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Nothing can compare with the feeling of making a direct connection to the cosmos! This is what a telescope can bring.
University engineers in Glasgow are developing an innovative technique based on lasers that could radically change asteroid deflection technology.
A weekly addition of some of the more unusual stories and discoveries in space & astronomy from around the world. Updated daily for those wanting a quick update of current events so keep checking back for all the latest space news. (more…)
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Nearly 50 years ago, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. His boot prints, along with those of Buzz Aldrin, are preserved in the lunar soil on what Aldrin described as the “magnificent desolation.” (more…)
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The first human colonists on Mars will have to forgo many of the creature comforts of Earth. Fortunately, one essential earthly amenity these hardscrabble colonists may not have to give up is wine.
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Well, it's official, NASA's Opportunity Rover is gone. That amazing rover that helped us discover evidence of past water on the surface of Mars hasn't responded to any of NASA's attempts to connect.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked Which of this generation’s biggest tech luminaries and innovators will ultimately be remembered for having the greatest lasting effect on the world? His answer was Elon Musk. (more…)
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Elon Musk says he is "confident" moving to Mars will "one day" cost less than $500,000 and "maybe even" cost below $100,000. The final cost is "very dependent on the volume" of travelers, Musk said.
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Late 2018, NASA’s InSight lander bvecame the eighth space-exploring robot to visit the Red Planet. Its inspired adventurous humans to eventually follow in the footsteps of this spacecraft. (more…)
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The Hawaii-based James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) has discovered a massive explosion, a stellar flare 10 billion times more powerful than the Sun's solar flares. (more…)
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APOLLO 11 - THE UNTOLD STORY Things You Weren't Told About The First Moon Landing In July 1969 two men walked on the Moon. On this the 50th anniversary we present the untold story of what went wrong and what we weren’t told. (more…)
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An academic at Royal Holloway has conducted research to see how people make decisions in space with zero gravity and the results prove this little-known area needs to be addressed. (more…)
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It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it's a wild possibility scientists are actually exploring: how to fit a space station inside an asteroid.Why attempt such a bizarre feat of astro-engineering?
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The Milky Way that surrounds us has long been presumed to be relatively stable and flat. But scientists have accurately mapped the galaxy for the first time, and found a surprise.
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A unique view of the Moon, with its far side facing the camera and an unsettlingly tiny Earth lurking in the background, has been captured by China’s Longjiang-2 satellite.
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British billionaire Richard Branson plans to travel to space within the next four or five months aboard his own Virgin Galactic spaceship, he told reporters on Thursday.
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One of the most cherished science fiction scenarios is using a black hole as a portal to another dimension or time or universe. That fantasy may be closer to reality than previously imagined. (mor
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In 2015, the New Horizons mission made history when it became the first robotic spacecraft to conduct a flyby of Pluto. In 2018, it made history again by being the first spacecraft to encounter a Kuiper Belt Object. (more…)
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When you look up at the stars, what do you think about? That we may be not be alone? The vastness of it all? There's a lot to wonder about space. The fact is we don't know all the answers about it.
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A regular update on the most important news stories in astronomy and space from the best United States and North American news sources. Breaking news, latest discoveries plus the weird and wonderful. Updated regularly (more…)
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A regular update on the most important news stories in astronomy and space from the best European, British and Asian and partners news sources. Breaking news, latest discoveries plus the weird and wonderful. Updated regularly! (more…)
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