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The Latest Breaking News on Space

Asteroid 2023 BU to pass Earth in one of the closest approaches ever recorded

Amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov discovered the small lorry-sized asteroid on January 21

Evening Standard

Asteroid the 'size of a bus' to 'narrowly miss' earth - how to spot in Glasgow skies

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) have said that an asteroid will narrowly pass Earth tonight (January 26) in one of the closest such encounters ever recorded.

Glasgow Live

Rare green comet not seen since Stone Age to be visible in Irish skies

The comet, also known as ZTF, will be visible from Earth for the first time in 50,000 years making it a once-in-a-lifetime event

Dublin Live

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A hymn to the stars: what happens when science puts the universe into music

A little over six months ago, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) delivered its first photographs, dazzling the world as it revealed the cosmos in glorious technicolour. The first picture transmitted in July showed a galaxy cluster located in the Southern hemisphere sky, 5.12 billion light years from Earth. In…

The Conversation

Asteroid the size of a BUS coming as close to earth as London to Cairo tonight

The asteroid, known as 2023 BU, will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America - 10 times closer than most communication satellites circling overhead, and around the same distance as the UK to Cyprus

Daily Mirror

Asteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth, but NASA says there will be no impact

The asteroid, about the size of a delivery truck, will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America on Thursday evening, the space agency says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Asteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth, but will miss

An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest encounters ever recorded

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'Green comet' last spotted 50,000 years ago visible in UK skies

The comet will appear blurry to the naked eye, but there are ways to get a clear view.

Daily Record

Green comet last seen by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago is now visible from Earth

The E3 comet, which was last seen from Earth during the Stone Age, is set to make its closest approach to the planet on February 1 and could become visible to the naked eye

Daily Mirror

ESA chief vows to restore Europe's access to space

The European Space Agency chief says he wants to rebuild Europe’s access to space following the botched launch of a European rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites last year and the delayed introduction of the Ariane 6 launcher

The Independent UK

40 years ago, NASA launched the space telescope that proved JWST could work

IRAS is a sometimes forgotten spacecraft that proved that infrared astronomy had a bright future.

Inverse

Earth's inner core slows down

Earth's inner core has slowed down — or is perhaps even lagging. Here's what this means for life on the surface

Salon

Nasa to test nuclear-powered rocket that could fly astronauts to Mars in record time

The space agency says an in-Earth orbit demonstration of the craft will be conducted in 2027

Evening Standard

Green comet not seen for 50,000 years now visible in night skies over UK

The comet was spotted crashing out of the Oort cloud on the edge of the solar system last year, and is now heading towards the Sun

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Asteroid hurtling through space set to narrowly avoid collision with Earth

The speeding space object travelling at over 48,000 kph will pass our planet at an altitude of around 2,500 miles above the ground

Daily Mirror

NASA to test NUCLEAR ROCKETS for flying astronauts to Mars in ultra-fast time

NASA has unveiled plans to test a nuclear-powered rocket that could be used to take astronauts to Mars in considerably quicker time than conventional chemical propulsion

Chicago Sun-Times

Horoscope for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023

Avoid shopping or important decisions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Pisces into Aries.

Orlando Sentinel

Rocket Lab makes first US launch with Virginia liftoff

With 32 launches from New Zealand in the books, Rocket Lab made its first launch from the U.S. on a flight called “Virginia is For Launch Lovers” on Tuesday.

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Nasa to test nuclear rockets that could fly astronauts to Mars in record time

Project, in concert with US government agency Darpa, aims to develop pioneering propulsion system for space travel

The National (Scotland)

How the space sector can be crucial to Shetland's future

THE deputy CEO of a major space agency operating from the Shetland Islands has said he hopes the space sector can play a role in helping form a…

Daily Record

Asteroid rocketing through space at 33,000mph will 'just miss' Earth

The asteroid was first detected this past weekend, but experts have confirmed it is not a threat.

Tribune News Service

Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge to launch first space missions this year

Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge Inc. plans to launch its first two missions to space this year as it seeks to extract and refine metals from deep space.

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Rotation of Earth’s inner core might be reversing

Plus, Internet Matters on greater conversations around children’s use of the metaverse

Inverse

“Rubble pile” asteroids may be surprisingly hard to destroy — study

Near Earth asteroid Itokawa is a rubble pile that formed more than four billion years ago, a new study found. So, these asteroids might be resilient to demise.

Irish Mirror

Asteroid flying through space at 48,280km/h set for close encounter with Earth

The asteroid is travelling at an incredible 48,280 kilometers per hour

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