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Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character

Citizen scientists have spotted a truly remarkable planet in a binary system's habitable zone. They gave a Harry Potter-inspired nickname.

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China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)

China continued its run of moon missions today (May 3), launching its bold Chang'e 6 sample-return effort to the lunar far side.

Space

2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)

Newly emerged sunspot fires off X-class and an M-class solar flares in relatively quick succession. Watch the striking video and read about the possible effects here.

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China's 'lobster eye' Einstein telescope releases 1st batch of trippy space images

Flaring stars, black hole outbursts and gamma-rays are just some of the cosmic exotica that Einstein Probe will hunt for.

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Happy National Space Day 2024! Here's how 8 lucky kids can win a trip to Florida's Space Coast

For National Space Day, SpaceKids Global announces a competition to send eight kids to Florida for an adventure at Blue Origin and NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Space

How the XRISM spacecraft can study the X-ray universe with only 36 pixels

It may have fewer pixels than the screen of a 1989 Game Boy, but the Resolve device on the XRISM space telescope will broaden our view of the cosmos.

Space

It's the best time of year to spot Mercury. Here's how to find it.

Mercury is about to reach its "greatest elongation west" of the sun, meaning stargazers will have their best view of the "swift planet" all year. Here's how to see it.

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China Launches First Probe To Collect Samples From Far Side Of Moon

A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan province just before 5:30 pm (0930 GMT), AFP journalists near the site said.

International Business Times

‘We’re in a new era’: the 21st-century space race takes off

As humans enter what has been termed the ‘third space age’, it’s private companies – not governments – leading the charge

The Guardian - UK

China To Launch First Probe To Return Samples From Moon's Far Side

China is set Friday to launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030.

International Business Times

China launches ambitious mission to far side of the moon

The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030

The Guardian - UK

Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler

NASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target Dinkinesh. Scientists named it Selam, and have now learned that Selam is a cosmic toddler.

Space

Astronauts on the moon could stay fit by running in a Wheel of Death

Scientists suggest lunar astronauts can stay fit by running sideways within a Wheel of Death.

Space

Watch ULA assemble Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing Starliner astronaut test flight (video)

United Launch Alliance's new video highlight's how the Atlas V launch vehicle for Boeing's Starliner was stacked and mated to the spacecraft.

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NASA's Hubble Telescope is back in action — but its TESS exoplanet hunter may now be in trouble

Both the Hubble Telescope and TESS exoplanet hunter went into safe mode on April 23. Hubble is back on, but TESS remains off.

Space

NASA selects Rocket Lab for back-to-back climate change research launches

NASA's PREFIRE mission will deploy a pair of satellites from twin launches aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rockets that will contribute to climate change studies in the Arctic and Antarctica.

Space

NASA inspector general finds Orion heat shield issues 'pose significant risks' to Artemis 2 crew safety

NASA's inspector general writes that the Artemis 1 test flight of the Orion spacecraft revealed anomalies that "pose significant risks to the safety of the crew."

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Enormous 'San Andreas fault' on Saturn's moon could help reveal signs of alien life

Huge "tiger stripe" fault lines seen on Saturn's moon Enceladus raise hopes that a "long-lived" ocean containing potential alien life may lurk beneath the moon's icy shell.

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NASA picks 9 companies to develop Mars 'commercial services' ideas

NASA has selected nine companies to develop concepts that could agency science missions to Mars down the road.

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7 best movies about space to celebrate Space Day

Space Day is the first Friday of May. Here are the best space movies to watch

Louder

In the late 1970s NASA asked Peter Gabriel if he'd like to go into space: Then the Shah of Iran was deposed

Peter Gabriel on his favourite films, how his dad invented on-demand TV, and the space adventure that nearly was

Space

SpaceX's Crew-8 astronauts move Dragon at the ISS to make way for Boeing's Starliner

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-8 mission moved their Dragon capsule to a different port at the ISS on Thursday morning (May 2).

LiveScience

Sun's chaotic peak triggers record-breaking 'global auroras' on Mars

Mars has had frequent planet-wide auroras in recent months, including an unprecedented trio of events in February. Experts say the sudden increase is the result of the ongoing solar maximum.

Space

NASA prepares for intense sun storms on Mars during 'solar maximum'

As the sun reaches solar maximum, Mars spacecraft are preparing to study the effects of increased radiation bombardment and how solar storms may impact future crewed missions to the Red Planet.

Space

Sun unleashes near X-class solar flare: M9.5 eruption sparks radio blackouts across the Pacific (video)

Explore the impact of a near X-class solar flare, registering M9.5, as it disrupts radio signals across the Pacific. The eruption was sunspot AR3654's most powerful yet.

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