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Jupiter's moons hide giant subsurface oceans – two upcoming missions are sending spacecraft to see if these moons could support life

On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – or JUICE – will spend at least three years on Jupiter’s moons after it arrives in 2031. In October 2024, NASA is also planning…

The Conversation

Why the Moon Is the Next Tourism Frontier

Tourists travelling into outer space isn’t a fantasy for the future—it’s happening now

The Walrus

How are Hubble Space Telescope images made?

How does the Hubble Space Telescope view the universe, and how are its images translated to a form we can understand?

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Sultan Al Neyadi to perform 1st spacewalk by an Arab astronaut this month

UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi is scheduled to become the first Arab astronaut to perform a spacewalk on April 28, 2023. Al Neyadi is aboard the International Space Station for a six-month mission.

Space

John M. Crisp: Fly to Mars? Maybe. But why?

Last week NASA announced the names of the four astronauts who will crew Artemis II, a 10-day mission planned for November 2024. The expedition will boost humans out of an Earth-bound orbit for the first time since 1972 and put them into orbit around the moon, in preparation for subsequent…

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Mark your calendars! A total solar eclipse is coming one year from now

Viewers located in a strip of the mainland U.S. stretching from Texas to Maine will be able to see the moon pass directly in front of the afternoon sun.

WEKU

Pulverizing dangerous asteroids, building an observatory on the moon and more: 6 wild ideas catch NASA's eye

NASA has announced its 2023 Phase 2 NIAC grantees, a group of six futuristic concepts that include a radio telescope array on the moon and a new form of planetary defense.

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Ready for launch: the mission to find alien life on Jupiter’s icy moons

The eight-year, £1.4bn voyage into deep space will explore the frozen oceans of Ganymede, Europa and Callisto

The Guardian - UK

Scientists blasted Barbies with liquid nitrogen to test a new method of moon dust cleanup — and it worked extremely well

Researchers have developed a liquid-nitrogen spray that rids spacesuits of lunar dust.

Space

NASA Reveals What Made an Entire Starlink Satellite Fleet Go Down

On March 23rd, sky observers marveled at a gorgeous display of northern and southern lights.

Inverse

40 Years Ago, NASA Tested Out a Radical Rehaul of an Iconic Technology

The humble EVA suit needed to fit the mission profiles — and the regular launches of the Space Shuttle meant it had to fit all stripe of folks.

Inverse

55 Years Later, Kubrick's Sci-Fi Classic is Still the Most Scientifically Accurate Film Ever

'2001: A Space Odyssey' is one of the most scientifically well-researched films in history — and one of the most prescient.

Inverse

James Webb Space Telescope studies wreckage of titanic cosmic explosion (video, photo)

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated the wreckage of a titanic cosmic explosion, capturing a stunning image of the supernova remnant known as Cassiopeia A.

Space

In 10 Years, a Rare Alignment Could Allow a Human Mission to Venus and Mars

In the coming decade, NASA and China plan to send the first crewed missions (astronauts and taikonauts) to Mars. 2033 could be just the year to do it.

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ESA's Jupiter mission JUICE is not 'strong enough' to orbit potentially life-harboring Europa. Here's why

Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is setting out for an ambitious tour of Jupiter's moons. But it will only take a brief glimpse of the potentially life-harboring Europa. Here's why.

Space

Zoom in on Mars like never before with this epic 3D map of the Red Planet

The interactive Global CTX Mosaic of Mars is the most detailed 3D map of Mars ever made. It was developed using 110,000 images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

France 24

Runaway black hole tears through space, creating trail of new stars

A huge black hole is tearing through space, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long trail of newborn stars, space scientists say.

Space

Europe's JUICE mission will explore the Jupiter ocean moons Callisto, Europa and Ganymede. Here's why they're so weird

The icy Jupiter moons Callisto, Europa and Ganymede all likely host hidden global oceans, but that's not the only reason they stand out.

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NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission revealed how battered space rock Dimorphos formed

Observations by NASA's DART spacecraft suggest that the asteroid Dimorphos formed from material flung into space by its spinning asteroid partner, Didymos.

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Elon Musk’s Starship Rocket Just Exploded, Minutes Into Its Test Launch

While the system successfully cleared the launch pad, it quickly exploded before the Starship rocket was able to separate from the Super Heavy booster.

Space

Northrop Grumman names cargo craft for fallen Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark

A NASA astronaut whose first spaceflight was the ill-fated final mission of the space shuttle Columbia is being remembered by Northrop Grumman with the naming of the "S.S. Laurel Clark" cargo craft.

LiveScience

Students set to land first US rover on the moon — before NASA

Students at Carnegie Mellon University are sending America's first lunar rover to the moon this May, beating NASA to the punch by about a year.

Daily Mirror

'Monster' supermassive black hole is ripping through the universe at huge speeds, warns NASA

NASA experts say an invisible supermassive back hole is rampaging through the universe, but instead of destroying everything in its path, it is creating new stars

Glasgow Live

Alien life on Mars '100 percent confirmed' by UFO hunter after pink and green 'plant' found

Passionate UFO hunter Scott C Waring thinks he's found alien life on Mars after spotting a 'pink and green plant' growing from a rock in pictures released by NASA.

Space

Planetary Society leads the charge to save NASA's VERITAS Venus mission

After dramatic budget cuts stalled NASA's VERITAS Venus mission, the nonprofit Planetary Society urges Congress for a revival.

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