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Can Future Satellites Be Reusable?
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The growing amount of debris burning up in the atmosphere worries scientists. The materials that satellites are made of are mostly alien to the atmosphere, not present in meteorites, and risk altering the planet’s already fragile climate. Aluminum, for one, turns into aluminum oxide when burnt. That substance is known to hasten ozone depletion. It also reflects sunlight, potentially causing a decrease in temperatures in the upper atmosphere. The effects of the other materials used in satellite manufacturing on atmospheric chemistry are mostly unknown. Can emerging satellite companies revolutionize 50 years of the expendable satellite business with reusable spacecraft? Some are going to try.
How Fleeting Shadows Are Revealing the Solar System's Best-Kept Secrets
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Tiny Worlds
Trans-Neptunian objects occasionally pass in front of background stars from our perspective on Earth. The transient alignment creates a miniature eclipse called a stellar occultation. Over the past decade, astronomers have dramatically improved their predictions of these fleeting events. During an occultation, a tiny shadow is cast on Earth that can briefly expose never-before-seen features about the enigmatic bodies of the outer solar system to observers in its path.
On Location with the Next Generation VLA Telescope
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A new structure has appeared in the desert. It’s a prototype radio dish for what is being called the next generation VLA, or ngVLA for short. When operational, the new and advanced radio telescope will start carving out its own place in astronomical history. Supercluster's Erik Kuna was embedded for the first tests and photographed the advanced machine.
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Can Future Satellites Be Reusable?
The growing amount of debris burning up in the atmosphere worries scientists. The materials that satellites are made of are mostly alien to the atmosphere, not present in meteorites, and risk altering the planet’s already fragile climate. Aluminum, for one, turns into aluminum oxide when burnt. That substance is known to hasten ozone depletion. It also reflects sunlight, potentially causing a decrease in temperatures in the upper atmosphere. The effects of the other materials used in satellite manufacturing on atmospheric chemistry are mostly unknown. Can emerging satellite companies revolutionize 50 years of the expendable satellite business with reusable spacecraft? Some are going to try.
June 9, 2026
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How Fleeting Shadows Are Revealing the Solar System's Best-Kept Secrets
Trans-Neptunian objects occasionally pass in front of background stars from our perspective on Earth. The transient alignment creates a miniature eclipse called a stellar occultation. Over the past decade, astronomers have dramatically improved their predictions of these fleeting events. During an occultation, a tiny shadow is cast on Earth that can briefly expose never-before-seen features about the enigmatic bodies of the outer solar system to observers in its path.
June 2, 2026
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On Location with the Next Generation VLA Telescope
A new structure has appeared in the desert. It’s a prototype radio dish for what is being called the next generation VLA, or ngVLA for short. When operational, the new and advanced radio telescope will start carving out its own place in astronomical history. Supercluster's Erik Kuna was embedded for the first tests and photographed the advanced machine.
May 26, 2026
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Everything We Expect (And Want) From the X-Files Reboot
Whether Mulder and Scully surface as mentors, Easter eggs, or not at all, the torch is being passed deliberately. Coogler knows the weight of legacy, as he successfully soft-rebooted the Rocky franchise through Creed and took charge of an entire cinematic universe with Black Panther.
May 19, 2026
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Dr. Sian Proctor Honored With First Pitch in Kansas City
For this year’s Student Day at the K event in Kansas City, Supercluster and the Royals invited Astronaut Dr. Sian Proctor, pilot of the historic and barrier-breaking Inspiration4 mission, to be honored in America’s heartland in front of an audience of nearly 12,000 students and baseball fans.
May 12, 2026
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China’s Telescope is Double-Checking Old SETI@Home Signals
Today, SETI is reanalyzing the 100 most promising signals from its SETI@Home project via follow-ups with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in China. The project has been gazing at these targets since July in hopes of spotting a repeat.