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Smiling sunshine: NASA captures shots of coronal holes causing happy face on the sun | World News
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NASA has shared an image of the sun “smiling”, after one of their satellites captured patterns on its surface appearing to show a happy face. The US space agency posted the images on social media, writing: “NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the sun ‘smiling.’ Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the Sun are…
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NASA smashes spacecraft into asteroid seven million miles from Earth in ‘planetary defence’ trial | Science & Tech News
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NASA has successfully smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid seven million miles from Earth. The last image from the “vending machine-sized” collider showed the surface of the asteroid Dimorphos seconds before impact. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is the first-ever trial of a “planetary defence system”. If the orbit of an asteroid can be…
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Why NASA is crashing a spacecraft into a harmless asteroid at 14,000mph tonight | Science & Tech News
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A harmless asteroid millions of miles away is about to be rammed by a NASA spacecraft at 14,000mph. Why? The fate of the human race could one day depend on doing the same. It has been 66 million years since an asteroid crashing into the Earth brought an end to the reign of the dinosaurs,…
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NASA calls off launch of Artemis 1 moon rocket for second time after leak | Science & Tech News
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NASA has called off the launch of its Artemis 1 rocket after a leak developed – the second time it has failed to go ahead. Engineers recommended to the launch director the planned lift-off should not go ahead. The rocket, which was initially planned to launch earlier this week on Monday 29, was scrubbed following…
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Artemis 1: NASA moon launch postponed after hydrogen leak | Science & Tech News
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The launch of the world’s most powerful rocket on its test flight to the moon’s orbit has been postponed, after scientists discovered a hydrogen leak on board. The Artemis 1 could now lift off from Cape Canaveral on Friday, after missing its launch window today. The launch had been delayed during the fuelling process, just…
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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…