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Recalling Ranger 4, first U.S. spacecraft to land on another celestial body
The Weather Network via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
White House orders NASA to develop lunar time standard for celestial bodies
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoThe Moon is seen from cameras onboard NASA's Orion spacecraft ON December 5, 2022, the 20th day of...
OSIRIS-REx used a Tesla-esque navigation system to capture 4.5 billion-year-old regolith
Engadget via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoNASA's pioneering OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully returned from its journey to the asteroid...
Celestial navigation confirms Earth's motion, rather than disproving it | Fact check
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoThe claim: Celestial navigation would be impossible if Earth is globe-shaped and orbits the sun A Feb. 22 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims a form of navigation that relies on ...
Sunspot that caused intense solar storms makes dramatic comeback
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoA massive sunspot that caused last month’s intense auroras across large portions of the planet is...
Cargo from 'most ancient' shipwreck found off Israel
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoTwo of the ancient amphorae found on the sea bed [Israel Antiquities Authority] Cargo from the remains of the oldest shipwreck to be found in the deep...
Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon — soon
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How to Use the Mnemonic 'SOHCAHTOA' in Trigonometry
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe mnemonic device SOHCAHTOA helps budding mathematicians remember the trigonometric functions sine (sin), cosine (cos) and tangent (tan), which they...
Inside the Movement to Bring the Arts to Outer Space
Esquire via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThis spring, a group of creatives simulated a lunar mission in the Arizona desert. What they found may challenge your understanding of how astronauts...
Northern Lights amaze skygazers in UK, Europe and US for third consecutive night
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSkygazers were left spellbound for the third night in a row on Sunday as a solar storm painted the...