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NASA, ESA join forces on life-hunting ExoMars rover

NASA and ESA have signed an agreement to team up on the ExoMars rover mission, which aims to launch a life-hunting robot toward the Red Planet in 2028.

Space

Japanese-European spacecraft bound for Mercury weakened by thruster glitch

The thrusters of Mercury-bound spacecraft BepiColombo are operating at less than full capacity, and operators are racing to find a solution.

Space

A massive, icy Mars crater stares up at a Red Planet orbiter (image)

A massive Mars impact crater dominates a new view from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).

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James Webb telescope spots 2 monster black holes merging at the dawn of time, challenging our understanding of the universe

New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal the most distant pair of merging black holes ever spotted. The discovery further challenges leading theories of cosmology.

LiveScience

James Webb Space Telescope spots most distant and oldest black hole collision ever seen (video)

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a merger between two supermassive black holes so distant it proceeded just 740 million years after the Big Bang.

Space

In the Milky Way, 3 intruder stars are 'on the run' — in the wrong direction

Three ancient stars that hail from cannibalized dwarf galaxies are "on the run" at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour in the Milky Way's galactic halo.

Space

Dusty galaxy looks like a cosmic net in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope photo

A striking new Hubble Telescope photo highlights the intricacies of a distant galaxy glowing with a bright white core surrounded by complex dust structures.

Space

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Wow! Satellite views International Space Station from only 43 miles away (photo)

The International Space Station was caught on camera in an incredible new photo from HEO Robotics, which images satellites using space-based sensors.

Space

'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny spacecraft

Asteroid Apophis is heading to Earth, and scientists have revealed three tiny spacecraft concepts that could race to meet the space rock in April 2029.

Space

Why is NASA creating a standard time for the moon? | Explained

White House directs NASA to establish Coordinated Lunar Time for cislunar operations, boosting space situational awareness and navigation.

The Hindu

Space photo of the week: A planet-size explosion rocks the sun's 'mossy' corona

Coronal moss grows, solar rain falls and plasma eruptions rear their gargantuan heads in this fiery landscape of the sun's outer atmosphere, taken by ESA's Solar Orbiter.

LiveScience

James Webb telescope reveals fiery 'mane' of the Horsehead Nebula in spectacular new images

Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the star-forming Horsehead Nebula is located 1,300 light-years away in the Orion Constellation.

LiveScience

Mars exploration, new rockets and more: Interview with ESA chief Josef Aschbacher

Space.com caught up with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher recently to talk about Europe's space plans and priorities going forward.

Space

Satellites spot clusters of 'spiders' sprawled across Mars' Inca City (photo)

Seasonal spider-like features were spotted sprouting up through surface cracks near Mars’ Inca City region.

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Alien Life On K2-18b?: Scientists Excited To See Observations From Planet Twice The Size Of Earth

Scientists are one step closer to finding possible life on Planet K2-18b, which is twice as big as Earth and 120 light-years away. The post Alien Life On K2-18b?: Scientists Excited To See Observations From Planet Twice The Size Of Earth first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Mars Covered In Hundreds Of “Spiders” In Horrifying New Satellite Footage

Images shared by the European Space Agency (ESA) captured what appeared to be spiders but were actually the result of carbon dioxide deposits turning into gas. The post Mars Covered In Hundreds Of “Spiders” In Horrifying New Satellite Footage first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Ice-penetrating radar will help JUICE and other spacecraft find water beyond Earth

When it arrives at Jupiter and the planet's moons in 2031, the JUICE spacecraft will use ice-penetrating radar to see beneath determine habitability.

LiveScience

Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos

Every spring, creepy black 'spiders' sprout up on Mars as buried carbon dioxide ice releases dusty geysers of gas. New ESA images show the phenomenon has begun in the strange Inca City formation.

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Scientists find one of the oldest stars in the universe in a galaxy right next to ours

An ancient star discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud has revealed the chemical fingerprint of the early universe. It hints that conditions were not the same everywhere when the first stars forged the elements for life.

LiveScience

Enormous explosion in 'Cigar Galaxy' reveals rare type of star never seen beyond the Milky Way

An incredibly brief, ultrabright explosion has led astronomers to a newfound magnetic star outside the Milky Way, which could be the first of many extragalactic magnetars, according to new research.

Space

Fortnite launches to the moon in new 'Lunar Horizons' simulation game

A preview of Fortnite's new free-to-play "Lunar Horizons" mission experience on the moon.

GamesRadar

The ESA says its members won't support the one form of game preservation that might actually work

"It's pretty incredible that the ESA's stance is that they won't support copyright reform to help libraries make out-of-print games more accessible to researchers under *any* circumstances"

Space

ESA graduates the 'Hoppers': Europeans, Australian pass astronaut basic training

The "Hoppers" — five European astronauts and the first astronaut from the Australian Space Agency — are now ready to "hop" into their first flight assignments, having completed basic training.

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ESA Graduates New Astronauts For International Space Missions

ESA welcomes five new astronauts after completing rigorous training program in Germany, preparing for ISS and Artemis moon missions.

The Guardian - AU

Australian taxpayers paid $466,000 for training of nation’s first female astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg

With Bennell-Pegg unlikely to go to space anytime soon, there are questions about the value of the spending by the cash-strapped Australian space program

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