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Space boom with Square Kilometre Array Telescope signals new identity for WA's Midwest

One of the world's biggest science experiments could unlock a new identity — and a jobs boom — for WA's Midwest, as a base for space exploration.

ABC News

Watching the skies over the Southeast Side: Astronomers setting up telescopes for the public Saturday evening

Chicago Park District astronomers are returning to Steelworkers Park as Jupiter and Saturn return to the night sky.

Chicago Sun-Times

Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite that fell in UK

An expert said analysis has revealed that the meteorite came from an asteroid somewhere near Jupiter

Wales Online

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What was the huge "fireball" that flew through Scottish skies on Wednesday?

The trail blazing object was visible for a full 20 seconds as it came into asteroidal orbit and entered the atmosphere at 20:59 UTC on Wednesday travelling at 14.2 km/s

Daily Record

Science & Technology: NASA's Perseverance rover explores Mars terrain for 'life'

The mission of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover focuses on surface-based studies of the Martian environment, seeking preserved signs of biosignatures in rock samples. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Huge fireball seen above Edinburgh was a meteor, experts say

The UK Meteor Network have now confirmed it was a small part of an asteroid, which becomes classified as a meteor when it burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere.

Edinburgh Live

Glasgow flying fireball was 'small part of an asteroid' according to experts

The object was seen by residents in Paisley, Johnstone, and Motherwell at around 9pm on Wednesday night, with one describing it as 'all different colours like a firework but silent'.

Glasgow Live

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Fireball seen above UK was a meteor not space junk, experts say

The UK Meteor Network received almost 800 reports after the blazing orb was spotted in the night sky over Northern Ireland and Scotland

Evening Standard

Huge fireball spotted in sky over the UK was a meteor, experts say

Skygazers were left stunned as the shooting object appeared shortly after 9pm on Wednesday September 14

Wales Online

James Webb finds: Jupiter and more

From bizarre distant gas giants to the intricate bands of Jupiter, this is what the Webb telescope has been up to

Salon

“Tantalizing” Mars rocks strengthen the idea the Red Planet once hosted life

News from Mars has NASA "whetting our appetite for what’s next."

Inverse

Huge fireball spotted in sky over Scotland was 'small part of an asteroid', experts say

Residents from across the country were left stunned as the shooting object appeared shortly after 9pm on Wednesday September 14.

Daily Record

Fireball seen over UK confirmed as meteor after day of confusion

Experts revise initial assumption that sighting was space junk linked to Elon Musk’s satellite programme

The Guardian - UK

Wow! Astronomers have an intriguing hypothesis for a decades-old extraterrestrial mystery

The "Wow!" signal is still an enigma, 45 years after its detection, but at least one possibility so far can’t be ruled out.

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The National (Scotland)

Fireball over Scotland was '100 per cent a meteor, not space junk', experts conclude

THE mysterious fireball which was spotted by hundreds of people across Scotland and the UK on Wednesday night was a meteor, it has been confirmed.

The Guardian - UK

Saturn’s rings could be remains of moon that strayed too close, say scientists

Theory of inner satellite ripped apart by gas giant’s gravity 100-200m years ago also explains rings’ relative youth

Irish Mirror

Expert says fireball spotted over Ireland last night 'was not a meteor' and clears up details

Who likes space junk?

The Independent UK

Fireball which lit up night sky was space debris, experts conclude

The blazing orb was spotted over parts of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland on Wednesday night.

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Belfast Live

Fireball which lit up sky in Northern Ireland was space debris, say experts

It said the preliminary trajectory has been calculated by the International Meteor Organisation, and this "indicates that the object, which we now believe to be space debris, would have landed in the Atlantic south of the Hebrides"

Irish Mirror

Fireball which lit up night sky was 'space debris', experts conclude

Reports of the object in the sky starting coming in at about 9pm on Wednesday, mainly from Scotland and Northern Ireland

Wales Online

'Brilliant fireball' believed to be space debris, experts say

Nearly 800 reports were received after the blazing ball of light was spotted in the night sky on Wednesday

The National (Scotland)

Astronomer reveals mystery behind 'fireball' spotted across Scotland's night sky

ASTRONOMERS examining the mysterious fireball which crossed Scotland’s night sky have said it is likely to have been space junk from Elon Musk’s…

Wales Online

NASA will test Earth's defences by smashing spaceship into asteroid - and you can watch it LIVE

The collision will occur around 20 million miles away in a test of the planet's ability to defend itself

Edinburgh Live

What would happen if a meteor hit Scotland as 'fireball' flashes over Edinburgh

According to the leading scientists based in asteroid projection, the most casualties from an asteroid impact won’t come from the impact itself, but the aftermath instead.

The Hindu

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