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Why now is the time to address humanity’s impact on the moon

February 9, 2024 admin

The Lunar Resources Registry, a private business that locates valuable resources on the moon and helps investors conduct the required exploration and extraction operations, notes: “The space race is evolving into space industrialization.” Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars as navigation guides or for spiritual…

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Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space – more than 878 days

February 6, 2024 admin

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, a crew member of the next mission to the International Space Station, attends a news conference at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. The Russian space agency says one of its cosmonauts has broken the world record for the most time spent in space. Oleg Kononenko, who’s 59 has made five…

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Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon’s age

October 26, 2023 admin

The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this undated NASA handout photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program in 1972. | Photo Credit: Reuters During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 – the last time people walked on the moon…

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Scientists identify molten layer deep within interior of Mars

October 26, 2023 admin

The planet Mars is shown in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope view taken May 12, 2016. | Photo Credit: Reuters Seismic waves generated by a meteorite impact on the other side of Mars from where NASA’s InSight lander sits have provided new clues about the Red Planet’s deep interior, prompting scientists to reappraise the anatomy…

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Scientists trace powerful radio signal to most distant galaxy yet

October 24, 2023 admin

This artist’s impression, not to scale, illustrates the path of a fast radio burst from the distant galaxy where it originated all the way to Earth, in one of the Milky Way galaxy’s spiral arms, in this handout picture obtained on October 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Every day and night, hundreds of thousands…

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Scientists surprised by source of largest quake detected on Mars

October 20, 2023 admin

The planet Mars is shown in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope view taken May 12, 2016. | Photo Credit: Reuters On May 4, 2022, NASA’s InSight lander detected the largest quake yet recorded on Mars, one with a 4.7 magnitude – fairly modest by Earth standards but strong for our planetary neighbour. Given Mars lacks…

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The afterglow of an explosive collision between giant planets may have been detected in a far-off star system

October 13, 2023 admin

The afterglow of a massive collision between two giant planets may have been detected for the first time. The wreckage of the collision could eventually cool and form an entirely new planet. If the observation is confirmed, it provides an amazing opportunity to watch the birth of a new world in real time and open…

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Science This Week | NASA’s OSIRIS-REx to bring back asteroid fragments, no signals from Vikram and Pragyan and more

September 24, 2023 admin

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters From finding traces of carbon dioxide and methane on an alien planet to discovering tiny jellyfish that can…

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Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world

September 22, 2023 admin

Are we alone? This question is nearly as old as humanity itself. Today, this question in astronomy focuses on finding life beyond our planet. Are we, as a species, and as a planet, alone? Or is there life somewhere else? Usually the question inspires visions of weird, green versions of humans. However, life is more…

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Black hole is observed snacking on sun-like star, bite by bite

September 9, 2023 admin

The interaction between a supermassive black hole in a galaxy named 2MASX J02301709+2836050 and a star orbiting it is seen in this image captured by the Pan-STARRS telescope, in Hawaii, U.S., in an undated handout image provided by NASA. | Photo Credit: Reuters Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky…

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