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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

Dublin Live

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

Daily Mirror

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.

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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.

Orlando Sentinel

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 Guardian - US

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…

The National (Scotland)

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.

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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.

Tribune News Service

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

Evening Standard

“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.

Inverse

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

Irish Mirror

Space dust from 4.2bn-year-old asteroid could hold key to preventing cataclysmic collisions with Earth

Rubble pile asteroid is almost as old as the solar system, a sign that it can withstand great shocks and may be difficult to destroy, research suggests

The Guardian - AU

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finds signs of 'building blocks for life' in icy clouds

NASA's most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, has spotted signs of elements including methane and ethanol in a dark molecular cloud where temperatures range from -270C to -250C

Daily Mirror

As a girl, I was thrilled by the night sky. Must my son grow up without seeing the Milky Way?

I love the idea of my boy and his dad peering through a telescope together, writes Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett. But what will light pollution leave for them to look at?

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Earth’s inner core may have started to spin in opposite direction, puzzling new discovery suggests

This isn’t the first time it has happened, scientists say

Wales Online

Asteroid travelling 33,300mph set to miss Earth narrowly

You can watch the event on a livestream on Friday, January 27

The Guardian - UK

Exotic green comet not seen since stone age returns to skies above Earth

Comet C/2022 E3, which orbits the sun every 50,000 years, will be closest to us next Wednesday and Thursday

Inverse

Look! Webb Telescope finds icy ingredients for organic chemicals in deep space

The coldest, most distant ices ever measured could have big implications for planets — and life.

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Google Maps for the Milky Way

Researchers now have an intricate three-dimensional structural map of billions of objects in our galaxy

Insider UK

First orbital rocket launch from Scotland could blast off in October

SaxaVord's operations director also takes aim at enterprise agency's support for a rival launch site

The Guardian - UK

Starwatch: Mercury up before the sun – but only in the southern hemisphere

Northern latitudes will have to wait until March and April for better view of the inner planet

Inverse

This nuclear-powered rocket could get humans to Mars in less than 2 months

NASA and the Soviet space program spent decades researching nuclear propulsion during the Space Race.

Inverse

One of the universe’s most iconic nebulas is changing — scientists don’t know why

The Butterfly Nebula is changing, and astronomers are puzzled as to why these changes are occurring. Observations of this planetary nebula show dramatic changes in the butterfly’s ‘wings’ in just 11 years.

Inverse

Supermassive black holes may be bigger and more powerful than we previously knew

A new study sheds light on the darkness of black holes at the center of galaxies.

Space

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

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