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NASA’s Mars rover suffers ‘abuse’ while roaming the red planet | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Mars rover has suffered “abuse” while it has been roaming the red planet, according to the space agency. The Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012, sending back crucial information about the planet as it rolls around the rocky terrain near the Gale Crater where it landed. Sharing a picture of one of…
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Voyager 1: NASA’s longest-running spacecraft back in touch with Earth after five months of silence | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s longest-running spacecraft Voyager 1 is sending information back to Earth again for the first time since November. Scientists have managed to fix a problem on the probe, which was launched 46 years ago, after five months of silence. On 14 November last year, Voyager 1 stopped sending usable data back to Earth, even though…
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NASA’s SpaceX crew leave treats behind on International Space Station as they splash down after months in orbit | Science & Tech News
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Four astronauts from four different countries have safely returned to Earth as they splashed down near Florida after 199 days in orbit. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 went around the planet 3,184 times during their more than six months on the International Space Station (ISS). The group was made up of NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provides revelations into how early galaxies formed | Science & Tech News
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A study into the formation of early galaxies has upended long-held theories about the evolution of the universe. Using NASA‘s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of international researchers looked back at some which formed 10 billion years ago or more. It was a time when astronomers had believed our own Milky Way…
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Five stunning new images from NASA’s telescopes | Science & Tech News
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If you’re looking for a new phone wallpaper, NASA has got you covered for the foreseeable future. The US space agency has released a collection of five stunning new pictures taken by its various telescopes, including: • Its Chandra X-ray Observatory, which is specially designed to capture images of exploded stars, the matter surrounding black…
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NASA’s Mars rover finds surprising mud cracks that hint planet once supported life | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has made a surprising discovery that may have cracked how the red planet once supported life. The car-sized robot, which touched down on the surface back in 2012, found an array of well-preserved ancient mud cracks suggestive of past wet and dry seasons. It’s long been theorised that persistent Earth-like weather…
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What did we learn from NASA’s first ever public meeting on UFOs? | US News
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NASA has held its first public meeting on UFOs, a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings. The space agency televised the four-hour-long hearing on Wednesday, featuring an independent panel of experts at NASA headquarters in Washington, with the public taking part remotely. The team included 16 scientists and other experts selected by NASA…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures image of a dying star | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a star on the cusp of death. The telescope’s infrared lens observed the gas and dust flung into space by a huge star 15,000 light-years away. The shimmering purple cast-off material once comprised the outer layer of the star Wolf-Rayet 124. It sits in…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finds signs of ‘building blocks for life’ in icy clouds | Science & Tech News
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Molecular species that form the “building blocks for life” have been found in a deep space region of icy clouds. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers and scientists confirmed the presence of methane and ethanol, as well as small compounds with nitrogen and sulphur. On Earth, sources of methane include emissions…
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NASA’s Earth Radiation Budget Satellite to fall to Earth after 38 years in space | Science & Tech News
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A NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth this weekend after nearly 40 years in space. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was launched in 1984 aboard the space shuttle Challenger. It was initially sent into space with a lifespan of just two years to study how the Earth absorbed and radiated energy from…