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'That Looks As Fake As When NASA Did It': Conspiracy That SpaceX's First Commercial Spacewalk Is A Hoax Goes Viral

Previously, only astronauts from government space agencies had conducted spacewalks to build or upgrade space stations in orbit, repair satellites, and complete science experiments.

International Business Times UK

What is space made of? An astrophysics expert explains all the components – from radiation to dark matter – found in the vacuum of space

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

Astronauts could ditch diapers on spacewalks thanks to new device that let's them drink their pee

A new device may someday soon allow astronauts to drink purified water made from their filtered pee during spacewalks.

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Mysterious 'puffy' planet may finally be explained by James Webb Space Telescope

The exoplanet WASP-107 b is one of the least dense planets ever discovered. New James Webb telescope observations may reveal how the mysterious world got so 'puffy'.

LiveScience

From Skepticism To Possibility: Musk Contemplates Bitcoin For Mars Colony

Musk, initially skeptical, is now reconsidering the use of Bitcoin as a potential currency for Mars colonization, contemplating its feasibility and the challenges of transaction times in space.

International Business Times

Virgin Galactic: What’s it like to go on a sub-orbital space flight?

Here’s everything you need to know about how sub-orbital spaceflights work, what it feels like to go on one, and what your rights are

Evening Standard

Euclid launch: How to watch Nasa’s live coverage of ESA’s ‘dark Universe’ mission

Nasa will stream the Space mission this weekend

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Try fine French wines in a balloon at the edge of Space for £106,000

Booking has opened on flights above Earth in a balloon and it’s the greenist form of Space tourism

Evening Standard

#MeToo in space: We must address the potential for sexual harassment and assault away from Earth

A new dawn of space exploration is upon us. NASA aims to land the first woman and person of colour on the moon by the end of 2025, and send a crew on a year-and-a-half long mission to Mars in the 2030s.

The Conversation

How big was the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs and where did it land?

Nasa confirmed its spacecraft successfully collided with a 170-metre wide asteroid just after midnight today

Evening Standard

NASA is launching the 1st stage of the Artemis mission – here's why humans are going back to the Moon

With weather conditions currently at 80% favourable, NASA is launching the Artemis 1 mission today from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch window opens at 8.33am EDT (10.33pm AEST).

The Conversation

Solar storms are causing satellites to dive from orbit - but what does this mean?

European Space Agency satellites have been falling up to 10 times faster than before. What does this mean?

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Dust Giant: Hubble Finds Planet Almost 12,000 Times Bigger Than Earth Slowly Forming

NASA's Hubble space telescope recorded the new planet, called AB Aurigae b.

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