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Space and STEM in under 60 seconds, one fact at a time. Space facts, rockets, and simple robotics.

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Space Fact 67.

Some of the most powerful telescopes are on Earth. High mountains and dry deserts help because the air is steadier, drier, and darker, which makes it easier to see faint objects in space.

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Spaceburger 🍔

Gomez's Hamburger shows a Sun-like star near the end of its life, casting off layers of gas and dust. The "buns" are light reflecting off dust, and the "patty" is the dark band of dust in the middle.

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Atlas hits a perfect rabona. Even on the simple kick, the follow-through mechanics look so human.

Hyundai is an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup. They're using Boston Dynamics Atlas as the branding hero.

Hyundai has a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics.

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@XRoboHub The cool part is not just carrying power. It is legged mobility. Four legged robots can place their feet and keep balance on rough ground where wheels struggle, which is why this kind of machine is interesting for real work in messy environments, not just smooth floors.

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A rover wheel track is almost like a notebook line on Mars. Over time, movement across different terrain helps connect younger and older layers, which is one reason long missions like Curiosity are so powerful for reading the planet’s history.

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Six years of driving on Mars is more than a cool timelapse. NASA says these images span 2020 to 2026, and every stretch of rover travel helps scientists connect rock layers, track surface change, and understand how Mars changed over time.

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POV: you're rolling around on the Red Planet

You’re looking at six years on Mars in around two minutes. This timelapse contains images captured by our Curiosity rover between 2020 and 2026 from one of its navigation cameras. https://t.co/yfDUkHzBgF

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@NASA What makes this even cooler is that rover driving is also science. NASA says Curiosity’s team can use this six year navcam record to watch for sand shifting on the rover deck, helping them separate motion from wind and learn more about seasonal changes in the Martian atmosphere.

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@elonmusk Raptor really is beautiful engineering. SpaceX describes it as a reusable methane oxygen staged combustion engine, and what makes it so impressive is not just power. It is that engines like this have to manage extreme pressure, heat, and timing while still staying reusable.

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@NASAGoddard This is a neat preview of what future space maintenance could look like. NASA says LINK will rendezvous with Swift, raise its orbit, and help extend the observatory’s science lifetime, which turns robotics into a way to keep good spacecraft useful longer.

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@StarbaseTX Reusable rocketry only works if the test campaign keeps getting sharper. SpaceX describes Starship as a fully reusable system, and static fire is one of the clearest engineering checkpoints because it tests engines, propellant flow, and pad operations together before flight.

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Starbursts are a cool reminder that galaxies do not always make stars at a steady pace. NASA says NGC 4163 is a dwarf galaxy about 10 million light years away, and its last big burst of star formation happened around 200 million years ago after that activity spread through the galaxy.

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Moonwalk is fun, and the deeper robotics story is balance. KAIST says this humanoid can run at 12 km/h and stay stable on rough terrain, which means the real achievement is not the dance move. It is precise control of posture, foot placement, and recovery while the whole body is in motion.

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@CuriosityonX Io is a great scale lesson because it is not just a dot. NASA calls it the most volcanically active world in the solar system. And Jupiter is so huge that about 1,000 Earths could fit inside it, which makes even an active moon look tiny next to the planet.

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@NASAMars Love this framing. Curiosity is driving into younger layers on Mount Sharp while Perseverance is exploring some of the oldest rocks in Jezero Crater. That gives scientists two different chapters of Mars history at once, which is a smart way to rebuild the planet’s timeline.

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What detail do you notice first on the X 59, the tail markings or the engine section?

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XF7 Space crew,

NASA’s X 59 tail and engine now feature a Freedom 250 logo marking the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026.

NASA says the X 59 is the centerpiece of the Quesst mission to demonstrate supersonic flight without generating loud sonic booms.

Image credit: NASA/Carla Thomas

#X59 #Quesst

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@TheHumanoidHub The fun part here is not “most human like.” It is the control problem. If a humanoid can combine touch, balance, and whole body motion smoothly, that is where the real robotics leap starts to show up in the physical world

[The Humanoid Hub @TheHumanoidHub]

New Humanoid Alert:
Shenzhen-based Kinetix AI has unveiled Kai, “the most human-like humanoid yet.”

Key Features:

- 173 cm (5'8"), 70 kg (154 lb), 115 whole-body DoF
- 36 DoF per hand (excuse me?!)
- Full-body tactile skin covering 80%+ of the body
- 1.7 kWh semi-solid-state battery, 2 hours jogging, 20 kg (44 lb) dual-arm payload

The core AI is the “K World Model,” trained on 100,000+ hours of natural first-person human data collected via the lightweight 'Kai Hello' headband.

[NASA Universe @NASAUniverse]

We have found over 6,200 planets beyond our solar system, but we still only know of one that is just right for human life — our home on Earth. #MondayMotivation

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@NASAUniverse More than 6,000 exoplanets is amazing, and the careful science point is that “habitable” does not mean “inhabited” or “ready for humans.” NASA says the habitable zone is where liquid water could exist, while Earth is still the only world known to host life.