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ESA Graduates New Astronauts For International Space Missions

ESA welcomes five new astronauts after completing rigorous training program in Germany, preparing for ISS and Artemis moon missions.

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Australian taxpayers paid $466,000 for training of nation’s first female astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg

With Bennell-Pegg unlikely to go to space anytime soon, there are questions about the value of the spending by the cash-strapped Australian space program

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Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material

Astronomers have mapped a 20,000-light-year-long fountain of gas blasting from a nearby galaxy and polluting intergalactic space at 450 times the top speed of a jet fighter.

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India aims to achieve 'debris-free' space missions by 2030

India has announced its intent to join the global effort to reduce space debris in low Earth orbit.

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Earth Day 2024: Witness our changing planet in 12 incredible satellite images

To commemorate Earth Day, enjoy these 12 NOAA satellite images that showcase the different ways this critical technology helps scientists keep an eye on our planet.

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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft finally phones home after 5 months of no contact

On Saturday, April 5, Voyager 1 finally "phoned home" and updated its NASA operating team about its health. The interstellar explorer is back in touch after five months of sending back nonsense data.

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James Webb Space Telescope documentary returns to IMAX theaters this week for Earth Day. Watch exclusive clips here (video)

New James Webb Space Telescope documentary, "Deep Sky," returns to IMAX screens for Earth Day. Watch two exclusive clips here at Space.com.

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Happy Earth Day 2024! NASA picks 6 new airborne missions to study our changing planet

Six newly selected NASA airborne campaigns will focus on a range of studies focusing on Earth and its changing climate.

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How could life survive on tidally locked planets?

Astronomers are especially interested in the habitability of these kinds of planets, which always face their star with the same side, because they are incredibly common in the universe.

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Why is it so hard to send humans back to the moon?

The Apollo program put humans on the moon in 1969. So why haven't we sent any more since?

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Why does NASA want a time zone on the moon?

NASA has been tasked with determining a standard time zone for the moon, but it’s more complicated than you might think.

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'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks reaches peak brightness tonight. Here's how to see it

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks visits the inner solar system every 71 years and will reach its closest to the sun on Sunday (April 21), appearing bright enough to possibly be seen by the naked eye.

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Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space, dies at 72

Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly into space, has died at the age of 72.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 107 — Mars Sample Return Blues

On Episode 107 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist Leonard David about NASA's troubled Mars sample return mission.

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NASA satellite's 'shocking' space junk near-miss was even closer than thought

The Feb. 28 encounter between NASA's TIMED satellite and a dead Russian spacecraft was even closer than first thought — a mere 33 feet (10 meters) or so, NASA officials said.

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NASA's Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (video)

NASA's Juno probe continues to give us more insight into Jupiter and the giant planet's moons, including Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system.

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NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts will put a moonquake detector on lunar surface

NASA is building a moonquake detector for its upcoming Artemis 3 mission, in hopes of learning more about lunar tremors and the internal structure of the moon.

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Ingenuity's travels: New NASA video tracks Mars helicopter's 72 flights

NASA's history-making Ingenuity helicopter covered a lot of ground on Mars over the past three years, as a new video shows.

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Private space-junk probe to conduct up-close inspection of spent rocket stage

The mission aims to assist the later removal of spunk junk, an issue that threatens the sustainable use of orbital space above the Earth.

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Watch 'Devil Comet' approach the sun during explosive coronal mass ejection (video)

This NASA space-based observatory video shows 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks passing past bright Jupiter while the sun explodes in the distance.

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China's experimental moon satellites beam back lunar imagery (video, photo)

A pair of small experimental satellites have begun tests related to future lunar communication and navigation services for China's moon ambitions.

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'Astrobiodefense:' Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs

The quest to bring samples back to Earth from Mars has been met with controversy in some quarters as the threat that ecologically-hungry Martian microbes might pose to our biosphere continues to be a topic of concern.

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The Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but don't expect much this year

The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight on April 21-22, but unfortunately a bright moon will make it difficult to spot any 'shooting stars' this year.

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After an absence of 71 years, the green-tinged ‘Devil comet’ returns to Australian skies

While 12P/Pons-Brooks may not be as famous as Halley’s, its appearance close to Jupiter is causing great excitement for stargazers

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Rocket Lab gearing up to refly Electron booster for 1st time

Rocket Lab has put a recovered Electron first stage back into its production line, a big step toward the company's first-ever rocket reflight.

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