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Mars helicopter Ingenuity checks in from the red planet

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has shared the first update from Ingenuity, the helicopter which landed on Mars along with the Perseverance rover this week.
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An artist’s impression of the Cygnus X-1 system. This system contains the most massive stellar-mass black hole ever detected without the use of gravitational waves, weighing in at 21 times the mass of the Sun.

Famous black hole is even more massive than previously thought

Astronomers have discovered that the first black hole ever discovered, Cygnus X-1, is even more massive and further away than previously thought.
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FAA investigation finds SpaceX explosion ‘did not endanger the public’

The FAA has closed its investigation into SpaceX and found that an explosion during testing of the Starship rocket prototype did not put the public in danger.
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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, is seen launching from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Feb. 15, 2020. The Cygnus spacecraft will carry approximately 8,000 pounds of research, supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station during the commercial provider’s upcoming cargo resupply mission for NASA.

How to watch the SS Katherine Johnson spacecraft launch today

The 15th Northrop Grumman mission to resupply the International Space Station will be launching today, and we've got all details on how to watch it live.
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Mars has a new explorer: NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on the red planet

In an incredible feat of engineering, NASA has once again landed a rover on Mars. The rover touched down safely today after a picture-perfect landing sequence.
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An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely on Feb. 18, 2021.

How to watch NASA’s Perseverance rover land on Mars today

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will attempt a feat that is terrifying and impressive in equal measures: Landing a rover on Mars.
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Why the Jezero Crater is the most exciting place on Mars

Why is NASA landing a multibillion dollar Mars rover in Jezero Crater? What makes this tiny pockmark on the Red Planet so interesting?
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Astronomers discover baby sun orbited by three hot worlds in a ‘river of stars’

Astronomers have spotted a an exciting star called TOI 451, similar to our sun but much younger, which has three hot planets in orbit around it.
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Russia's Progress 76 resupply ship, packed with nearly three tons of food, fuel and supplies, approaches the International Space Station above the eastern European nation of Ukraine on July 23, 2020.

How to watch a double feature rocket launch tonight: SpaceX and Progress 77

If you're looking for some romantic entertainment this Valentine's Day, then two separate rockets are launching tonight. And what's more romantic than rockets?
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NASA crew members of the SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station. Pictured from left are NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines.

NASA announces astronauts to head to ISS on fourth SpaceX Crew Dragon mission

NASA has announced two of the astronauts who will be heading to the ISS in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on its fourth operational flight.
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Artist’s Impression of the Black Hole Concentration in NGC 6397

Hubble finds an unexpected collection of black holes

When scientists using Hubble looked at globular cluster NGC 6397, they expected to find one black hole at its center. Instead, they found something strange.
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The Hope Probe's first image of Mars

See the Hope mission’s first stunning image of Mars

A gorgeous image of our planetary neighbor has been captured by the UAE's Hope mission to Mars.
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Facebook is reportedly making a smartwatch, and it’ll have health features

Facebook could be planning to suck up even more of your data, according to reports that the tech giant is working on a smartwatch with health-related features.
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This illustration imagines what the distant object nicknamed “Farfarout” might look like in the outer reaches of our Solar System.

Object ‘Farfarout’ confirmed as the most distant object in our solar system

Astronomers confirmed the orbit of the most distant object in our solar system, and have found that at times it is even further away than previously thought.
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A thermoelectric wearable device worn as a ring.

This stretchy, recyclable device turns the human body into a battery

In a concept straight out of The Matrix, researchers have developed a wearable device which uses the human body as a battery.
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This illustration shows NASA's InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface.

NASA’s InSight lander is going into hibernation for the Martian winter

NASA's InSight lander on Mars will soon powering down some of its instruments to slumber through the Martian winter.
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An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover as it fires up its descent stage engines

7 minutes of terror: A breakdown of Perseverance’s insane Mars landing sequence

NASA's incredible multipart landing sequence for the Perseverance rover involves a parachute, a jetpack, and a contraption called a skycrane.
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Astronauts on the ISS will have an out of this world view of the Super Bowl

The astronauts on the International Space Station will have a unique view of the Super Bowl, as the station is due to fly over the stadium during the game.
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The radio galaxy Hercules A has an active supermassive black hole at its centre. Here it is pictured emitting high energy particles in jets expanding out into radio lobes.

