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How Dale Gardner Mastered the Untethered Spacewalk In February 1984, astronaut Dale Gardner carried out one of the most audacious recoveries ever attempted in orbit, during NASA’s STS-51-A mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The target was Westar VI, a communications satellite that had failed to reach its proper orbit and was left slowly tumbling, useless, […]
Porphyrion: The Largest Black Hole Jets Ever Discovered Now this will really twist your mind Astronomers have uncovered the largest black hole jets ever seen, christened “Porphyrion” after a giant from Greek mythology—and the name fits. These colossal twin jets span an almost unbelievable 23 million light-years, the same as placing 140 Milky Way galaxies […]
The NASA Dolphin Experiment | Margaret Howe Lovatt’s Story In the 1960s, NASA funded a wild experiment to see if humans could talk to aliens. But before calling Mars, they decided to practice on dolphins. The plan was simple, flood a house in the Caribbean with water so a researcher named Margaret Howe Lovatt could […]
A Journey Through the Most Extraordinary Cosmic Phenomena The universe is an awe-inspiring realm filled with phenomena that challenge our understanding of physics and stretch the limits of human imagination. From quasars that outshine entire galaxies to black holes that defy the very fabric of spacetime, the cosmos offers a plethora of wonders that captivate […]
