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The UK government is reportedly considering a costly proposal to build a solar farm in space.
Could Russia crash the ISS?
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From harming satellites to crashing the ISS, the Ukraine war could soon extend to space.
The Sun occasionally ejects large amounts of energy and particles into space that can smash into Earth.
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Space weather can affect satellites in a number of different ways, from frying electronics to increasing drag in the atmosphere.
A giant asteroid struck Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
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NASA has only mapped 40% of the potentially dangerous asteroids that could crash into Earth. New projects will boost that number, and upcoming missions will test tech that could prevent collisions.
The International Space Station is run collectively by the U.S., Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and Canada.
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What happens to the International Space Station when tensions on Earth rise? A space policy expert explains how the ISS is run and how Russian aggression has threatened its operation in the past – and now.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (L) and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa perhaps need to extend their hand shakes into the outer space.
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Nigeria-South Africa bi-national commission is a laudable initiative but missing the space cooperation element.
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How will they bring the structure back safely? And where will the surviving components crash?
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You can imagine a white hole as being a black hole in reverse — but is such a thing really possible?
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The zircon crystal was found in the NWA 7034 meteorite, dubbed ‘Black Beauty’ – uncovered from the desert of northwest Africa.
2022 is set to be humanity’s busiest year in space.
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With about 200 orbital launches scheduled and ambitious missions on everything from lunar bases to the search for life in the works, there’s a lot to watch in 2022. An astronomer explains the highlights.
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A mysterious repeating signal from our galactic backyard is a reminder the universe is full of unexpected surprises, if only we should look.
Artist’s conception
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Webb is NASA’s largest and most powerful ever space telescope – set to investigate the formation of the furthest galaxies from Earth.
Satellite image of the Tonga explosion.
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Volcanic eruptions can wreak havoc in the upper atmosphere.
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The mission is set to launch in March 2022. Here’s what you need to know.
An artistic representation of 10 hot Jupiters, studied with the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes.
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Clouds, hellish temperatures, endless nights? Characterizing the atmosphere of exoplanets, planets that orbit stars other than the sun, is a formidable task.
Some stars travel at high speeds through the universe and sometimes leave spectacular clouds of dust and gas in their wake.
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Hypervelocity stars were discovered only 15 years ago and are the closest things in existence to real shooting stars. They travel at millions of miles per hour, so fast that they can escape from galaxies.
The Earth spins as it orbits the Sun. Elements of this image furnished by Nasa.
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Only a planet crashing into it might stop the Earth’s spin.
The rocket boosters for the Space Launch System that will launch Nasa’s Artemis I mission to the Moon.
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Nasa plans to test its new rocket system for the Moon, and a new rover is due to begin its journey to Mars.
mRNA vaccines: not just for COVID.
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Experts give us a science preview for 2022, plus what lies in store for global inequality. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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In some ways, a space rocket and a passenger aircraft fly much the same. But there is one big reason we can’t just take an aircraft into space.