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NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon
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NASA is developing swimming robots to look for alien life
NASA envisions a swarm of cellphone-size robots swimming through the water beneath the kilometres-thick icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa or Saturn’s moon Enceladus, looking for alien life.
They uncover new fossils, but they also bite
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China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter has mapped the entire surface of Mars
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Hubble captures stunning image of globular cluster with thousands of stars
Globular clusters, like this one captured by NASA's Hubble telescope, are stable and tightly bound clusters that contain tens of thousands to millions of stars.
A clunky mask may be the answer to airborne disease and N95 waste
A few studies have suggested that reusable elastomeric respirators should be essential gear for frontline medical workers during a respiratory pandemic, which experts predicted would quickly deplete supplies of N95s, the disposable filtration masks largely made in China.
Searching for gold, miners discover a frozen baby mammoth
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Tonga volcano eruption triggered atmospheric waves that reached edge of space
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ESA research rules out 2052 asteroid impact on Earth
The asteroid 2021 QM1 was discovered in August 2021 and was added to the top of the European Space Agency's risk list. But a series of cosmic events meant that scientists had a very small window to figure out whether the asteroid would strike Earth in 2052.
Digging Deep: What new research shows about the genetic diversity of India’s Gibbons
Faecal DNA has been used extensively in the past to understand the occupancy, population size as well as diet of a wide range of species.
‘Enchanted Lake’ on Mars: Why it is the best spot to look for signs of life
The sedimentary rocks of the "Enchanted Lake" make it a good location to look for signs of early life on Mars.
NASA to release ‘deepest image of universe ever’ taken with James Webb Space Telescope
We finally have hints of what the first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will look like.
Scientists grow food in the dark with ