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Two years after the coup, Myanmar's junta fights opposition with fire

It's been two years since the military junta in Myanmar seized power, ousting the country's democratically elected leaders in a coup d'état. Since February 1, 2021, widespread protests have raged around the country and a fierce opposition movement has formed. But the junta is brutally repressing dissent. One of their…

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Green comet TONIGHT: Best time to see 'awesome' 50,000-year-old comet fly past Earth

The Green Comet' is currently around 26 million miles away, but it will be seen in both northern and southern hemispheres tonight when it will be at its clearest to glimpse before it disappears

Daily Mirror

NASA shows off its fake moon used for lunar mission prep

Agency recreats two major types of lunar surfaces future robots, rovers, and astronauts will experience

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Twenty years after the Columbia disaster, a NASA official reflects on lessons learned

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.

WEKU

Space Coast bustling with 4 crew launches on tap from SpaceX, Boeing

Before summer, 14 more humans could launch from U.S. soil as SpaceX has three missions set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on Crew Dragons while Boeing looks to send its CST-100 Starliner up to the International Space Station for the first time with people on board.

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A NASA orbiter captured a photo of rocks on Mars that resemble a bear. This is known as a phenomenon called 'pareidolia'

Move over Paddington and Winnie the Pooh. Scientists found a formation resembling the face of a grizzly mammal. Here's why humans have a knack for seeing faces in objects.

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Boeing bids farewell to a transportation icon, delivering the last 747 jumbo jet

Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, a transport for NASA’s space shuttles, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft.

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NASA Finds the Culprit Behind a Webb Telescope Malfunction: Powerful Cosmic Rays

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency suspect that a cosmic ray strike is to blame for an anomaly on the James Webb Space Telescope.

Inverse

The final Boeing 747: Farewell, Queen of the Skies

The first and final 747 jumbo jet models both started with a handshake deal.

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X-57: Nasa’s electric plane is preparing to fly – here’s how it advances emissions–free aviation

The experimental airplane X-57, developed by Nasa, is due to fly for the first time this year. It has an impressive 14 propellers along its wings and is powered entirely by electricity. This sounds great considering we have to get off fossil fuels yet our demand for aviation is growing.…

The Conversation

'Blue marble': how half a century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth

In December 1972, Nasa’s final Apollo mission (Apollo 17) took the iconic “Blue Marble” photo of the whole Earth. Many, including science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, had expected that the sight of Earth from afar would instil the belief that mankind’s future lay in space.

The Conversation

NASA sending ship to asteroid worth £8quintillion to better understand Earth's origins

Despite being delayed for a year, NASA is now set to launch the Psyche space programme to an asteroid that is so valuable it's worth about 70,000 times the entire global economy

Daily Mirror

Polaris Dawn: Everything you need to know about the 1st mission of the Polaris Program

Polaris Dawn was the first of three missions of the Polaris Program. The mission flew on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and was commanded by Jared Isaacman.

Space

Mars landforms show a bear in adorable Nasa satellite image

The cute photo is actually composed of craters and possible mud vents that look like a Martian teddy.

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Rocket watchers, take note: Here's a list of 2023 launches from Space Coast

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Space Coast saw a record number of launches from the two facilities with 57 in 2022. Space Launch Delta 45 commander Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said in January that there could be between 86 and 92 potential launches in 2023.

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The 'green comet' passes closest to Earth this week. Here's the best time to see it in Australia

Depending on where you are in the country, and if you have the right kit, there's a possibility you'll be able to catch a glimpse of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF).

Inverse

NASA-funded study to research if bacteria could help form building materials on Mars

Since the 1990s, several architectures have been drafted for crewed missions to Mars, all of which have emphasized the need for keeping launch mass low.

Daily Mirror

Charming UK village is UFO hotspot with 'NASA scientists showing interest'

A charming village in the UK which boasts rows of cottages and local pubs surrounded by beautiful scenery has been described as a 'UFO hotspot' with 'NASA's scientists showing interest'

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A NASA spacecraft discovers a formation on Mars resembling a bear

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped the uncanny photo in December. Eyes are formed by craters. A hill with a "V-shaped collapse structure" resembles a snout.

Orlando Sentinel

Lessons from shuttle Columbia disaster could stave off next tragedy

ORLANDO, Fla. — “Never again” is the phrase echoed among NASA leaders recalling the last major tragedy in the space program that occurred 20 years ago this week, when Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003, never making its way back home to Florida.

Inverse

Physicists demo a sci-fi-inspired laser that mimics a classic UFO trick

A tractor beam is a device that can move an object from a distance and a classic trope of UFO conspiracies and science-fiction. Now, physicists have demoed one at work in the lab.

Inverse

This concept spacecraft could swiftly send a one-ton spaceship to the edge of the Solar System

A new idea proposed by researchers from UCLA envisions a twist on the beam-sail idea: a pellet-beam concept that could accelerate a 1-ton spacecraft to the edge of the Solar System in less than 20 years.

Daily Mirror

'Cutting-edge' laser made by scientists to spot signs of aliens living on other planets

Top scientists in the US have developed a new laser tailored to NASA space missions to detect signs of extraterrestrial life on other planets without compromising activity

The Conversation

Exxon scientists accurately forecast climate change back in the 1970s – what if we had listened to them and acted then?

Writers of speculative- and science-fiction often identify a key point in time and explore how a seemingly insignificant event might change the path of humanity.

The Independent UK

Green comet zooming our way, last visited 50,000 years ago

A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years

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