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Asteroid travelling 33,300mph set to miss Earth narrowly

You can watch the event on a livestream on Friday, January 27

Wales Online · Jan 24, 2023

Our Solar System is filled with asteroids that are particularly hard to destroy, new study finds

A vast amount of rocks and other material are hurtling around our Solar System as asteroids and comets. If one of these came towards us, could we successfully prevent the collision between an asteroid and Earth?

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2023

The food systems that will feed Mars are set to transform food on Earth

Could we feed a city on Mars? This question is central to the future of space exploration and has serious repercussions on Earth too. To date, a lot of thought has gone into how astronauts eat; however, we are only beginning to produce food in space.

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2023

NASA and Boeing join forces to develop ‘airliner of the future’

NASA will work with Boeing on the project, which seeks to build, test and fly an emission-reducing single-aisle aircraft this decade.

The New Daily · Jan 22, 2023

Buzz Aldrin gets married on 93rd birthday, oldest of remaining moonwalkers

Buzz spent 93 minutes walking on the surface of the moon, and has now traveled 93 times around the sun.

Orlando Sentinel · Jan 21, 2023

Nuclear-powered robots could hunt for aliens on icy Solar System moons

In the coming years, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will send two robotic missions to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

Inverse · Jan 21, 2023

Buzz Aldrin gets married at 93 to his longtime love

The retired astronaut, who was the second person to walk on the moon, announced his marriage to Anca Faur.

WEKU · Jan 21, 2023

Piece of Gemini history returns to Cape Canaveral after nearly 60 years

ORLANDO, Fla. — While SpaceX launches and recovers its rocket boosters on a regular basis, it has taken nearly 60 years for NASA’s first-ever rocket stage to be recovered to make its way back to Florida.

Orlando Sentinel · Jan 20, 2023

Nasa sees California flood water rushing to the ocean from space

Nasa observatory says recent weeks have been “one of the wettest periods in the Bay Area in 160 years”

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk

The first Native American woman in space has ventured out on her first spacewalk

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023