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Amateur astronomer finds NASA satellite IMAGE 12 years after it goes missing

NASA had launched the weather tracking spacecraft IMAGE, in 2000 and lost contact with it five years later.

Feb 2, 2018

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China aims to become the next space superpower

China has ambitious plans to become a major space superpower in 2018.

Feb 1, 2018

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Super blue blood moon stuns viewers around the world

Stargazers from all over the world looked up at the morning sky to find a super blue blood moon. The event is marked by three phenomena that coincided to create a dazzling visual of the moon.

Feb 1, 2018

Super Blue Blood Moon 2018: Breathtaking pictures of the lunar trilogy from across the world [Photos]

For first time in 150 years, the world witnessed the Super Blue Blood Moon, a rare celestial event where the lunar eclipse, supermoon and blue moon coincided to form the lunar trilogy.

Feb 1, 2018

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Mars rovers view of the Gale crater

Curiosity Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada gives a descriptive tour of the Mars rovers view in Gale Crater. The white-balanced scene looks back over the journey so far. The view from Vera Rubin Ridge looks back over buttes, dunes and other features along the route.

Jan 31, 2018

Super Blue Blood Moon: What makes this event rare and special? [Live stream links]

This celestial event takes place when the moon slides behind Earth's shadow while a lunar eclipse is taking place.

Jan 30, 2018

Live stream blood moon: When and where to watch celestial event live

You can watch blood moon or supermoon online as several websites are going to live stream it.

Jan 29, 2018

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What is ExTra? New next-gen telescopes that will look for potentially habitable Earth-sized alien worlds

Exoplanets in Transits and their Atmospheres – ExTra is the ESOs newest baby and consists of three next-gen telescopes, specially designed to look for Earth-sized alien worlds orbiting red dwarf stars. The telescopes will be focusing on searching for M dwarf planets, which are small bright stars commonly found in the Milky Way galaxy. These stars are considered to be the most likely candidates to host Earth-sized planets, which in turn could likely be potentially habitable.

Jan 26, 2018

Microbes may help feed astronauts on future deep-space missions by converting human waste into food

Food for astronauts during future deep-space missions may be produced from their own waste, a new study suggests.

Jan 27, 2018

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What is ExTra? New next-gen telescopes that will look for potentially habitable Earth-sized alien worlds

Jan 26, 2018

Researchers discover two planets orbiting Trappist-1 that may have enough water and Earth-like temperature

Researchers now want to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study these planets in detail.

Jan 25, 2018

Massive dust storms on Mars linked to gas escaping process that turned it into an arid, frozen planet

A massive dust storm, expected to appear on Mars this year, is likely to grow "so grand it darkens skies around the entire Red Planet."

Jan 24, 2018

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Astronaut tests ability to fly in space on vacuum cleaner

Russian astronaut Anton Shkaplerov took part in a very important mission aboard the International Space Station... to see if he could fly round the ISS on a vacuum cleaner.In the funny video he posted online he makes the Superman pose whilst flying on the hoover.He said he conducted the test after being asked several times if we are flying around the ISS on a vacuum cleaner.

Jan 24, 2018