China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft enters Mars orbit
China beamed back the probe’s first images of Mars last week (Photo: EPA) China aims to be only the second country, after the US, to
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Nasa duped by school project after ‘meteorite landed in playground’
Nasa was intrigued by the appearance of a meteorite in a school playground (Nasa/Australia crash investigation unit) Sometimes, even the mighty Nasa gets duped by
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Galactic radio signal investigated for alien origin
The signal was observed at the Parkes observatory in Australia (Photo: Getty) The world’s largest search for aliens has found its first candidate to investigate
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Russian cosmonauts smuggled booze onto Mir space station back in the 90s
Cosmonauts gather to have some cognac on the Mir space station in 1997, hours after a flash fire nearly killed them. (Nasa) For obvious reasons,
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‘Planet Nine’ could be explained after astronomers uncover bizarre exoplanet orbit
This artistic rendering provided by California Institute of Technology shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. (Credits: R. Hurt,) The existence
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Breathtaking video of Earth shot by astronaut aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Nasa astronaut Victor Glover recently travelled to
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Gigantic ‘near-Earth object’ asteroid flying towards us at 56,000mph
A 3D rendering of an asteroid passing close to Earth (Credits: Shutterstock / Stephane Masclaux) A huge asteroid is speeding towards Earth at 56,000mph and
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The moment SpaceX astronauts and Baby Yoda safely arrive on the ISS
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video SpaceX’s newly-launched capsule with four astronauts arrived
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SpaceX launches four astronauts to the International Space Station
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International
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SpaceX set to launch astronauts into orbit this weekend
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule sits on the launch pad in Florida ready for Saturday’s flight (SpaceX) SpaceX is set to send four astronauts into
Read More » 12 November 2020 No Comments