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Capture One Pro 23 Review 2023

Capture One Pro 23 is aimed primarily at professional studio photographers, but can it lend itself to everyone else to get the most out of the high price tag?

Aeolus reentry: the commands

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After a remarkable life in orbit, Aeolus is out of fuel and out of time - it’s returning to Earth this week. Planned before any regulations were put in place on ‘end-of-life’ disposal, the Earth explorer was designed to naturally return through our atmosphere.

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Ancient star that crashed hot young star party could solve solar system mystery

The serendipitous discovery of an ancient star crashing through a gathering of young, hot stars could help explain the mysterious abundance of isotopes that existed in the early solar system.

NASA practices for 2024 launch of Artemis 2 moon mission

NASA finished its first launch simulation for the crewed Artemis 2 moon mission, which is slated to lift off in late 2024. The exercise is just one of many for the moon mission team.

Scientists may have just cracked the sun's greatest mystery

Scientists may have just found what makes the sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, so inexplicably hot.

Watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launch on record-breaking mission tonight

SpaceX's brawny Falcon Heavy rocket will launch for the seventh time ever tonight (July 26), sending a huge communications satellite skyward. Watch it live here.

Litli-Hrútur eruption seen from space

On 10 July 2023, a volcano some 30 km from Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, erupted following heightened seismic activity in the area. Satellites orbiting above us have captured the molten lava and smoke plume puffing from the Litli-Hrútur volcano.

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft had a thruster glitch at the International Space Station in June

SpaceX's last cargo Dragon spacecraft had a thruster valve stuck open while docked with the International Space Station. The company says there should be no effect on the next launch.

SpaceX fuels up Starship Super Heavy boosters in prelaunch tests (photos)

SpaceX just loaded propellant into two of its Starship Super Heavy booster prototypes as part of a prelaunch test campaign.

Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin, whose full name is Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr., is an American astronaut, engineer, and space advocate. He was born on January 20, 1930, in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. Buzz Aldrin is best known for being the second person to walk on the Moon during the historic Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, following Neil Armstrong.

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Satellites watch as wildfires rage across Greece (photos)

Wildfires have been burning across several Greek islands since July 17, causing catastrophic damage and a mass evacuation. New satellite images capture the impact of the fires from space.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy shows off its 27 engines ahead of July 26 launch (photo)

SpaceX has shared a photo featuring the business end of the Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch a massive satellite for Maxar Technologies later this week.

A supermassive black hole is spitting a high-energy jet toward Earth

Tapping into cosmic X-rays, NASA's IXPE satellite has identified a supermassive black hole blasting its energetic jets straight toward Earth. Don't worry, though, this blazar is tucked away deep in space.

SpaceX's Crew-7 astronaut launch delayed to Aug. 17

SpaceX and NASA have pushed the planned liftoff of the Crew-7 astronaut mission back by two days to Aug. 17, to get its launch pad reconfigured after a Falcon Heavy liftoff.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch world's largest private communications satellite on July 26

Maxar's largest communications satellite ever is being launched soon by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

It's the perfect time for Riddick to make a comeback

They say most of your brain shuts down in cryo-sleep. But Riddick is still awake and on his way to Furya and we can’t wait for his return.

Astronomers Have a New Trick to Work out the Age of Stars

Twinkle, twinkle little star, I wonder just how old you are.

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How Artemis 2 astronauts are training for their 2024 moon mission

Artemis 2's moon crew is meeting a new generation of training. New tech, diversity and instructors form a team aiming to safely send four astronauts around the moon.

Carl Sagan's master for Voyager Golden Record up for auction at Sotheby's

The reels are not much to look at and the quality of their recordings exists in other formats. Their pedigree, though, is unique, which is why they could be worth 10 times their weight in gold.

Orbiting astronaut oversees robot team on Earth

Astronaut Frank Rubio aboard the International Space Station collaborated with a small team of robots on Earth to accomplish a complex task – a first test of a new approach to combine human and robotic capabilities for our return to the Moon and beyond. 

Venus volcanoes may be powered by long-ago violent impacts

Venus has more volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system, and researchers may now know what is powering them.


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