An image from January 2023 showing an X1.2 class flare erupting on the Sun (far left hand side).
NASA/GSFC/SDO
A more active Sun could disable satellites and affect electrical grids on Earth.
The Orionids meteor shower takes place between October and November.
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The meteor shower happens when Earth passes through debris from Halley’s comet.
Artists impression of what WASP-17b could look like, based on.
data gathered by Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and other ground- and space-based
telescopes, including the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes.
NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)
The atmosphere is a reflection of extreme conditions on the super-heated planet.
The “coal-like” material from Bennu.
Nasa / Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebers
Studying the sample could help answer how water arrived on Earth and how life started.
A visualisation of the huge, glowing planetary body produced by a planetary collision.
Mark Garlick
The discovery provides a way to study the birth of an entirely new planet in real time.
Nasa/GSFC
Missions to asteroids are opening up the secrets of the Solar System
The exoplanet K2-18b might host a water ocean.
Credits: Illustration: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI), Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University)
The results are intriguing, but analysing the atmospheres of exoplanets is no easy task.
Roscosmos State Space Corporation / AP
Space missions are still difficult, dangerous and risky – but it’s still early days in the human journey beyond our planet.
China’s lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit 2, on the Moon, January 2019.
EPA/CNSA via AAP
China has made significant advances in space exploration on its own steam. It doesn’t need a partnership with Russia.
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NASA/Bill Anders
August 22, 2023
Priyanka Dhopade , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau ; Carolle Varughese , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau ; Lena Henry , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau ; Sarah Hendrica Bickerton , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau , and Te Kahuratai Moko-Painting , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Space exploration is often propelled by competition, driven by national pride and with little thought about consequence. It is time to consider space as a commons, not just a resource to exploit.
The Vikram lander should carry the rover to the lunar surface.
ISRO
The Indian spacecraft could lay the ground for future missions with astronauts, and even for lunar bases.
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Solar panels in space could harness more of the Sun’s energy.
NASA / JPL-Caltech
The Voyager 2 spacecraft is 20 billion kilometres away and has lost track of Earth. A radio dish near Canberra is the only channel for re-establishing communication.
Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece was released in 1968.
Collection Christophel/Alamy
If you haven’t seen Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic, then it’s likely you will have seen other films influenced by it.
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One person recently spent 100 days underwater. Another lived 500 days in a cave. What can we learn from such extreme experiences?
NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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As signatories, Nigeria and Rwanda are demonstrating their commitment to safe, sustainable use of outer space. This should have multiple benefits.
Jupiter has more than 80 moons, the largest of which were discovered by Galileo. Many will be studied in depth by the scientific instruments of ESA’s JUICE mission.
ESA, NASA, JPL, ATG, DLR, University of Arizona, University of Leicester
One of Jupiter’s moons, Ganymede, could contain more water than the Earth.
Within the next year or two, people will set foot on the surface of the Moon for the first time in 50 years.
NASA
A US-led coalition and China are both planning to establish bases on the Moon. How the two nations will navigate actions on the Moon and how other countries will be involved is still unclear.
Virgin Orbit is launching satellites using a rocket slung under the wing of an aircraft.
Virgin Orbit
Efforts to launch rockets into space from the UK need to demonstrate reliability.
Growing food in space will rely on innovative agricultural technologies.
(NASA)
Agricultural technologies to grow food on Mars can help address climate change, sustainability and food scarcity challenges.