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We've actually sent a spacecraft 15.4 billion light-years away.  That's mind-blowing. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-s-voyager-1-surprises-by-reaching-out-from-15-billion-miles-away/ar-AA1uYEkS?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=e46048228ac94ef196c2a5336617b83a&ei=14 

What are everyone's favourite constellations? Mine's Leo.

Located in the Kuiper Belt and 1 1/2 to 3 times the mass of Earth https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-present-strongest-evidence-yet-for-ninth-solar-system-planet/ar-AA1tF7R2?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=cff92eca347f4d4da6088521ac3e4db7&ei=14 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-capture-the-x-ray-fingerprint-of-a-single-atom-for-the-first-time-and-this-could-change-everything/ar-AA1uvJOP?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=3c8772fb9dc3489aa6976ddbc90b5583&ei=12 The MAGA enthusiasts can no longer deny their existence simply because we've never seen them.

...or rather, strongest cosmic ray electrons Scientists find highest energy cosmic ray electrons ever seen

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...Or another government scam?   https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/our-universe-has-an-anti-universe-twin-moving-backwards-in-time-study-finds/ar-AA1uzf6f?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=d21080ed232c42b28ccc582c267a2345&ei=11 

Did anyone else watch it when they caught it? I've never seen a bunch of scientists get more excited than when they found the Higg's boson. For good reason, it was incredible!

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-giant-structure-in-space-challenges-our-understanding-of-the-universe/ar-AA1t3GFL?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=9ac625e6e0494a6490b3d2d6e3efddda&ei=67 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/4-astronauts-return-earth-being-073056877.html  After eight months trapped in space.  Good news for everyone (except for the enthusiastic astronaut haters.)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/black-holes-may-actually-be-frozen-stars-scientists-claim/ar-AA1rncW7?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=88d6c57ea39a4f9cb1ba9965085decdb&ei=67 

...could there be equal amounts of energy and anti-energy as well? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/what-if-you-could-power-a-spaceship-with-antimatter/vi-AA1sdh5f?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=cd6bb3c728f14856ba4c48c911e557f2&ei=25

Hello guys, I'd like to share with you and article I have just written on the first recorded chess game in outer space.  It takes us back to the past...the first space explorations during the 60s and 70s... the Cold War and the competition between the USSR and the USA for the conquest of space. Nithing new or original but certainly a nice memory. I hope you like it. Enjoy.   Cold War Era. June 1970.  Russian cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev (husband of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to go in space) and Vitaly Sevastyanov were aboard the Soyuz 7K-OK No.17 spacecraft for the Soyuz 9 mission. That was a long-duration mission aimed to test human's ability to remain in zero gravity for long periods of time without physical, psychological or general health consequences. Soyuz 9 mission paved the way for the first space station. They remained in orbit for a total of 18 days. That was a record for staying in space at that time. On June 9th 1970, finally, on their only day off, they played a chess game against their colleagues Viktor Gorbakto and General Nikolai Kamanin, who were in Baikonur (present day Kazakhstan) and moving the “blacks”. Space had the white pieces. From the left General Nikolai Kananin, Viktor Gorbakto during the match of 1970 and Valerij Fedorovic Bykovskij, soviet cosmonaut, as a spectator. This was the first recorded chess game in outer space. The game, whose moves were communicated via radio using an on-board computer, lasted six hours. It was played between the 141st and 144th orbits of the Soyuz. It lasted so long cause it had to be interrupted every time the spacecraft found itself on the dark side of the Moon.  The far side of the Moon The Dark Side of the Moon - Track 5. The Great Big in the Sky - Pink Floyd album - 1973                                    g8The chessboard had to be specially designed so that every single piece, in a state of microgravity, would remain in place. At first they thought of using magnets, but they realized that in zero-gravity environments the pieces could end up in unexpected places and create problems for the delicate on-board instruments. So the chessboard that was transported aboard the Soyuz had the pieces composed simply of pegs and grooves to keep them in place. It was built by a young engineer, Mikhail Klevtsov. The zero-gravity chessboard used on the "Soyuz 9" spacecraft has become a historical object. It was autographed by the two cosmonauts, Boris Spassky, who was the world champion at that time and, among others, by Mikhail Botvinnik and Alexander Kotov, a soviet Grand Master who was a great admirer of Aleksandr Alechine. This historic set was sold by Sotheby's (one of the world's leading auction houses) in 2018 for $1250, but is nowaday exhibited at the Chess Museum of the Russian Chess Federation. It's a great source of pride for Russians. Chess was one of the very first recreational activities practiced by humans in space, and Russian cosmonauts were certainly the first to do it. It should not be surprising that the first man launched into space knew how to play. Chess had a great diffusion after the October Revolution of 1917, thanks to a five-year political plan of Lenin himself, which led to a huge increase in the number of players in a few years. Even today the number of players and true chess enthusiasts is much higher in the Post-Soviet states than in other countries of the world. Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, also played chess, although he was not a super enthusiast of the game. Neil Armstrong played chess as well. He was an astronauts too and took part to the epochal Apollo 11 mission - July 16th-24th 1969.  It was an extraordinary enterprise for mankind. The first mission to put people on the Moon. Neil Armstrong was that man, the first stepping down on the Moon. Here the wonderful original video (2'29") of the epochal Apollo 11 mission: Once back to Planet Earth Neil Armstrong was quarantined. The quarantine was a precaution decided in order to avoid the risk of transmitting any potentially dangerous lunar microorganisms. Well, during the quarantine, to pass the time, Neil Armstrong played chess assiduously and with great satisfaction with his son Mark. Did Americans love chess like the Soviets? Their interest in chess certainly grew up after the epic clash between the Soviet Boris Spassky and Robert James Fisher (World Chess Championship 1972) which ended with the victory of the american. But that's another story. See you soon!

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