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Moon goes blood red this weekend: 'Eclipse for the Americas'

A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America

The Independent UK

Once a year, we get closer to NASA's Voyagers — here's why

They aren't going backward — we're just going forward. Our orbit to the Sun makes us closer to our large adult sons.

Inverse

We’re growing plants in moon dirt now

Scientists took soil first collected during the Apollo moon missions and managed to get plants to sprout.

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Rare spectacular blood moon total lunar eclipse seen this weekend

Full 'Flower Moon' coincides with a total lunar eclipse

Wales Online

New NASA picture from surface of Mars shows 'doorway' on Red Planet

Image comes as the US Congress prepares to hold an open hearing about UFOs

Wales Online

NASA says asteroid taller than Empire State Building to pass by Earth this weekend

The rock, dubbed a 'Potentially Hazardous Asteroid' by NASA, is whizzing by the planet on Sunday.

Daily Record

21 federal agencies are monitoring Ukraine war's environmental toll

Ukraine requested assistance in creating a "before" and "after" view of its environment.

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Asteroid larger than Empire State building will pass Earth this weekend

NASA has designated the rock, called 388945 (2008 TZ3), a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid because of its relative proximity to Earth

Wales Online

Scientists Capture First-Ever Image Of ‘Unseeable’ Black Hole

Milky Way phenomenon said to be 4 million times bigger than the sun.

Zenger

Scientists successfully grow plants in moon soil for first time

In a boast to future Moon settlements, NASA planted seeds of a diminutive flowering weed called Arabidopsis thaliana in the soil from the moon – samples of which were retrieved during the NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 – has sprouted

The Hindu

Mysterious secret Russian island that’s disappeared from Google Maps

Conspiracy theorists are questioning why a black smudgy mark is being used to censor satellite imagery of a remote icy Arctic enclave that once belonged to the USA

Daily Mirror

Scientists grow plants in moon soil for the first time in long-awaited NASA study

Next ‘real step’ is to grow plants on the surface of the moon, said scientists

Evening Standard

Scientists Successfully Grow Plants in Soil from the Moon

That's one small pot of soil, one giant leap for man's knowledge of space agriculture: scientists have for the first time grown plants in lunar soil brought back by astronauts in the Apollo program. The ground-breaking experiment, detailed in the journal Communications Biology on Thursday, has given researchers hope that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Doorway' spotted on Mars after NASA releases startling new images of red planet

A NASA newly released image taken by its Curiosity Rover appears to show a "doorway" cut into the rockface on Mars leading to plenty of speculation about what may be behind it

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NASA image of Mars 'doorway' sparks massive online debate

Images released by one of NASA's Mars rovers is sparking intense online debate as it appears to show what some people believe to be a doorway cut into the rocky surface of the planet

Inverse

Surprise! Biologists find that plants can grow in Moondust returned by Apollo

Thale cress grew in the soil, but maybe not well. The materials were returned from Apollos 11, 12, and 17, proving we can eventually grow plants on the moon

Daily Record

NASA image of 'doorway' snapped on Mars sparks online debate

Snapped by the Curiosity rover on Sol 3466 (7 May), the grainy image appears to show a cleanly-cut hole in a rockface.

The Independent UK

Scientists grow plants in lunar dirt, next stop moon

Scientists for the first time have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts

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Daily Mirror

Food grown in soil collected from moon could boost space exploration

Scientists have cultivated cress in dirt, or regolith, that had been kept for half a century - since the Apollo missions. It is a first step towards producing food and oxygen on the moon

The Guardian - UK

Cress seeds grown in moon dust raise hopes for lunar crops

Thale cress seeds survived but grew more slowly than those planted in volcanic ash, developing stunted roots

The Independent UK

What does ‘in retrograde’ mean and how will the next one affect your star sign?

Mercury will be in its second retrograde of 2022 from 10 May until 3 June

Orlando Sentinel

Yup, Earth is still there: GOES-18 goes online, sends 1st image of planet

“Hello, world!”

ABC News

What do we know about Sagittarius A*, the monster black hole in the heart of our galaxy?

There's big news on the "event" horizon: For the first time tonight, we'll get a good look at the supermassive black hole in the middle of the Milky Way. But how do we know it's there at all?

Inverse

What these 8 classic sci-fi time machines tell us about how scientists define time

In today's Inverse Daily, read about time machines, a SpaceX splashdown, the Webb Telescope's soon-to-come exoplanet imaging, and more.

The Conversation

Wealthy nations are carving up space and its riches – and leaving other countries behind

Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting, help scientists track environmental degradation and play a huge role in modern military technology.

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