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Jeff Bezos is going to fly into space on the first crewed flight of the New Shephard rocket. Per CNN Business, the 57-year-old Amazon founder announced that he will be part of the crew of the maiden voyage of the spacecraft made by his company Bue Origin, along with his…
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NASA will be sending two missions to Venus for the first time in more than three decades. The space agency announced on Wednesday, June 2, that two $500 million missions will be launched within the next 10 years. Administrator Bill Nelson said the missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, will journey to…
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The Blood Orange supermoon on May 26 is going to be the most spectacular full moon in years. It will appear as part of a total eclipse, which occurs when the sun, earth, and moon come together in the sky to completely cover the light of the moon. The orange…
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Remnants from the Chinese rocket that had started to hurtle back towards Earth have landed in the Indian Ocean. Per BBC News, China's space agency confirmed that debris from the 18-ton rocket had landed just west of the Maldives on Sunday, May 9, following speculation about where on Earth it…
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Debris from a Chinese rocket is due to crash down to Earth sometime this weekend - but nobody knows where or when. According to Time magazine, a portion of the Chinese Space Program's largest rocket, the so-called Long March 5B, is tumbling out of control in orbit after launching a…
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April's Pink Supermoon lit up the night's sky last night - with photographers around the globe capturing some breathtaking shots. In the US, perhaps the most iconic shot was captured in New York City, as photographer John Angelillo captured the supermoon creating a celestial halo around the iconic Statue of…
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NASA's Perseverance rover has managed to create oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time. According to an official statement posted on the website of the space agency, the six-wheeled robot used a special device called "MOXIE" - which stands for: "Mars Oxygen In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment." This…
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Footage of a historic piece of fabric being installed by NASA's Ingenuity helicopter engineers has been shared. Today (Monday, April 19), NASA successfully launched a miniature drone helicopter on Mars, carrying a piece of fabric from the Wright Brothers' historic first flight. In doing so, the space agency paid tribute…
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NASA has released a number of incredible pictures from the surface of the planet Mars taken with its new Perseverance rover. According to BBC News, the American space agency successfully landed the Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet's equator, named Jezero, which is thought to have once…
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Now that 2020 is over and a new year has begun, a lot of people have been left wondering what we have to look forward to. Although COVID-19 vaccines are beginning to be rolled out, many of us are still languishing under tight restrictions - praying for an end to…
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If you're wanting to get your 2021 off to an impressive celestial start, an event that NASA calls one of the "best annual meteor showers" is set to light up the night skies this weekend. The Quadrantids return to the sky every year between December 28 and January 12. "An…
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This has been far from the easiest year that we have all lived through, but if we look to the night sky tonight, we may get a glimpse of something positive to remember about 2020. A stunning 'Christmas Star' is set to light up the night sky tonight in a…
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The Geminid meteor shower is set to light up the night sky tonight in what will be one of the most impressive celestial displays of 2020. With as many as 120 meteors shooting through the sky every hour, the meteor shower will be extra bright if you're viewing it in…
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An incredibly rare "Christmas star" is set to light up the night sky this month in a celestial event that's not taken place since the Middle Ages. For the first time in 800 years, two of the largest planets in our solar system are set to collide. Jupiter and Saturn…
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There's no doubt that Baby Yoda from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian is one of the most popular characters in the Star Wars franchise. Ever since the series dropped, viewers all over the world fell in love with the cute little space tot, and we were all soon buried under…
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Four astronauts have just arrived at the International Space Station, including Victor Glover, who is now the first Black person to live there for an extended stay. The 44-year-old will now begin his trailblazing six-month stay on the orbiting lab. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, named Resilience, was launched in…
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Halloween is almost upon us: a time for us all to carve our pumpkins, dress up, and watch some scary movies. Sadly, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's unlikely that many of us will get the chance to go out trick-or-treating this year. But if you're disappointed about that, then…
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An American astronaut has cast her vote in the 2020 Presidential Election all the way from the International Space Station. According to a recent post on one of NASA's official Twitter accounts, astronaut Kate Rubins cast her vote in the US elections on Thursday, October 22, despite currently being in…
