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Satellite Data Told Scientists That Venezuela Was Prime for a Big Earthquake
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Space eyes
Satellite data reveals the region was ripe for a devastating earthquake due to the accumulated tension between the two plates. Two particular fault lines — San Sebastian and Bocono, running through northern Venezuela and along its northern coast — appeared completely rigid, not allowing the two tectonic plates to slide past each other, allowing pressure in the rock to build up.
A Tiny Spy Satellite Could Find A Hidden Nuke in Orbit
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Space Bombs
If a uranium-powered bomb is situated at a similar altitude to Russia's suspicious Kosmos-2553 satellite, it would interact with Earth’s natural radiation belts, causing it to cough out energetic particles. A new study calculates that if detectors were placed on a CubeSat and flown close enough to the suspected nuke, it could detect those telltale particles escaping from the concealed uranium.
Canadarm2 is the Hardest Working Robot in Space
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Canadian Pride
On June 30th, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams — assisted by Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jenni Gibbons in Mission Control, best known for being lunar flyby Capcom during Artemis 2 — ventured on a rare spacewalk outside the ISS to help Canadarm2. Something in one of its joints broke in May, requiring them to use one of the orbital spares handily stashed on board for a replacement.
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Satellite Data Told Scientists That Venezuela Was Prime for a Big Earthquake
Satellite data reveals the region was ripe for a devastating earthquake due to the accumulated tension between the two plates. Two particular fault lines — San Sebastian and Bocono, running through northern Venezuela and along its northern coast — appeared completely rigid, not allowing the two tectonic plates to slide past each other, allowing pressure in the rock to build up.
July 28, 2026
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A Tiny Spy Satellite Could Find A Hidden Nuke in Orbit
If a uranium-powered bomb is situated at a similar altitude to Russia's suspicious Kosmos-2553 satellite, it would interact with Earth’s natural radiation belts, causing it to cough out energetic particles. A new study calculates that if detectors were placed on a CubeSat and flown close enough to the suspected nuke, it could detect those telltale particles escaping from the concealed uranium.
July 21, 2026
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Canadarm2 is the Hardest Working Robot in Space
On June 30th, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams — assisted by Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jenni Gibbons in Mission Control, best known for being lunar flyby Capcom during Artemis 2 — ventured on a rare spacewalk outside the ISS to help Canadarm2. Something in one of its joints broke in May, requiring them to use one of the orbital spares handily stashed on board for a replacement.
July 14, 2026
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From Earthrise to Earthset
The original Earthrise photograph had an impact that almost transcended the Apollo missions themselves. It wasn’t the first picture of Earth taken from space, but those taken before it had largely gone unnoticed by the public. When Earthrise was taken by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders on Christmas Eve of 1968, it became a call to arms for the burgeoning environmental movement and offered a new way of looking at the world geopolitically. Earthrise showed a world without borders, transcending nationalism to spell out how we all live on this one planet, alone in space, and that we must work together in sharing and protecting our limited resources if we are to survive. Will the Artemis II Earthset photo have a similar impact?