained the first-ever image of a black hole. Both images were taken of the same object in the center of the M87 galaxy. The 2019 image, which shows a bright ring-like structure…

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Astronomers Discover By Far the Most Distant Known ‘Radio-Loud’ Quasar

March 16, 2021
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Quasars are among the most extreme astrophysical objects in our universe. They contain supermassive black holes and lie at the centers of galaxies, where they quickly consume nearby materials and emit enormous amounts of energy. A small percentage of quasars also drive powerful radio jets, which can travel at nearly the speed of light. Now…

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Astronomers Detect Tremendous Amount of Dark Matter in Dwarf Satellite Galaxy

February 10, 2021
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Scientists have discovered that a small galaxy called Tucana II has a much stronger gravitational pull than expected, which means it is likely home to a large amount of dark matter. Just as the moon orbits the Earth, many satellite galaxies are orbiting our Milky Way. Tucana II is one of them. These small galaxies,…

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