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Buzz Aldrin has announced that he has tied the knot for a fourth time as the celebrations took place on his 93rd birthday. There are very few things in life that are bigger than getting married - even if you just so happen to be one of the first people…
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NASA has revealed a newly-discovered asteroid has a one in 600 chance of hitting Earth as it's set to come dangerously close to the planet in the future. First detected on February 27, 2023, the asteroid - which is known as 2023 DW - is estimated to measure around 50…
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A NASA scientist has spoken out in defense of the actions taken by two climate activists earlier this week. On Friday morning, two women were recorded throwing tomato soup over Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers painting at the National Gallery in London. A video of the moment - shared to Twitter…
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Ground control to Major Tom... Cruise! Tom Cruise is apparently in talks to become the first civilian in history to perform a spacewalk - and all for an untitled Universal movie. The idea was initially teased in 2020, when NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted about a collaboration between the space…
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It's the stuff we would have only previously seen in Star Wars, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away - last night, a NASA spacecraft zeroed in on an asteroid over 7 million miles away from Earth, crashing into it in the world's first attempt to shift…
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Later this evening, NASA is going to intentionally collide a spacecraft into a huge asteroid. As reported by BBC News, the test - which has been dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART - is due to take place at 11:14PM GMT (07:14PM ET) tonight some million miles away…
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The last supermoon of the year is set to appear in the night sky this week. Named the "Sturgeon moon", it is deemed to be the fourth supermoon in a row after the Buck moon in July, Strawberry moon in June, and Flower moon in May. A supermoon takes place…
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NASA has unveiled the first set of photographs of the universe captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The instrument - which is the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched - revealed the wonders of our universe in more detail than ever before. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson had a…
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Yesterday, NASA released the first images from the James Webb space telescope. The instrument - which is the most powerful telescope ever launched - captured a sequence of stunning images of deep space. However, for many people, the release of the photos was soured by the telescope being named after…
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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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NASA has issued a warning over Earth's alarming "energy imbalance" amid concerns over climate change. In an official press release, a spokesperson for the space agency stated that Earth's positive energy imbalance (in which the planet traps more radiation than it releases) has approximately doubled between 2005-2019. Employing ocean floats,…
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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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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…
