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In Australia and South Africa, construction has started on the biggest radio observatory in Earth's history

Construction of the world’s biggest radio astronomy facility, the SKA Observatory, begins today. The observatory is a global project 30 years in the making.

The Conversation

‘Are we alone in the universe?’: work begins in Western Australia on world’s most powerful radio telescopes

More than 100,000 antennas will be built on Wajarri country, enabling astronomers to peek billions of years back to the ‘cosmic dawn’

The Guardian - AU

What does it take to be an astronaut? After dreaming of the stars, I decided to find out

I got very close to becoming a European Space Agency astronaut, but the final lesson was a bittersweet one, says doctor Kevin Fong

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5 of history’s craziest coincidences

Are coincidences just random acts, or the work of fate or God? You be the judge for these five extraordinary coincidences.

Los Angeles Times

Chinese astronauts return to earth after 'successful' six-month mission

Three Chinese astronauts landed back on earth on Sunday on board the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV reported, bringing to an end a six-month mission on China's space station.

Reuters

Astronomers spot an incoming small asteroid — and make a big breakthrough

That meteor, now known as 2022 WJ1, was first noticed by the Catalina Sky Survey at around midnight EST on the 19th (the time zone in which it ended up landing).

Inverse

Artemis I vs. Artemis II: Here’s how these missions will prep astronauts’ lunar return

The NASA Artemis Program aims to land humans on the Moon soon. But to reach the goal of the Artemis III mission, NASA's first two Moon visits must succeed.

Inverse

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Venus is trapped in a ruinous cycle of volcano events — why is Earth spared?

Volcanoes can kill the planet that hosts them. A new study suggests why Venus — and not Earth — has suffered this fate.

Inverse

Incredible moment NASA Orion craft performs 'departure burn' as its begin home voyage

NASA's Orion craft has completed an impressive 'departure burn' manoeuvre on a livestream as it returns back to Earth from its landmark journey around the Moon

Daily Mirror

The world finally has its first 'parastronaut'. Can we expect anyone to be able to go to space one day?

The European Space Agency made history last week with the announcement of the first “parastronaut”, 41-year-old UK citizen John McFall.

The Conversation

Webb Telescope releases breathtaking new image of the “Pillars of Creation”

Data from two instruments onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are revealing the famous "Pillars of Creation" in a new way.

Inverse

The Loop: Ukrainian children's choir's viral performance, NASA spacecraft returning to Earth, and Trump’s special master axed by court

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

ABC News

A space rock harbors unknown minerals

They're called "elaliite" and "elkinstantonite," and geologists have never seen them form naturally on Earth

Salon

NASA releases “extraordinary” Webb Telescope images of Saturn's most intriguing moon

The images show clouds in the atmosphere of Titan, a moon with a substantial atmosphere and lakes of hydrocarbons.

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Evening Standard

The best Space photos of all time, from Aldrin’s historic first steps to galaxies billion of years old

Scientists have captured insights into our universe with the world’s most powerful telescopes. Here are some of the most groundbreaking images

Daily Mirror

Black hole pointing at Earth sending blasts of energy straight at us after EATING star

Astronomers believe the light has been travelling for billions of years and comes from a star that was swallowed up by a black hole sending huge bright rays towards Earth

The New Daily

An enormous and bright communications satellite is genuinely alarming astronomers

For now, satellites crossing the night sky are largely a curiosity. But with the advent of satellite constellations this could change.

Wales Online

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet-beaming satellites to be used in UK trials

The new technology will be put to the test at three remote locations in the Lake District and Snowdonia National Park

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The Conversation

BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers

The night sky is a shared wilderness. On a dark night, away from the city lights, you can see the stars in the same way as your ancestors did centuries ago. You can see the Milky Way and the constellations associated with stories of mythical hunters, sisters and journeys.

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s satellites to be part of UK trial to get internet to remote areas

The Starlink technology uses more than 3,000 low Earth small orbit satellites to beam broadband signals

The Conversation

Astronomers witness the dying flare of a star torn apart by a black hole halfway across the Universe

Some stars just get unlucky. There are billions of stars within a typical galaxy. Yet once every 100,000 years or so, one of those stars will wander too close to the supermassive black hole lurking at the galaxy’s centre and be torn apart. These cosmic behemoths weigh in at millions…

Inverse

Astronomers capture a rare black hole phenomena billions of light years away

The tidal disruption event ripped apart the star so a black hole could feast.

Daily Mirror

Two never-before-seen minerals found inside giant meteorite that fell to Earth from space

Scientists at the University of Alberta have uncovered two new "interesting" elements in a 3,000lb meteorite that crashed in Somalia in 2020 - as a third mineral is currently being analysed

The Times of India

India's latest earth observation satellite starts serving images

BENGALURU: The Earth Observation Satellite-06 launched by the Indian space research organisation (Isro) on November 26 has started serving images, the national space agency said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

NASA cancels greenhouse gas monitoring satellite due to cost

NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated

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