Misbehaving ‘baby’ black holes could cause strange brightening of radio galaxies

A new study has looked at baby' supermassive black holes, which lie at the heart of young galaxies, and found that they may be misbehaving in intriguing ways.
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Artist's impression of the Hope spacecraft in orbit around Mars

UAE’s Hope mission to be first of three to arrive at Mars this month

It's going to be a busy month for Mars, with three separate missions all due to arrive in February. The first to arrive will be the UAE's Hope mission.
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SpaceX will launch NASA’s SPHEREx astrophysics survey mission

NASA has announced it has selected SpaceX to launch the SPHEREx mission, which will of the sky to uncover clues about the beginning of the universe.
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NASA wants to send a robotic mission to search for ice on Mars

If we ever want to send humans to Mars, we'll need to find water there. Now international space agencies want to find a way to locate it on the red planet.
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An orange glow radiates from the center of NGC 1792, the heart of this stellar furnace. Captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, this intimate view of NGC 1792 gives us some insight into this galactic powerhouse. The vast swathes of tell-tale blue seen throughout the galaxy indicate areas that are full of young, hot stars, and it is in the shades of orange, seen nearer the center, that the older, cooler stars reside.

Hubble captures an image of a busy star factory, galaxy NGC 1792

NASA has shared another beautiful image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope of the starburst galaxy NGC 1792.
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A close-up of the Apple logo on a 2020 M1 Mac Mini, with MacOS Monterey reflecting onto its surface.

Apple talks with Hyundai and Kia about electric vehicle are reportedly ‘paused’

Apple has been in talks with Hyundai and Kia about potentially collaborating to produce an electric vehicle, but these talks are now reportedly paused.
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Artist's impression of PSR J2039−5617 and its companion. The binary system consists of a rapidly rotating neutron star (right) and a stellar companion about a sixth of the mass of our Sun (left). The star is deformed by the neutron star's strong tidal forces and it is heated by the neutron stars gamma radiation (magenta). The modelled surface temperature of the star is shown in brown (cooler) to yellow (hotter) color. The radiation from the neutron star slowly but surely evaporates the star and creates clouds of plasma in the binary system, which hamper observation at radio wavelengths.

Thousands of volunteers helped identify this strange gamma-ray source

The origin of a mysterious gamma-ray source has been identified thanks to the donated computer power of thousands of volunteers.
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A black-and-white picture of Mars taken by Tianwen 1, the first snapshot from the Chinese craft.

China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft snaps image of Mars from over 1 million miles away

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has captured its first image of Mars from over 1 million miles away.
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Best Super Bowl TV deals 2021: Cheap 4K TVs, QLED TVs, and OLED TVs

Here, we've rounded up all the best Super Bowl TV deals you can shop today, including HDTVs, 4K TVs, and 8K TVs.
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This Hubble image shows ESO 455-10, a planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scorpius. The color image is composed of near-infrared and optical observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Four filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter.

Hubble spots beautiful planetary nebula interacting with the interstellar medium

This week, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured yet another beautiful image of space: This time, of planetary nebula ESO 455-10.
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NASA will build its lunar base camp on the moon’s south pole

NASA plans to set up a long-term base on the moon, and it has narrowed down the options for locations to focus on the moon's south pole.
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TESS previously revealed that Thuban, a former North Star, is also a eclipsing binary, as illustrated here. Three such pairs make up a newly discovered sextuple star system called TYC 7037-89-1.

This bizarre system has six stars orbiting each other in an elaborate dance

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has identified a system of six stars that orbit each other in an elaborate pattern.
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Say goodbye to Earth’s ‘second moon’, because it’ll be gone soon

Last year, researchers discovered a 'minimoon' which turned out to have a story all its own. But now it's about to leave our planet's orbit for good.
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Members of the SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station participated in training in Hawthorne, California, on Jan. 11, 2021. Pictured from left are ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

NASA and SpaceX will send next batch of astronauts to ISS in April

NASA and SpaceX have announced the date for the next launch of astronauts to the ISS using the recently-developed Crew Dragon capsule.
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FAA is reportedly investigating SpaceX over its Starship tests

Reports suggest the FAA wasn't happy with SpaceX's recent high-altitude test of its Starship prototype which ended in a dramatic explosion.
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Landing and recovery teams from Boeing and NASA take part in a crew landing dress rehearsal at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico in preparation for missions returning with astronauts from the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA practices emergency procedures for crewed Boeing Starliner flights

This week, NASA tested out the emergency procedures for Boeing's Starliner capsule by simulating an injured crew member during landing.
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