Space

Canadian lawmakers pass amendment allowing prosecution of crimes on the moon

6:25am May 02, 2022

Canada partnered with the U.S. to create the Lunar Gateway space station. It will prep for missions to Mars. While crime isn't common in space, they'll be ready if it does happen once in a blue moon.

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Jessica Watkins to be the 1st Black woman to serve at the International Space Station

8:14pm April 26, 2022

by Brendan Byrne

On Wednesday, SpaceX launches the next NASA astronauts to the International Space Station — including Jessica Watkins, who is to become the first Black woman on a long-duration mission.

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If you could speak on Mars, how would you sound?

5:08am April 26, 2022

NASA has created an online tool that lets users hear how their voices would sound on Mars. Data collected by a NASA rover can replicate how people would sound on Mars compared to Earth.

A probe that will land on Saturn's moon Enceladus, seen here in false color, is one of the priorities outlined in the new report.

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NASA advisers call for a visit to Uranus, plus more science during moon landings

1:09pm April 19, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA should send probes to the ice giant planet of Uranus and to a moon of Saturn where conditions could be right for life. Those are some of the recommendations in a new report to the space agency.

NASA sent a doctor to International Space Station as a hologram

7:07am April 18, 2022

Dr. Josef Schmid's hologram talked to the crew and looked around. He called it "a new way of human exploration."

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Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu sits outside the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 space mission after landing at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday.

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3 Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6 months in space

8:02am April 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

The astronauts landed in the Gobi desert after six months aboard their country's newest orbital station. During the mission, astronaut Wang Yaping carried out the first spacewalk by a Chinese woman.

The first known interstellar meteor hit Earth in 2014, U.S. officials say

6:06pm April 14, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The meteor crash-landed off the coast of Papua New Guinea in January 2014.

These images show how comet C/2014 UN271's nucleus was isolated from a shell of dust and gas (a coma) surrounding the solid nucleus. At left is a photo of the comet taken by the Hubble telescope on Jan. 8. A model of the coma (middle) was obtained by fitt

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The Hubble telescope confirms the largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers

4:51pm April 13, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The comet, known as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has an estimated diameter of about 80 miles. That's bigger than Rhode Island and about 50 times larger than the heart of most comets.

4 astronauts will help scientists learn how space travel affects the human body

5:05am April 08, 2022

by Brendan Byrne

A private space crew is heading to the International Space Station, but it's not just a tourist trip. The crew will advance the understanding of how space affects human health.

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Amazon's planned satellite fleet has some experts concerned about space congestion

4:42pm April 06, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

Amazon has announced plans to launch thousands of new satellites into orbit over the next five years. Some experts fear that it will overwhelm the world's ability to manage congestion in space.