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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 28 May 2022

Your newsfeed is likely fuller than a centipede’s sock drawer with monkeypox case numbers and statistics. Should it be? Let’s do our best to answer some basic questions.

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

'Potentially hazardous' asteroid speeds past Earth

The space rock sporting the catchy moniker "asteroid 7335 (1989 JA)" will be visible with conventional telescopes on Friday from 13h00 GMT – at a safe distance of 4 million kilometres.

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Play it cool: This company is building a cryogenic gas station in space

ETA Space is trying to solve one of the biggest problems with space travel. It might just have a solution.

Inverse

NASA's CAPSTONE mission will send a CubeSat on a gnarly orbit around the Moon

A small spacecraft will wade the gravitational tides between Earth and the Moon.

Inverse

NASA Satellite Captures Images Of ‘Sharkcano’ Eruption

Recently launched space vehicle over the southwest Pacific Ocean caught a sensational view of an active underwater volcano.

Zenger

Boeing’s Starliner lands in the desert — and brings NASA one step closer to a key strategic goal

Starliner’s path to success has been turbulent.

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Our Mars rover mission was suspended because of the Ukraine war – here's what we're hoping for next

Just a few months ago, we were confidently expecting to launch our rover, Rosalind Franklin, to Mars in September as part of the ExoMars mission, a collaboration between Europe and Russia. The landing was planned for June 2023. Everything was ready: the rover, the operations team and the eager scientists.

The Conversation

Sharkcano: NASA captures moment underwater volcano home to mutant sharks erupts

The submarine volcano is home to two species of shark that have adapted to the life in the crater

Evening Standard

Daily Quiz | On space and space programs

On May 25, 1961, then U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending an American to the Moon before the end of the decade. Kennedy’s goal was accomplished on the Apollo 11 mission when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface. Here is a…

The Hindu

Boeing’s Starliner back on Earth to complete redo of test flight to space station

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA’s astronauts could soon officially have a new ride to the International Space Station as the Boeing CST-100 Starliner finally completed its long-delayed reflight of its uncrewed test mission arriving back on Earth on Wednesday.

Orlando Sentinel

The NHL will finally have its first Black general manager

The San Jose Sharks’s hiring of Mike Grier makes the league the last to hire a Black GM among the four major North American pro sports.

Mic

Boeing capsule lands back on Earth after space shakedown

Boeing's astronaut taxi has returned to Earth from the International Space Station, completing a repeat test flight with a mannequin on board

The Independent UK

Massive underwater volcano home to 'mutant sharks' erupts in depths of Pacific Ocean

The Kavachi volcano, also known as Sharkano, erupted deep beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean where some sharks are able to survive the harsh conditions

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Inverse

Behold! A “cosmic cataclysm” reveals a strange sight in the Milky Way’s satellite galaxy

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about a cosmic cataclysm, an anniversary for the U.S. and U.S.S.R. in space, and why we're all so obsessed with UFOs.

The Conversation

What the Voyager space probes can teach humanity about immortality and legacy as they sail through space for trillions of years

Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is now almost 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth in interstellar space. Both Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, carry little pieces of humanity in the form of their…

The Conversation

A 'doorway' on Mars? How we see things in space that aren't there

Enthusiasts lit up social media recently with images of what appeared to be a “doorway” into a hillside on Mars. Was it, some wondered, evidence that the red planet could be, or have been, inhabited by aliens? The “door” was imaged by Nasa’s Curiosity rover on May 7 on the…

Reuters

Boeing Starliner capsule returns to Earth, capping key uncrewed test mission

Boeing Co's BA.N Starliner astronaut capsule returned from the International Space Station and landed in New Mexico on Wednesday, capping a high-stakes test flight as NASA's next vehicle for carrying humans to orbit.

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Manchester Evening News

Mammoth mile-long asteroid to make 'close approach' to Earth this week, NASA says

It will be the largest potentially hazardous asteroid NASA has kept an eye on this year

Inverse

What your cat is really trying to tell you if they pee everywhere

In today's edition of Inverse Daily read about why your cat peeing is a complex communication signal, an anniversary for SpaceX, and a potential new mental-health diagnosis.

Inverse

50 years ago, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. joined forces to ensure astronauts could survive in space

In 1972, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. signed a landmark agreement that led to the first international space mission — a test to ensure one superpower could help the other's astronauts out in space.

Inverse

NASA plans to launch an unexpected organism to space to study cosmic radiation

A new experiment that is set to accompany the Artemis 1 mission will analyze how brewer's yeast fares against cosmic radiation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scientists Develop 'Space Bricks' for Construction on Mars

In collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed a sustainable method for making bricks out of Martian soil, using bacteria and urea.

Daily Record

NASA says biggest asteroid of the year is three days away from Earth flyby

The giant asteroid measures a colossal 1.1 miles in diameter - that's bigger than the Empire State Building.

Daily Mirror

Asteroid four times bigger than Empire State Building to make Earth ‘close approach’

Nasa say the colossal rock is a staggering 1.1 miles wide and as tall as 1,000 people stacked on top of each other with the asteroid expected to fly at 3.26pm UK time

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