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Asteroid 2024 YR4 'no longer a threat' to Earth, Nasa scientists say

Discovered by Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey, the Big Ben-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is now seen as a negligible threat, with recent data significantly reducing its impact probability to just 0.004%

Evening Standard

Mars was hot then cold then hot again. Could life have really survived there?

Scientists may have figured out how Mars hung onto its surface liquid water in its ancient history via alternating periods of hot and cold. But what would the impact have been on habitability?

Space

NASA astronaut Suni Williams sets new record on 5.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were able to remove a stuck radio communications unit on a record-setting spacewalk on Thursday (Jan. 30).

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FAA Chief Role Remains Vacant Amid Horrific Plane Crash After Elon Musk Pressured Previous Leader to Resign

The leader of the Federal Aviation Administration stepped down from his position mere months after billionaire Elon Musk demanded that he do so, meaning that the FAA is missing a chief in the aftermath of the worst aviation disaster in the US in years.

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Why Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis Mission to the Moon Need Better Boots

Wearing the wrong shoe on Earth can lead to injury. Researchers still need to figure out the physical consequences of spending a long time walking around on the Moon.

Inverse

NASA's Bennu Asteroid Samples Hold Clues To Ancient Water World

NASA's Osiris-Rex mission samples from asteroid Bennu offer insights into life's origins on Earth and beyond.

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How did life's building blocks end up on dwarf planet Ceres?

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to solar system dwarf planet Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

Space

This trippy sci-fi thriller starring Cameron Diaz is totally underrated — the critics got it wrong

Richard Kelly's 'The Box' deserves another look from sci-fi fans and lovers of weird, uncompromising cinema.

Tom’s Guide

Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin U.S. Spacewalk 92 early Jan. 30.

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield reveals 7 out-of-this-world organizing tips from living on the International Space Station – they’ll transform how you tidy your home

Turbocharge how you tidy things for good

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Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world

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'City-killer' asteroid has a 1-in-43 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says

A space rock dubbed 2024 YR4 has a roughly 2.3% chance of smashing into our planet, NASA scientists announced.

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NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes 'blow' on their food to cool it down

Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward them in a cosmic feeding process.

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The Independent UK

Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032

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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means

NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return team has revealed exciting evidence of the precursors of life in the pieces of space rock Bennu.

Space

Trump administration's funding freeze attempt could have stalled $1.2 billion in NASA spending

A memo issued by the Trump administration has frozen $1.2 billion in funding for NASA programs ranging from science to space operations.

Space

Astronaut Hall of Fame to honor Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson in May

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor its 2025 class of inductees, record-setting space travelers Peggy Whitson and Bernard Harris, at a public ceremony in Florida this spring.

The Conversation

New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 million kilometres from Earth.

The Independent UK

Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn

The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer

The Conversation

Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon?

The Artemis program has been Nasa’s best chance to get “boots on the Moon” again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is focused on Mars colonisation, will they end up abandoning or pushing back lunar missions?

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