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Mars astronauts could make rocket fuel on the Red Planet someday. Here's how

Because oxygen takes up valuable weight aboard spacecraft, space mission planners are interested in the idea of creating oxygen right there on Mars with raw Martian materials.

Space

Elon Musk: The Unofficial Power Behind US Government Decisions?

The government is battling to limit Musk's influence and decision-making across various industries.

Zenger

What next for ISRO after Chandrayaan-3 mission?

ISRO has a packed schedule following the Chandrayaan-3 Lander landing, incl. Aditya-L1, INSAT-3DS, test vehicle mission for Gaganyaan, NISAR & two unmanned crew module missions. Aditya-L1 to study Sun, INSAT-3DS for climate observation, NISAR for mapping Earth's ecosystems & Gaganyaan to demonstrate human space flight.

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New X-ray telescope to be launched

Meet XRISM, the telescope collaboration between JAXA and NASA that could reveal the universe's secrets

Salon

SpaceX, NASA declare Crew-7 astronaut mission 'go' for launch

SpaceX and NASA have cleared the company's Crew-7 astronaut mission to the ISS for launch. Liftoff is scheduled for 3:49 a.m. EDT (0749 GMT) on Friday (Aug. 25).

Space

Why do some stars fail to ignite?

Also known as "failed stars," brown dwarfs are celestial bodies that sit on the boundary between gas giant planets and tiny stars.

LiveScience

Perseverance Mars rover spies big sunspot rotating toward Earth (photos)

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured photos of a big sunspot, which should rotate into view for those of us on Earth in the coming days.

Space

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James Webb Space Telescope offers a mesmerizing look at the Ring Nebula (photos)

The James Webb Space Telescope strikes again, this time with a beautiful new view of a famous planetary nebula. But don't be fooled — none of this has anything to do with planets.

Space

Alarming airline close calls are happening with increasing frequency, report reveals

The chilling report comes shortly after a private jet came nearly collided with a Southwest Airlines plane in San Diego

The Independent UK

SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of Aug. 25 launch (photos, video)

Four astronauts from four different countries arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 20 ahead of their expected launch from Florida Aug. 25.

Space

New 'potentially interstellar' comet will be visible to the naked eye next month before leaving our solar system forever

Comet Nishimura has a hyperbolic orbit, which suggests that it may have come from outside the solar system and will likely be catapulted into interstellar space after slingshotting around the sun.

LiveScience

Starfield needs to accept it's better space opera than hard sci-fi

Starfield’s ambitious cassette futurist aesthetic screams realism, but too great an emphasis on accuracy could hold Bethesda’s upcoming open-world RPG back.

TechRadar

SpaceX rolls rocket to pad ahead of Crew-7 astronaut launch (photos)

SpaceX has rolled its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule to the launch pad ahead of the planned Friday (Aug. 25) liftoff of the Crew-7 astronaut mission for NASA.

Space

Russia's Luna-25 lander just crash-landed on the moon, space agency confirms

Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in 47 years, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes.

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The Conversation

Geoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix, but without more research and guardrails, it's a costly gamble − with potentially harmful results

When soaring temperatures, extreme weather and catastrophic wildfires hit the headlines, people start asking for quick fixes to climate change. The U.S. government just announced the first awards from a US$3.5 billion fund for projects that promise to pull carbon dioxide out of the air. Policymakers are also exploring more…

The Guardian - UK

The big idea: should we colonise other planets?

Is Elon Musk’s vision for the future a libertarian fantasy or scientific imperative?

The Hindu

Explained | What the fate of Luna 25 means for Russia

Luna 25 failed in its mission to soft-land near the moon’s south pole, due to a technical glitch. The mission was part of Russia's attempt to demonstrate its economy's resilience and to ensure access to the moon's surface. Despite speculation, the mission was not in a race with Chandrayaan 3.…

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Chandrayaan-3 | How NASA, ESA will support ISRO during the Moon landing on August 23

NASA and the European Space Agency have been supporting ISRO to monitor the Chandrayaan-3’s health since its launch on July 14, 2023

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Which house plants reduce stress? These 8 will relieve anxiety and help you relax, say experts

From snooze-inducing scents to air-purifying properties, get on board with these beauties to promote rest and improve slumber

Space

Russia says its Luna-25 lunar lander has crashed into the moon

Luna-25, which Russia had hoped would land at the south pole of the moon, crashed into the moon on Aug. 19 after an orbital maneuver went wrong.

Space

NASA flew a modified U-2 spy plane into thunderstorms to study super-energetic gamma-rays

Researchers flew NASA's ER-2 aircraft as close to thunderclouds as safely possible and captured 'the most detailed' data of gamma-rays and thunderclouds ever recorded through airborne analysis.

Space

How many potentially dangerous asteroids narrowly miss Earth each year?

Last year Earth had more than 100 close encounters with large asteroids. What are the odds of a direct hit in the near future?

LiveScience

Space photo of the week: A cosmic 'ghost' peers through the universe's past

Imaged beautifully by Hubble, NGC 6684 is a 'lenticular' galaxy very different to our own Milky Way.

Space

Russia's Luna-25 moon lander prepares for historic touchdown

Russia's Luna-25 moon lander may arrive on the moon as soon as Aug. 21. The mission aims to carry the baton from a previous series of Soviet landers, at the moon's south pole.

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