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All eight planets form a line in the morning sky in July

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On June 8, NASA released information that the James Webb Telescope (JWT) was struck by a micrometeoroid damaging one of its mirrors in late May. Objects in space are constantly at risk of being hit by debris. While the objects have little mass (think dust particles) they are traveling at enormous speeds giving them powerful force according to Newton's second law where force equals mass times acceleration. Publisher: _____ Author: Ken Kopczynski Reference: (Read more) Visit Source How do planets get moons? | The Planetary Society Where did our Moon come from? Nobody knows for sure, but studies of the 382 kilograms (842 pounds) of rock samples brought to Earth by Apollo astronauts point firmly to a fiery origin story . Scientists think a titanic collision took place 4.5 billion years ago when the planets had just formed . A young Mars-sized planet named Theia collided with the newborn Earth. The impact ejected a huge amount of mat...

WATCH: UFO over Iowa can't be explained, officials investigating | Washington Examiner

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"It was kind of just hovering there in the sky, just kind of standing still. I was looking up like the Elon Musk equipment that he's got up there, but I don't know." Publisher: Washington Examiner Date: 2022-06-30T17:36:22.634 Author: https www washingtonexaminer com author luke gentile Twitter: @DCExaminer Reference: (Read more) Visit Source One in three Brits says they've seen a UFO – and believe that aliens exist | The Sun A THIRD of Brits claim they've spotted a UFO – with 58 per cent of these even reporting their sighting to the police. A study of 2,000 adults found 37 per cent reckon they've witnessed something "out of the ordinary" although 35 per cent put it down to an optical illusion. Publisher: The Sun Date: 2022-06-30T10:40:43 00:00 Author: https www facebook com thesunstuff Twitter: @thesun Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Truman, Eisenhower...

L3Harris Infrared Space Technology to Enhance Battlefield Imagery and Missile Defense Detection | ...

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L3Harris is providing the instrument as part of a wide-field-of-view satellite that also will help inform future space-based missile defense missions and architectures. "The L3Harris instrument can stare continuously at a theater of interest to provide ongoing information about the battlespace, which is an improvement over legacy systems," said Ed Zoiss, President, Space & Airborne Systems, L3Harris. Date: 2022-06-30 Twitter: @businesswire Reference: (Read more) Visit Source NASA Launches CubeSat to Orbit the Moon | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine On June 28th, NASA successfully launched a CAPSTONE spacecraft to pave the way for astronauts heading back to the moon. The launch is in preparation for Gateway , NASA's multi-purpose small space outpost that will orbit the moon and serve as a stop for astronauts before and after arriving on the moon's surface, reports Kenneth Chang for the New York Times . Publisher: Sm...

How mercenary hackers sway litigation battles

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So he turned to a Silicon Valley detective he knew from his days in Afghanistan with the U.S. mercenary firm Blackwater. Nathan Moser, a former North Carolina sheriff's deputy, arrived days later at Pacileo's Hollywood apartment with a duffel bag full of surveillance equipment. Publisher: Reuters Twitter: @Reuters Reference: (Read more) Visit Source North Korean Lazarus hackers linked to $100M Harmony bridge theft – TechCrunch Last week, U.S. crypto startup Harmony warned of a "malicious attack" on its Horizon Bridge , a cross-chain bridge that allows users to transfer their crypto assets from one blockchain to another . London-based blockchain analysis provider Elliptic, which has published an analysis of the attack , writes that the hackers converted the stolen assets to 85,837 ETH through Tornado Cash, a mixer commonly used to launder illegally obtained crypto. Publisher: TechCrunch Date: 2022-06-30 06:56:28 ...