November 4, 2024, 08:45 AM - 7 min read
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently recruited John McFall, who lost his right leg aged 19, as the world’s first disabled astronaut.
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October 18, 2024, 08:02 AM - 9 min read
The biggest new telescopes are being built in the mountains of Chile. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will house a mirror the size of four tennis courts, under a huge dome in the Atacama desert.
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October 11, 2024, 08:50 AM - 5 min read
India's AstroSat and NASA's space observatories have recorded intense explosions from the remnants of a star around a massive black hole.
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October 8, 2024, 01:37 PM - 6 min read
NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035. The trip will take about six to seven months each way and will cover up to 250 million miles (402 million kilometres) each way.
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September 30, 2024, 11:11 AM - 6 min read
Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the impact these instruments are having on space exploration is gigantic. CubeSats – miniature, agile and cheap satellites – are revolutionising how scientists study the cosmos.
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September 22, 2024, 10:19 PM - 2 min read
As per NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2020 GE and 2024 RO11 are set to pass by Earth on September 24.
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September 9, 2024, 04:15 PM - 2 min read
The asteroid, measuring around 720 feet in diameter—bigger than two cricket pitches—has sparked concern among astronomers due to its size and speed.
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September 7, 2024, 05:56 PM - 3 min read
The uncrewed return of the spacecraft capped a mission that had begun with high hopes but faced significant challenges.
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August 20, 2024, 11:39 AM - 2 min read
It’s now 16 months since Juice launched from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. Its flyby of Earth and the Moon will make Juice the first ever spacecraft to attempt a lunar-Earth gravity assist manoeuvre or Lega.
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August 13, 2024, 04:33 PM - 2 min read
According to findings released on Monday, this water is believed to be located seven to twelve miles (11.5 to 20 kilometres) beneath the Martian crust.
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August 6, 2024, 03:05 PM - 2 min read
Comparable in size to an airplane and travelling at 30,381 km/h, this Apollo asteroid will safely miss Earth by 3.4 million kilometres.
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August 4, 2024, 12:29 PM - 2 min read
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX plan to launch the 21st cargo mission to the ISS on Sunday, using a Cygnus spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. The craft, named S. S. Francis R. ‘Dick’ Scobee, will deliver 8,200 pounds of supplies.
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