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‘Surprise’ asteroid photo-bombs NASA scientists

An asteroid has given astronomers quite a surprise after seeming to photo-bomb NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

The New Daily · Feb 6, 2023

More lunar missions means more space junk around the Moon – two astronomers are building a catalog to track the trash

Scientists and government agencies have been worried about the space junk surrounding Earth for decades. But humanity’s starry ambitions are farther reaching than the space just around Earth. Ever since the 1960s with the launch of the Apollo program and the emergence of the space race between the U.S. and…

The Conversation · Feb 6, 2023

ChatGPT bot channels history to pen State of Union speech

A president's State of the Union address has a predictable formula

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

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The stratospheric rise of Elon Musk’s SpaceX's masks growing turbulence for space startups: 'We’re going to see some of that get wiped out'

As Musk's SpaceX soars to new heights this year, space startups may struggle to keep the lights on.

Fortune · Feb 4, 2023

Cornwall space launch: why launching rockets from UK soil can benefit industry and security

Having the capability to launch satellites from UK soil has been a long time coming. The recent attempted launch from Cornwall did not succeed, despite high hopes.

The Conversation · Feb 3, 2023

Why do black holes twinkle? We studied 5,000 star-eating behemoths to find out

Black holes are bizarre things, even by the standards of astronomers. Their mass is so great, it bends space around them so tightly that nothing can escape, even light itself.

The Conversation · Feb 2, 2023

Exclusive: NASA Explains How the Voyager Missions Could Live Until 2035

Saving a few Watts of power here and there could buy the spacecraft a little more time to tell us about interstellar space.

Inverse · Feb 2, 2023

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We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned

Computers traditionally excel at rocketry, so why do new artificial intelligence programs get it wrong?

WEKU · Feb 2, 2023

The once-in-a-lifetime green comet threatens FOMO sufferers everywhere

For one night only! Meet C/2022 E3 (her friends call her the green comet for short).

WEKU · Feb 1, 2023

Vanadium redox flow batteries can provide cheap, large-scale grid energy storage. Here's how they work

A type of battery invented by an Australian professor in the 1980s is being touted as the next big technology for grid energy storage. Here's how it works.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023

65 Years Ago, the First American Satellite Radically Reshaped the Space Race

Explorer 1 marked the entry of science into what had been a military affair.

Inverse · Feb 1, 2023

These old asteroids are indestructible

A new study of rubble pile asteroids means we may have to rethink planetary defense strategies

Salon · Feb 1, 2023

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…

France 24 · Feb 1, 2023

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 · Feb 1, 2023

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Wales Online · Feb 1, 2023

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

WEKU · Feb 1, 2023

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.

Orlando Sentinel · Feb 1, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023

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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Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 1, 2023

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.

Inverse · Jan 31, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Jan 31, 2023

The final Boeing 747: Farewell, Queen of the Skies

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

The Conversation · Jan 31, 2023

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 · Jan 31, 2023

'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.

Daily Mirror · Jan 30, 2023

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

Space · Jan 30, 2023

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.

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