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Mars to disappear behind the Moon this week

The rare event happens only once every every 14 years, with the Red Planet's occultation to take place in the early hours of Thursday morning

Wales Online

The first photograph of the entire globe: 50 years on, Blue Marble still inspires

December 7 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Blue Marble photograph. The crew of NASA’s Apollo 17 spacecraft – the last manned mission to the Moon – took a photograph of Earth and changed the way we visualised our planet forever.

The Conversation

Mars to hide behind the Moon: How and when you can see it in NI

The event is called an occultation from the Latin word occult – meaning hidden

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The solar system's strangest objects are unlocking its history

Odd objects in the solar system could unlock its mysteries.

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NASA's Orion spacecraft flies past moon a final time before heading back to Earth

NASA’s Orion will fly past Apollo 12 and 14 landing sites, although too high up to be able to make out the descent stages of those missions, before heading back to Earth

Daily Mirror

Dad takes 'awe-inspiring' space photos with 'middle of the road' telescope in garden

Dad-of-three James Flanagan has shared his incredible photos of outer space, including snaps of Jupiter and Mars, that he takes right at home in Tankerton, Whitstable

Daily Mirror

Artemis I is on its way home from the Moon after flying just 80 miles over the lunar surface

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) monitored the Artemis I Orion capsule before and after its scheduled return powered flyby, when it was behind the Moon.

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NASA capsule flies over Apollo landing sites, heads home

NASA's Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight

The Independent UK

Tech & Science Daily podcast: World’s biggest telescope hunts aliens

Plus! Prince of Wales on ‘repairing’ Earth and TikTok ‘no bones’ dog star dies

Evening Standard

This course takes college students out of this world – and teaches them what it takes to become space pioneers

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation

How to see the Cold Moon this week - and a planetary alignment

This week's phemonenon is also called the Long Night Moon

Wales Online

Are we alone in the universe? Aussie space observatory could unlock the answer

Australia is stepping into space exploration, beginning with the construction of the world’s largest radio astronomy observatory.

The New Daily

Kennedy Space Center introducing new projection show for holidays

ORLANDO, Fla. — Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is adding a new projection mapping show called “Starflake’s Holiday Voyage” to its holiday celebration. The six-minute production will be shown on the exterior of Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex, which opened at the Brevard County attraction this year.

Orlando Sentinel

Australia Starts Building 'Momentous' Radio Telescope

Australia on Monday started building a vast network of antennas in the Outback, its section of what planners say will eventually become one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world. When complete, the antennas in Australia and a network of dishes in South Africa will form the Square…

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How to see Mars disappear behind the moon on 8 December

Magnificent event can be seen with the naked eye – although an alarm clock may be required

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Vast array to unlock mysteries of universe

The world's largest radio astronomy observatory is being built in Western Australia and South Africa to unlock the mysteries of the universe.

ABC News

Square Kilometre Array Telescope construction begins in West Australian outback

More than 100,000 antennas will be built across 74 kilometres of WA's Murchison region to create the world's biggest telescope, as part of a $3 billion project to better understand the universe.

The Conversation

In Australia and South Africa, construction has started on the biggest radio observatory in Earth's history

Construction of the world’s biggest radio astronomy facility, the SKA Observatory, begins today. The observatory is a global project 30 years in the making.

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‘Are we alone in the universe?’: work begins in Western Australia on world’s most powerful radio telescopes

More than 100,000 antennas will be built on Wajarri country, enabling astronomers to peek billions of years back to the ‘cosmic dawn’

The Guardian - UK

What does it take to be an astronaut? After dreaming of the stars, I decided to find out

I got very close to becoming a European Space Agency astronaut, but the final lesson was a bittersweet one, says doctor Kevin Fong

Los Angeles Times

5 of history’s craziest coincidences

Are coincidences just random acts, or the work of fate or God? You be the judge for these five extraordinary coincidences.

Reuters

Chinese astronauts return to earth after 'successful' six-month mission

Three Chinese astronauts landed back on earth on Sunday on board the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV reported, bringing to an end a six-month mission on China's space station.

Inverse

Astronomers spot an incoming small asteroid — and make a big breakthrough

That meteor, now known as 2022 WJ1, was first noticed by the Catalina Sky Survey at around midnight EST on the 19th (the time zone in which it ended up landing).

Inverse

Artemis I vs. Artemis II: Here’s how these missions will prep astronauts’ lunar return

The NASA Artemis Program aims to land humans on the Moon soon. But to reach the goal of the Artemis III mission, NASA's first two Moon visits must succeed.

Inverse

Venus is trapped in a ruinous cycle of volcano events — why is Earth spared?

Volcanoes can kill the planet that hosts them. A new study suggests why Venus — and not Earth — has suffered this fate.

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