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The Boom XB-1 taking off for a test flight

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Supersonic flight will see a dramatic return in 2025 with new aircraft

Several prototype aircraft that are intended to bring back commercial supersonic travel have been making big strides in recent years – but it is unknown how well the return of Concorde-like flights will go down with customers

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On 22 August 2024, summit staff reinstalled Rubin Observatory's commissioning camera (ComCam) on the telescope. ComCam has previously been on the telescope, but was removed before the installation of the secondary mirror in late July. ComCam ??? a smaller (144 megapixel), simpler version of the full 3200-megapixel LSST Camera ??? is being used for testing activities prior to installing the LSST Camera, anticipated to happen late 2024. In the coming weeks the summit team will install the primary/tertiary mirror, enabling ComCam to produce the first astronomical data from the Simonyi Survey Telescope.

Space

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory gets started next year. I can't wait

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The Penguin and the compact elliptical galaxy the Egg

Space

The best space images from 2024

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James Webb Space Telescope : Pillars of creation

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2024 review: Stunning JWST images that reveal the beauty of space

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Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

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Why Kelly and Zach Weinersmith are sceptical about a future on Mars

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How a space elevator could make trips to the moon affordable for all

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The RAVEN robot, which can jump up and take flight like a bird

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Flying robot leaps upwards and then takes to the air like a bird

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Physics

These are the most mind-melting physics discoveries of 2024

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Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life

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Super-bright black holes could reveal if the universe is pixelated

Space-time may not be continuous but instead made up of many discrete bits – and we may be able to see their effects near the edges of unusually bright black holes

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Having a baby on Mars? You may be in for a difficult time

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Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

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This bold, experimental slice of deep-space sci-fi is just brilliant

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Millions of phones create most complete map ever of the ionosphere

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