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Scientists peer into Martian 'engine room'

Australian National University scientists are scanning Mars to size up the planet's large core and unlock its past, using 'marsquake' data from a NASA lander.

AAP · Oct 27, 2022

Incredible images beamed from space show the sun pulling an uncanny 'smiley face'

People wowed by the 'smiling' sun images compared the star's cheery photos, to the smiling sun from Teletubbies and the smiling biscuit from BN.

Wales Online · Oct 27, 2022

As Artemis I launch nears, more Orions on horizon

The Orion spacecraft could be on its first trip to the moon on the Artemis I mission in less than a month, but teams at Kennedy Space Center continue to prep the next capsules planned for human missions, the first of which could fly in just over 18 months.

Orlando Sentinel · Oct 27, 2022

Gut health in space: How zero gravity could wreak the microbiome

Whether we’ll be healthy enough to travel long distances in space depends on our ability to maintain the health of our gut microbiome.

Inverse · Oct 26, 2022

The International Space Station had to move to dodge space junk

A piece of what used to be a Russian satellite was coming uncomfortably close to the International Space Station. Space junk is a growing problem and has major implications for satellite services.

WEKU · Oct 26, 2022

New NASA instrument detects methane ‘super-emitters’ from space

The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) identified more than 50 methane hotspots around the world.

Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2022

James Webb Space Telescope captures dazzling 'galaxy merger' 270 million light-years away

NASA says the merging galaxies "may well be in the process of forming a supermassive black hole".

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

Look! NASA’s asteroid-bound Lucy mission snaps a stunning photo of a lonely Earth

This spacecraft got a good look at Earth on its way to Jupiter.

Inverse · Oct 25, 2022

How we found microbes rarer than a ticket to the Moon

You are more likely to take a trip to the Moon than to see a microbe called Legendrea loyezae under a microscope. Nasa’s Apollo programme has sent a total of 24 people to the Moon between 1968 and 1972. Only four people (including us) have ever found Legendrea loyezae from…

The Conversation · Oct 25, 2022

NASA announces UFO research group

The scientists will observe unexplained aerial events – and promise to release their findings

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2022