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American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut stay united by common goal
Despite ongoing tensions between their countries, American astronaut Stephen Bowen and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev stay united in their space mission. Fedyaev said he hopes the crew on the International Space Station can inspire people on Earth to live the same way.
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UAE lunar rover will test 1st artificial intelligence on the moon with Canada
A Canadian company is testing technology on the Rashid rover that will help machines tell minerals apart.
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Spectacular Images of the Rare 'Green Comet' Gracing Our Skies
A rare ‘green’ comet is passing through our Solar System and astrophotographers have been out capturing photos. While this comet, named C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is not yet visible yet to the naked eye, it could be when it makes its closest approach to Earth on February 1, but you’ll likely need to be in a … Continue reading "Spectacular Images of the Rare ‘Green Comet’ Gracing Our Skies"
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Asteroid 2023 BU about to pass Earth in one of closest ever encounters
No danger, says Nasa, from delivery truck-sized asteroid that was discovered on Saturday and will pass lower than communication satellites
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers coldest interstellar ice ever seen
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discover a rich catalog of frigid interstellar ice in the depths of a dark, dense molecular cloud.
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NASA and DARPA will build a nuclear rocket by 2027
The agency wants the technology for use in crewed missions to Mars.
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It’s Not Sci-Fi—NASA Is Funding These Mind-Blowing Projects
The space agency gave money to researchers working on liquid telescope mirrors, a lunar oxygen pipeline, and Martian building blocks made of fungi.
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Scientists offer a new explanation for a mystery surrounding Jupiter's two massive asteroid swarms
An international team of scientists, including NYU Abu Dhabi researcher Nikolaos Georgakarakos and others from the U.S., Japan, and China, led by Jian Li from Nanjing University, has developed new insights that may explain the numerical asymmetry of the L4 and L5 Jupiter Trojan swarms, two clusters containing more than 10,000 asteroids that move along Jupiter's orbital path around the sun.
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NASA nuclear propulsion concept could reach Mars in just 45 days
NASA selected a nuclear propulsion concept for Phase I development as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program for 2023. The Nuclear Thermal and Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NTP/NEP) concept is a new class of bimodal nuclear propulsion system that uses a "wave rotor topping cycle," as per a NASA blog post.
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It looks like NASA will finally have an astronaut live in space for a full year
NASA has had a series of "almost" a year missions.
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Mars helicopter keeps on flying as it approaches anniversary
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has been on Mars for almost two years and the high-tech contraption is still in good enough shape to get airborne.
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SpaceX signs agreement with US National Science Foundation to prevent Starlink's interference with astronomy
SpaceX signed a new agreement with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to prevent Starlink satellites from interfering with astronomy. SpaceX has long been criticized by astronomers for the brightness of its Starlink satellites. Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, said in 2019 that SpaceX would ensure that Starlink has no material effect on discoveries in astronomy. “We care a great deal about science,” he said in a tweet.
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2022 was a record year for space launches
180 rockets lifted off successfully, with SpaceX driving the pace.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovers furthest galaxy
The galaxy discovered by the James Webb existed only 325 million years after the Big Bang, say NASA scientists.
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope has been used to confirm the existence of an exoplanet for the first time. The space observatory also spied a dusty debris disk around a nearby star and a star-forming region in a neighboring galaxy.
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NASA’s return to the moon is off to a rocky start
Artemis aims to deliver astronauts back to the lunar surface by 2025, but it’s riding on an old congressional pet project.
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NASA Releases Hubble Images of Star Right as It Explodes
The Hubble Space Telescope captured three magnificent stages of a star right as it exploded — but it's gone unnoticed until now.
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NASA's Voyager probes are slowly powering down. Here are 18 groundbreaking photos from their 45-year mission.
Voyager 1 and 2 broke ground with amazing pictures. As their scientific lifespan nears its end, here are 18 pictures the probes took.
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‘We’re in a space race’: Nasa sounds alarm at Chinese designs on moon
Administrator Bill Nelson says Beijing could seek ‘own’ resource-rich areas and next two years could be key to US-China contest
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Wild space 'ferry' concept uses paragliders to return satellites and science to Earth
Outpost recently tested a stratospheric paraglider to return space tech ahead of orbital ventures for NASA and other companies later in the 2020s.
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