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Watch Orion’s flyby of the moon during NASA’s Artemis mission | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Artemis spacecraft will arrive at the moon – and you can follow its journey by watching the live steam above. The Orion capsule will reach the moon at 12.44pm (GMT) – sweeping 80 miles (130km) above the lunar surface, before entering into a larger orbit. During the approach, the capsule will fire its main…
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NASA’s Artemis mission is spending $93bn of taxpayer money on a return to the moon – but it has a good case | Science & Tech News
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Fifty years after the last Apollo astronaut left footprints on the moon, NASA is on its way back. The Orion spacecraft is now on its 1.3-million-mile test flight that will take it into lunar orbit. In two years’ time, there will be a crewed mission around the moon, and soon after humans will land on…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning new image of Pillars of Creation | Science & Tech News
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If you’re looking to freshen up your phone wallpaper, you’d be hard-pressed finding a better one than this. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the Pillars of Creation, the iconic arrangement of newly-forming stars made famous by a previous shot in 1995. Back then, it was the Hubble Space Telescope…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes image of dust ‘fingerprint’ created by two stars | Science & Tech News
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A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows at least 17 dust rings resembling a fingerprint created by a rare type of star and its companion. Located more than 5,000 light years from Earth, the cosmic duo is collectively known as Wolf-Rayet 140 (WR 140). Each ring was created when the two…
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NASA’s Dart mission successfully shifts asteroid’s orbit after deliberate crash | US News
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NASA has said a spacecraft which deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month has successfully shifted its orbit. Findings of telescope observations showed that the suicide test flight of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on 26 September achieved its primary objective the trajectory of the asteroid. NASA attempted the first test of its…
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Dimorphos asteroid being trailed by 6,000 miles of debris after impact by NASA’s DART spacecraft | Science & Tech News
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More than 6,000 miles of debris is trailing behind an asteroid that was deliberately hit by a NASA spacecraft. The image was captured by a telescope in Chile two days after last month’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). It shows a tail made up of dust and other material from the impact by the spacecraft…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes its first image of planet outside solar system | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first image of a planet outside of our solar system. The telescope recorded four different views of the planet HIP 65426 b, a gas giant about six to 12 times the mass of Jupiter. “This is a transformative moment, not only for Webb but also for astronomy…
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Artemis set for launch – what you need to know about NASA’s mission to put humans back on the moon | Science & Tech News
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The launch of the mission that aims to put humans back on the moon will go ahead as planned next week, say NASA bosses. Artemis 1 was given the green light during a flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here’s what you need to know about the historic space endeavour. What does…
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New image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals details of the Cartwheel Galaxy | Science & Tech News
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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new image of the Cartwheel Galaxy – alongside two smaller companion galaxies – which was created as the result of an intergalactic collision. The orbiting observatory was launched last December and recently released a full set of new observations, including what is said to be the “deepest”…