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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.

Orlando Sentinel

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.

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'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

Daily Mirror

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 Conversation

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

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

The Independent UK

NASA astronaut explains what it's like in space from using the loo to getting 'moon face'

Former helicopter pilot Bruce Melnick has twice visited space on NASA shuttles and now works as an ambassador for the Kennedy Space Centre Visitor Complex in his native Florida

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Phew! Truck-sized Asteroid Misses Earth

A truck-sized asteroid that suddenly loomed out of the darkness a few days ago -- with the Earth in its sights -- sailed harmlessly past us on Thursday, space scientists said. Despite what we've seen in movies like "Armageddon," no global mission to blow it up or knock it off…

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Asteroid 2023 BU just passed a few thousand kilometres from Earth. Here's why that's exciting

There are hundreds of millions of asteroids in our Solar System, which means new asteroids are discovered quite frequently. It also means close encounters between asteroids and Earth are fairly common.

The Conversation

Asteroid 2023 BU scrapes past the Earth in one of the closest approaches ever

A huge asteroid has narrowly passed the Earth tonight, flying past the tip of South America in one of the closest approaches of known near-Earth object on record

Daily Mirror

Lucy mission: NASA goals, mission news, and two Beatles Easter eggs

NASA's Lucy mission will investigate our origins. It will be the first to explore the Trojan asteroids, a large group that share Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.

Inverse

An asteroid will come within 2,200 miles of Earth tonight — here’s why you shouldn’t worry

There are over 31,000 near-Earth asteroids out in space, and many never pose a threat to our planet. Here's why close encounters shouldn't freak you out.

Inverse

NASA just directed its Lucy mission to target a skyscraper-sized asteroid

On Wednesday, NASA announced a new asteroid target for its Lucy mission. This brings the spacecraft's total asteroid tally up to nine.

Inverse

NASA commemorates those lost in 3 tragedies on Day of Remembrance

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — It has been nearly 20 years since the seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia didn’t make it home, and NASA leaders gathered Thursday to commemorate their lives as well as those from Space Shuttle Challenger and Apollo 1 on the Day of Remembrance.

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NASA marks 20 years since space shuttle Columbia disaster

NASA is marking the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts

Daily Mirror

Asteroid 2023 BU to scrape past Earth in 'extraordinarily close' encounter - how to watch

The 26ft asteroid will pass as close to Earth as the distance from London to Cairo and 10 times closer than satellites - and will be visible from our skies tonight

Al Jazeera

Asteroid will miss Earth in one of closest approaches ever: NASA

Scientists say a truck-sized asteroid is expected to pass Earth on Thursday, within the orbit of broadcast satellites.

Newsroom.co.nz

Kiwi tech success story becomes the face of Chris Hipkins' workforce crisis

Never mind the chief executives and TV cameras in the CBD – it was a small business grouping in west Auckland that had the new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister as a captive audience, to talk through the challenges for struggling employers. Jonathan Milne reports.

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A recently discovered asteroid had 'a very close encounter' with Earth

There was no reason for alarm, as a NASA engineer called it "one of the closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded." It was only 2,200 miles above the Earth's surface.

Newsroom.co.nz

Clean car crowing ignores stark reality

Kiwis are still buying oodles of new gas guzzlers, David Williams writes

The National (Scotland)

Asteroid predicted to make one of the closest approaches to Earth ever TONIGHT

NASA has revealed that a passing asteroid could be among the closest ever recorded near Earth as 2023 BU makes its approach tonight.

Radio France Internationale

Truck-sized asteroid to zoom past Earth in nearest-ever cosmic miss

The US space agency Nasa says we have nothing to worry about. The cosmic rock is nine metres wide and weighs as much as a shipping container – and it's going to miss the southern tip of South America by at least 3,600 kilometres.

Wales Online

Asteroid size of minibus to pass as close as UK is to Crete at 33,300mph tonight

The huge rock heading for Earth was spotted last weekend

Fortune

Boeing’s chief sustainability officer: ‘We can’t count on hydrogen-powered commercial flights before 2050’

The world's airplane fleet can't just switch overnight to hydrogen to achieve net zero, says Christopher Raymond, Boeing's chief sustainability officer.

Daily Record

Asteroid the size of a bus to pass Earth in one of the 'closest encounters' ever

The giant rock will shoot a couple of thousand miles over the tip of South America tonight - 10 times closer than the satellites circling overhead.

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