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Dark matter-hunting satellite ARRAKIHS to launch in 2030. Here's how it will work (www.space.com)
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[–] gribodyr@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I reread the satellite name several times to make sure it wasn’t Arrakis

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's actually a clever backronym for "Analysis of Resolved Remnants of Accreted galaxies as a Key Instrument for Halo Surveys" but yeah they defintely chose those words to match the Dune reference.