NASA Mars lander InSight falls silent after 4 years It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA's InSight lander on Mars The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022
We Can Make It To Mars Without NASA "We can—and should—develop space without government help," says Reason Foundation's Robert W. Poole. Reason · Dec 20, 2022
36-year-study finds weird weather cycles on Jupiter Jupiter doesn't have seasons, but it does have regular warm and cool cycles, according to 36 years of data from Voyager, Cassini, and ground-based telescopes. Inverse · Dec 20, 2022
NASA launches mission to survey Earth's water with help from Cornish company The spacecraft will provide insights into how oceans influence climate change and how a warming world affects lakes and rivers Birmingham Post · Dec 20, 2022
'This may be the last image I can send': NASA's InSight Mars lander posts emotional farewell InSight's four-year mission is winding down as Martian dust covers the lander's solar panels, draining its power. ABC News · Dec 20, 2022
Afternoon Update: Rudd appointed envoy to the US; neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell faces jail time; and last-minute Christmas gift guide Former PM Kevin Rudd’s appointment to ambassador could become awkward if Trump returns to power The Guardian - AU · Dec 20, 2022
‘My power’s really low’: Nasa’s Insight Mars lander prepares to sign off from the Red Planet Robot says it might be sending its last message from Mars as dust chokes out its power supply The Guardian - AU · Dec 20, 2022
What we know about Elon Musk’s week and what’s in store for Twitter After being spotted relaxed at the World Cup with Jared Kushner, the Tesla CEO lost an online poll on whether he should stay on as Twitter boss The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022
Russia may expedite launch of next space capsule after leak Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos says a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station doesn’t require evacuation of the crew The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022
The 10 biggest science stories of 2022 – chosen by scientists From moon missions to fast-charging batteries and AI-sourced antibiotics, in no particular order, the year’s significant scientific developments The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022
45 years ago, an underrated sci-fi movie accidentally fueled a real-life conspiracy theory 'Capricorn One' isn't a horrible movie. Too bad some people took it seriously. Here's why the movie is worth your time 45 years later. Or is it 44 years? Inverse · Dec 17, 2022
Listen as Mars dust storm engulfs the Nasa Perseverance rover in eerie recording An eerie recording has been released of a towering dust storm on Mars engulfing the Nasa Perseverance rover, revealing brand new information about the dust on the Red Planet Daily Mirror · Dec 17, 2022
NASA Launches New Mission To Survey Earth's Water This information will provide insights into how the ocean influences climate change; how a warming world affects lakes, rivers, and reservoirs; and how communities can better prepare for disasters, such as floods, said NASA. Read on for details: Dynamite News · Dec 17, 2022
US-France satellite to map world’s oceans, rivers, lakes The satellite will help track the impacts of rising sea levels, droughts and erosion brought on by climate change. Al Jazeera · Dec 16, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022 Satellite launched to map the world's oceans, lakes, rivers A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's surface water has rocketed into orbit
Inverse · Dec 16, 2022 50 years ago, NASA’s final Apollo mission left the Moon — are we ready to return? Politics brought the lunar program to an end. Can the Artemis mission pick up where Apollo 17 left off?
Reuters · Dec 16, 2022 SpaceX rocket sends first global water survey mission into orbit A SpaceX rocket blasted off early on Friday carrying a U.S.-French satellite designed to conduct an unprecedented global survey of Earth's surface waters, a mission expected to shed new light on the mechanics and consequences of climate change.
Radio France Internationale · Dec 16, 2022 Franco-US satellite to deliver unprecedented look at Earth's water A Franco-US satellite is due for launch on Friday for a landmark scientific mission to survey nearly all water on Earth's surface to help scientists investigate its impact on climate.
Daily Mirror · Dec 16, 2022 Seven planet solar system in 'habitable range' viewed by James Webb telescope NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has viewed a system of seven planets that orbit the TRAPPIST-1 planet which are 39 light years from Earth and could be habitable
ABC News · Dec 16, 2022 Two possible 'water world' exoplanets discovered by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer telescopes Two planets outside the Solar System could feature Earth-like oceans, researchers say, though they may not be like anything humans are used to.
Reuters · Dec 15, 2022 Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak - official A coolant leak lasting for at least three hours Wednesday night aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule docked to the International Space Station could have been caused by a tiny meteoroid strike, a senior Russian space official said Thursday.
Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022 Stanford fields new questions about internship program named for Nazi war criminal New attention shined on a decades old program at Stanford University this week, when a political writer raised questions about an internship named for a long-dead industrialist who used slave labor to support the Nazi regime and was convicted of war crimes.
Inverse · Dec 15, 2022 NASA and Russia finally cement a plan to retrieve stranded astronauts on the ISS A crew capsule in space sprung a sizeable leak last month. NASA and Roscosmos assessed the cause and have found the capsule is now unsafe for passengers.
The Conversation · Dec 15, 2022 How the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a surprisingly bright, complex and element-filled early universe – Podcast If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans everywhere, the world has one – the James Webb Space Telescope.
The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022 Russian space capsule leak likely caused by micrometeorite A Russian space official says a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station was likely caused by a micrometeorite strike