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'Don't worry about me': A Martian robot's sad final message and the ultimate game of drone fetch

The science on Mars never stops, and it is never dull.

The Canberra Times

Star Wars fans thought they spotted 'lightsaber' on Mars in new NASA pictures

The space agency releases photos last Wednesday which left some fans of the mega sci-fi franchies baffled.

Daily Record

Star Wars fans amazed after spotting 'lightsaber' on Mars in new NASA footage

The item on Mars certainly looks like a 'lightsaber', as it is a thin metal tube with a thick end, which could be a handle. It also has a thinner side, which could form the blade part

Daily Mirror

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Webb Telescope Promises New Age of the Stars

The James Webb Space Telescope lit up 2022 with dazzling images of the early universe after the Big Bang, heralding a new era of astronomy and untold revelations about the cosmos in years to come. The most powerful observatory sent into space succeeded the Hubble telescope, which is still operating,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Five space exploration missions to look out for in 2023

It’s been an eventful year for space exploration, with successes including the completion of Nasa’s Artemis 1 mission (finally), the inauguration of the James Webb Space Telescope, and the completion of China’s Tiangong space station.

The Conversation

Depletion of groundwater is accelerating in California’s Central Valley, study finds

Scientists have discovered that the pace of groundwater depletion in California’s Central Valley has accelerated dramatically during the drought as heavy agricultural pumping has drawn down aquifer levels to new lows and now threatens to devastate the underground water reserves.

Los Angeles Times

Filmmaker swapped California for Scotland's Book Town

FILM writer-director Jessica Fox was working as Nasa’s storyteller when it occurred to her that her future might lie in a small town in Scotland.

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Webb's spectacular year one

The James Webb telescope captured some haunting and strange images of the universe in 2022, its inaugural year

Salon

2022 in the search for aliens

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial life was a fringe pursuit; now, experts are taking it seriously

Salon

The Quiz of the Year 2022

It was the year of strikes, sewage and Sue Gray’s report, but how well do you really remember 2022? Let quiz master Nick Curtis put you to the test

Evening Standard

Russia weighs early return of International Space Station crew after Soyuz capsule leak

Russia's space agency considers a "rescue" plan to send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station to bring home crew members ahead of schedule, after their Soyuz capsule sprang a coolant leak.

ABC News

ISS rescue mission may take TWO MONTHS as astronauts stranded by mystery leak

A spacecraft has developed a leak leaving three International Space Station crew stranded possibly until February if it is considered too dangerous for it to return home

Daily Mirror

James Webb Space Telescope's first year in space has ‘thrilled’ astronomers

The James Webb telescope was launched into space to look further into the universe than we've ever seen before on December 25, 2021, and it has far exceeded expectations with its jaw-dropping images. Ever since the first photos of nebulas and distant galaxies, NASA's most powerful telescope has captivated the…

France 24

Russia and NASA consider sending spacecraft to bring home Space Station crew after capsule leak

The leak started as two cosmonauts, Dmitry Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, were preparing for a spacewalk as part of their usual duties

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Al Jazeera

Russia considers ways to return space crew after capsule leak

Tests are being conducted to determine whether Soyuz capsule is unfit for crewed flight after coolant leak.

Inverse

Russia may send an empty spacecraft to retrieve stranded crew on the ISS

NASA and Russian space agency Roscosmos answered questions about the Soyuz MS-22 leak. The capsule is supposed to bring a trio from the ISS home in March.

The Conversation

10 times this year the Webb telescope blew us away with new images of our stunning universe

It is no exaggeration to say the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a new era for modern astronomy.

Inverse

Inside NASA's monumental effort to deliver the first Webb Telescope images

JWST is the most powerful space telescope ever flown. Here's how researched created the gigantic scope's first products.

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As NASA's Mars InSight mission comes to an end, JPL engineers say farewell to its twin

Pranay Mishra reached down to the floor of his workplace and scooped a handful of what might be the closest thing on Earth to the feel of Martian soil.

Dynamite News

Science: NASA's InSight Lander Ends Mission On Mars

NASA's InSight lander has ended its mission after more than four years of collecting unique science on Mars, NASA announced. Read on for details:

Reuters

NASA formally retires Mars InSight lander after 4-year mission

NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface of the red planet, the U.S. space agency announced on Wednesday.

Inverse

Some stars strip their planets' atmosphere — a new NASA telescope image pinpoints when

The Chandra image sets a timestamp on when young stars stop bullying their baby worlds.

Axios

This NASA lander mission to Mars is over. Here's why

NASA's InSight lander on Mars has not communicated back, signaling the end of the mission.

Inverse

NASA’s InSight lander just sent its final image from Mars, and the darkness is closing in

After 4 years, NASA's Mars lander is running out of power. Its days are officially numbered.

WEKU

Goodnight, sweet spacecraft: NASA's InSight lander may have just signed off from Mars

InSight's end has long been in sight, with NASA warning that it would likely be inoperative by the end of the year. The lander went quiet this weekend and shared a tweet it said might be its last.

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