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Mind-boggling blue swirls have been appearing in the New Zealand sky over the weekend. Locals were utterly confounded by the bizarre sightings, which took place on Sunday, June 19, over Nelson. By 7:30PM, they'd travelled 750km south to Stewart Island. Locals took to Twitter to share snaps of the baffling…
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NASA believes it has found discarded trash millions of miles away on Mars. Yes, if you thought littering was a problem on Earth, it turns out humans are already causing issues on planets we haven't even inhabited yet. New images captured by NASA's Perseverance rover were recently shared on one…
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The enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy has been caught on camera for the first time. Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration unveiled a picture of the object - known as Sagittarius A* - today. Located at the center of our galaxy, the…
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A huge asteroid that is larger than any building on Earth is expected to soar past the planet today. Called 7482 (1994 PC1), the asteroid is more than a kilometer wide at 3,451ft. Its size means it is bigger than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai which, at 2,723ft, is the…
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A priest and other religious experts are helping humanity prepare for the possibility of extraterrestrial life. NASA has called on 24 theologians to help them determine how different religions around the world would react to alien contact. They were hired by the space agency to take part in a year-long…
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A businessman who traveled to space alongside William Shatner and two others last month has tragically died after a small plane crashed in New Jersey. Glen de Vries, 49, had been aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft on October 13, spending more than 10 minutes in space after launch. Per…
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Jeff Bezos has been called out for making a serious social faux pas. On Wednesday, William Shatner — who is best known for playing the seminal role of Captain Kirk in the 1966 Star Trek series — fulfilled a lifelong dream after being blasted into space by Bezos' aerospace company,…
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Jeff Bezos has offered NASA $2 billion in exchange for a moon contract that will allow Blue Origin to land astronauts in space. The Amazon founder, 57, made history when he went to space last week, and now in an open letter to administrator Bill Nelson on July 26, he…
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The Dutch teenager who joined Jeff Bezos on his historic trip to space has revealed he's never actually ordered anything from Amazon. On July 20, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen made history when he traveled to the edge of space alongside Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the billionaire's brother, Mark Bezos, and aviation…
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The billionaire space race feud has taken a new turn as Elon Musk has laughed at a meme mocking Jeff Bezos' space flight. Twitter was left in hysterics when the Tesla founder replied to a question about the Tesla FSD Beta on Saturday, July 17, by tweeting: "Roughly". He was…
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An 18-year old physics student has secured a highly coveted seat on a flight to space with Jeff Bezos after a $28 million auction winner pulled out of the trip at the 11th hour. Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin is running the historic flight on Tuesday, July 20, and less…
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The Simpsons is well known for its uncanny ability to predict the future in the plots of its past episodes. But now fans of the hit Fox animated sitcom have discovered that the show seemingly managed to foretell Virgin founder Richard Branson's recent foray into space. The scene in question…
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Elon Musk has bought a ticket for a spaceflight on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, per The Sunday Times. On Sunday, Branson became the first of the trio of renowned billionaire tech company founders - including Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos - to take of on a flight to space.…
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Richard Branson has returned to Earth after successfully being taken to the edge of space in his own Virgin Galactic rocket. Per BBC News, the billionaire made history on Sunday, July 11, after reaching the edge of space high above New Mexico in a craft that his company has been…
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A petition calling for Jeff Bezos to be blocked from returning to Earth following his trip to space now boasts over 150,000 signatures. The 57-year-old Amazon founder is set to join the crew of his Blue Origin rocket, the New Shepard, when it launches into sub-orbital space in a mission…
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An 82-year-old woman who was denied astronaut training is being taken into space later this month by Jeff Bezos. Wally Funk will also make history when she travels onboard the New Shepard - a sub-orbital spacecraft developed by Bezos’ company Blue Origin - by becoming the oldest person to ever…
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The last supermoon of 2021, the so-called "Strawberry Moon", is set to light up the sky on Thursday, June 24. According to Metro, the waxing moon will appear larger and brighter than normal; first appearing in the early morning of Wednesday, June 23. It will then remain in the sky…
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Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for Jeff Bezos to be denied re-entry to Earth after he embarks on his upcoming journey into space. The 57-year-old billionaire is due to join the crew of Blue Origin's rocket, the so-called New Shepard, when it launches into sub-orbital space in…
