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Wall-E and Eva Update | | | |
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| | Wall-E and Eva set record, snag pic | | | The 1st-ever interplanetary CubeSats - nicknamed Wall-E and Eva - are now on their way to Mars. They set a new CubeSat distance record on May 8. Then Wall-E turned back and grabbed an image of the Earth and moon. | | | | | Meet the fastest-growing black hole | | | Because it sucks in so much gas, this black hole is ultra-luminous. If it sat at the center of our Milky Way, we'd see it shining 10 times more brightly than a full moon. | | | What is peer review? | | We’ve all heard of peer review. It gives credence to research and scholarly papers. But what does it mean? How does it work? | | | | | |
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|  | | | Tonight … young moon and Venus | | In North America, the moon and Venus will appear side by side. Don't miss them! | | | | | |
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 | | | Wall-E and Eva set record, snag 1st CubeSat pale blue dot | | This is the 1st distant image of the Earth and moon ever captured by a CubeSat. MarCO-B - nicknamed Wall-E by spacecraft engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - acquired this image on May 9. | | |
