Solar Orbiter space probe has taken the most detailed image of the Sun in history

The 12544 x 12544 pixel image is a composite of 200 photos taken from a distance of 77.8 million kilometers. It shows plasma streams, fountains of glowing gas, and numerous glowing areas - the sources of flares and coronal emissions.

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Amazon announced the launch of the first batch of 27 Project Kuiper space internet satellites

Their first spacewalk is scheduled for April 9. The satellites will be put into orbit using an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance. This event will be the beginning of an ambitious project, under which the company intends to carry out 80 launches. Amazon plans to create a constellation of satellites capable of competing with Ilon Musk's Starlink system

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The amount of space debris in orbit has exceeded 6600 tons, scientists have calculated

Now there are more than 1.2 million objects larger than a centimeter and more than 100 million small debris orbiting around the Earth, and at an altitude of 550 kilometers there is about as much debris as there are active satellites. To somehow solve the problem, Japan and Europe are planning to launch satellites with grippers by 2030

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Solar Orbiter space probe has taken the most detailed image of the Sun in history

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Amazon announced the launch of the first batch of 27 Project Kuiper space internet satellites

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