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Rare partial lunar eclipse of harvest supermoon delights UK stargazers | Science & Tech News
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A partial lunar eclipse of a supermoon was visible across the UK and other parts of the world in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A supermoon occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to Earth during its orbit, with the Met Office saying this makes it appear 30% brighter and 14%…
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‘Wall of death’ workout on the moon could keep lunar settlers in shape | Science & Tech News
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Running around a ‘wall of death’ could keep people healthy on the moon, according to new research. Scientists at the University of Milan tied people to bungee cords to replicate lunar gravity and asked them to run around a rented ‘wall of death’, which they had loaned from an amusement park. The test subjects needed…
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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft regains power nine days after historic lunar landing | Science & Tech News
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Japan’s SLIM spacecraft has regained power more than a week after it ran out of electricity after landing on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said it re-established communication with its lander late on Sunday, nine days after Japan became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon. The Smart Lander…
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Japan hopes ‘moon sniper’ will complete ‘precision’ lunar landing today | Science & Tech News
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Japan hopes it is about to join an exclusive club of just four other nations that have successfully executed a “soft” landing on the moon. Its garden shed-sized Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, isn’t the biggest, or most ambitious robotic mission to our satellite – but it’s bidding to be the most precise…
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Peregrine Mission 1: Lunar spacecraft suffers ‘critical loss of propellant’ | Science & Tech News
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A spacecraft which was heading for the moon has suffered a “critical loss of propellant”, the company behind it has said. It appears there has been a “failure within the propulsion system”, Astrobotic added. It said its team was trying to stabilise Peregrine Mission 1, but “given the situation” it is prioritising “maximising the science…
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Blue supermoon: Stunning pictures capture lunar event around the world | Science & Tech News
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Stunning pictures have captured the rare blue supermoon over the UK and other locations throughout the world. The moon appeared larger than usual as it shone in the night sky on Wednesday night, peaking around 2.35am on Thursday in the UK. While the moon is typically around 252,088 miles away at its furthest point from…
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Supermoon happening this week: How and when to see the lunar event | Science & Tech News
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The night sky was lit up by a supermoon last night, making the lunar surface appear larger than at any point this year so far. The striking reddish orb rose above cities from London to Washington DC, as the full moon made its closest pass of Earth during its orbit. It made the moon seem…
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Ewe-ston we have a problem: Shaun the Sheep named as astronaut aboard NASA lunar mission | Science & Tech News
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Ewe-ston we have a problem? The European Space Agency (ESA) has named its first astronaut to fly on its NASA’s Artemis I lunar mission: Shaun the Sheep. No stranger to outer space following his exploits aboard a UFO in his big screen caper Farmageddon, the space-sheep will be going further than any farmyard friend (or…