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Lego’s Latest Technic Set Will Let You Move Heaven and Earth
Lego’s Technic line of mechanical construction sets mostly sticks to vehicles—lots of cars, trucks, bikes, even the occasional plane. But while it has dipped into the world of science and space exploration before, its latest addition is one of its best ideas outside of its typical wheelhouse. Within the wheelhouse too, given the spinny nature…
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See the Breathtaking Power of Iceland’s Volcanic Eruption
A trepidatious Iceland has waited for this moment for over a month: a large crack in the ground has started to spew up lava. In mid-November, hundreds of tremors—earthquakes that portended the eruptions to come—forced the evacuation of the nearby Icelandic village of Grindavík and at least one famous tourist destination: Iceland’s Blue Lagoon. The…
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It’s Been 2 Months. Why Can’t NASA Open the Asteroid Sample Container?
The space agency is having to develop new tools to crack open the canister containing bits from asteroid Bennu.
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Why 2024 Will Be an Epic Year in Spaceflight
A Martian moons mission, a plethora of private lunar landers, probes to Venus and Jupiter, and reusable heavy-lift rocket tests are among the many highlights we’ll be watching in the coming 12 months, in what looks to be an extraordinary year in spaceflight. Here’s your 2024 calendar. The Moon takes center stage in 2024 An…