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Samuel Durrance, astronaut who flew telescope he constructed, dies at 79
Might 5, 2023 — Samuel Durrance, who as an astronaut was one of many first non-career astronauts to fly with NASA after the lack of the house shuttle Challenger, has died at age 79. Durrance’s loss of life on Friday (Might 5) was the results of issues from a fall, as reported by the Astro…
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Steamy Area Thriller: Webb telescope finds water vapor, however from a rocky planet or its star?
This artists’ idea represents the rocky exoplanet GJ 486 b, which orbits a purple dwarf star situated simply 26 light-years away within the constellation Virgo. Observing the passage of GJ 486 b in entrance of its star, astronomers seemed for indicators of an environment. They detected hints of water vapor. Nevertheless, they warning that whereas…
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