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Photo of two galaxies which collided 200million light years away
NASA's Hubble Telescope captured the scene, where gravity twisted starburst galaxy's spiral arms out of shape and triggered exploding stars - now painstakingly recoloured by an astrophotographer.
Earth as ART: Infrared satellite photos show world in dazzling colour
The project, Earth As Art, began in early 2000s after scientists found the visual data they were collecting from satellites of earth had more than just scientific value and decided to make the images public.
NASA release exact date city-killer asteroid could hit the Earth
Asteroid JF1 could be very bad news for humanity if it keeps its 2022 appointment with the planet – potentially striking earth with the force of 15 Hiroshima bombs
A star travelling at 3.7million miles per hour has been discovered
The star, called S5-HVS1 was found 29,000 light years from Earth travelling at millions of miles per hour. It was found by a team using a telescope in New South Wales, Australia.
Scientists use a space radar to discover the size of nuclear tests
Using a space-based radar, scientists found that the North Korean tests at Mount Mantap had a yield of 245 to 271 kilotonnes and had managed to shift the mountain by a few metres.
Team behind James Bond-style Jetpacks announce FLYING motorcycle
Today, a tech startup announced it has secured $2 million in funding to develop a prototype for a flying motorcycle, which will have a top speed of 400 MPH and max height of 15,000 feet.
ISS astronauts embark on spacewalks to fix cosmic ray detector
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and U.S. astronaut Andrew Morgan ventured out Friday for the 'most difficult' spacewalk since the Hubble Space Telescope repairs a few decades ago.
Bezos' vision of space colonies that could house a TRILLION people
Building off of a concept introduced by physicist Gerard O'Neill - who Bezos himself studied under during his time at Princeton - the Blue Origin founder outlined habitats that could hold cities.
Astronomers develop new method to detect oxygen on exoplanets
Scientists at University of California Riverside are using NASA's new James Webb Space telescope to detect changes in light that may be suggestive of oxygen on planets outside our Solar System.
Meteorite from half a century ago contains the oldest matter on Earth
Grains found in a meteorite that landed in Murchison, Australia formed some seven billion years ago and are believed to be the oldest solid matter on the planet.
Elon Musk fears he will die before SpaceX makes it to Mars
Elon Musk admitted he is unsure SpaceX will make it to Mars before he dies, citing the firm's lack of progress. Musk explained it has taken '18 years just to get ready to do the first people in orbit.'
Musk’s Top Concern Now Is SpaceX Getting to Mars Before He Dies
While others worry about economies slipping into recession and markets melting down, Elon Musk’s biggest concern is that his rocket company SpaceX may fail to accomplish its foundational mission -- getting to Mars -- before he dies.
www.bloomberg.com
Inside Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week—and settle Mars
“I think we need, probably, on the order of 1,000 ships.”…
arstechnica.com
Burning object tears through sky for 20 minutes before hitting ground
Gerry Underwood, 55, who lives on a canal boat in Stretham, Cambridgeshire, saw the object at around 8pm on Wednesday as it spiralled through the sky.
Hubble releases a 'breathtaking' new image of a giant nebula
Named the 'tapestry of blazing starbirth', the new image brings together the nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020 - both about 163,000 light years from Earth
Supernova discovered is TWICE as bright as any previously found
Dying stars are discovered every night but most are in vast galaxies while this one appeared to stand alone, according to a team from the University of Birmingham.
Astronomers capture image of rare galaxy 11 billion light-years away
The star formation has been named R5519 and described as a 'cosmic ring of fire' shaped like a 'titanic doughnut'. It has a hole in the centre two billion times longer than the distance between Earth and the sun
Stunning strawberry moon lights up the night sky - the best pics from the UK and around the world
THESE stunning photos show a Strawberry Moon light up the night sky around the UK and the rest of the world. The last full moon of Spring coincided with a penumbral lunar eclipse this month, turnin…
www.thesun.co.uk
NASA's bombshell Hubble Telescope discovery changes how old we think universe is
The Hubble telescope is still revealing the amazing mysteries of the universe despite being launched into space 30 years ago
Flat-Earthers ruthlessly trolled after SpaceX launch 'shows world is round'
But Flat-Eathers hit back saying that round world was probably photo-shopped after Saturday's SpaceX launch at Florida's Kennedy Space Center sent two Americans into space
Chance of finding another Earth-like planet just got higher, say scientists
A team from the University of Sheffield believes their findings could shed light on how planets like Earth are formed in the first place
Elon Musk's SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit
The 60 satellites launched atop the firm's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:55pm EDT on June 3 (1:55am BST June 4).
Ex-astronaut Kathy Sullivan dives to lowest point on Earth
Former NASA astronaut and geologist Kathy Sullivan, 68, has become the first woman to dive to lowest point on Earth, known as Challenger Deep.
United Arab Emirates to launch Mars orbiter next month
Called Amal, meaning 'hope', the mission will take off from a remote Japanese island called Tanegashima on July 15.
UAE Mars mission: Hope project a 'real step forward for exploration'
The UAE's Hope project is hailed as a "real step forward" for space exploration in the Arab world.
www.bbc.com
Experts map hot, dense structures in Earth's mantle for the first time
The team from Baltimore in the US used an algorithm known as 'the Sequencer' which can automatically find trends in large-scale datasets.
AAAS
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A football field-sized asteroid just missed Earth. No one saw it coming - National | Globalnews.ca
The asteroid is similar in size to the supposed 'city killer' that surprised astronomers last year.
globalnews.ca
New prehistoric monument dating back 4,500 years is discovered
Fieldwork and analysis have revealed evidence of 20 or more massive prehistoric shafts forming a circle more than two kilometres in diameter around the Durrington Walls henge.
NASA releases incredible 10-year time lapse of the Sun
NASA has released an incredible video showing a 10-year time lapse of the Sun in glorious 4K. The video shows a photo of the Sun for every day of the last 10 years per second.
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Milky Way image gallery shows off our galaxy in rarely-seen detail
An annual Milky Way photography competition has unveiled 25 spectacular images showing off our galaxy in incredible rarely-seen detail.
NASA outlines plan to use steam-powered robots to explore icy moons
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers are developing small football sized spherical robots equipped with steam powered thrusters for future exploration.
Neptune-sized planet found orbiting a young star 32 light years away
The exoplanet was found in a system 32 light-years away and its host star is only 20 to 30 million years old - compared to the 4.5 billion years our Sun has been around.
