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NASA plans to crash spaceship into asteroid in Armaggedon-style test

The mission is designed to see how easy it would be to stop a sizeable rock from hitting Earth.

Manchester Evening News

Mars’ ancient lakes could help discover life on the Red Planet

A new study suggests that some ancient lakes on Mars were more suitable to host living organisms, which could inform…

Inverse

Mars once had glaciers — but low gravity made them weirder than anything we know

The key word here is moves, resulting from meltwater gathering below the ice sheet and lubricating its passage downwards across…

Inverse

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Inflatable lunar village study demonstrates how humans could live on the moon

The ultralight structures would operate self-sufficiently in the long term by producing and recycling their own oxygen and food

Wales Online

Interested in space travel? This experiment lets you feel lack of gravity on Earth

The experiment is being conducted to gauge the impact of a wide array of changes that occur in the body…

Livemint

Nasa spacecraft set to smash into asteroid in 'planetary protection' test mission

Nasa is testing its meteor-destroying capabilities in readiness for any large asteroids discovered on a collision course with Earth

Wales Online

Nasa spacecraft set to smash into asteroid in planetary protection test mission

Dart spacecraft will collide with Dimorphos on Tuesday with aim to deflect the asteroid.

The Independent UK

This Is Neptune?

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mesmerizing view of the planet.

The Atlantic

Arizona school battle at critical point

Republicans' massive school voucher plan may yet be defeated (again) — but the challenge is stiffer this time

Salon

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The race to reinvent the space station

Nasa is funding American companies to build commercial replacements for the trailblazing International Space Station

Financial Times

The race to find those lost in nature

ACT Police, SES, Ambulance Service, Fire and Rescue, and Rural Fire Service all set out to locate a missing person…

The Canberra Times

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…

Salon

La Nina rains on start of bushfire season for third consecutive year

ACT's official start to both the storm and bushfire seasons has been pushed back after a third La Nina event…

The Canberra Times

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Signs of life on Mars may be deeper than any current rover can dig — study

Ionizing radiation may destroy the signs of life Curiosity and Perseverance seek. Only ESA's delayed Rosalind Franklin rover stands a…

Inverse

Harpoons, robots and lasers: how to capture defunct satellites and other space junk and bring it back to Earth

More than half of the thousands of satellites in orbit are now defunct, and this accumulation of floating space debris…

The Conversation

Universal Credit claimants urged to apply for 14 payment extras to help with cost of living

As the country enters into a cost of living crisis, many people are looking for extra ways to ease their…

Glasgow Live

Why do we always need to wait for 'launch windows' to get a rocket to space?

Earlier this week, the Artemis I Moon mission was scrubbed again; now we have to wait for a new launch…

The Conversation

Pakistan floods: One-third of Pakistan under water, worst floods in its history

More than one-third of Pakistan is underwater amid its worst floods in history, according to satellite images from the European…

Livemint

Universal Credit, ESA and JSA cost of living warning over payment gap

Analysis shows thousands of people will see energy costs 'wipe out' their income unless more is done

Liverpool Echo

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Robotic space arm successfully completes test by moving a suitcase-sized object around the International Space Station

The European Space Agency says the arm ticked off another milestone by moving a suitcase-sized object over six hours, proving…

ABC News

Urgent aid appeal launched as satellite images show a third of Pakistan underwater

Humanitarian workers expect conditions to worsen as monsoon rains continue and say millions face a terrible winter

The Guardian - UK

Webb telescope captures new detail of Phantom Galaxy

Washington (AFP) - The James Webb space telescope has revealed dazzling new detail of a previously known slice of the…

AFP

Artemis 1, NASA's first mission to the Moon since Apollo, delayed for second time

The second attempt to launch of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built has been scrubbed.

ABC News

NASA's James Webb telescope just found CO2 on an exoplanet outside Earth's solar system

The James Webb Space Telescope has used spectroscopy technology to make the discovery on an exoplanet - a first outside…

ABC News

ACT police investigating death of 13-year-old Canberra boy

The ACT coroner's office says the boy died at the Sydney Children's Hospital on August 12 after paramedics and a…

ABC News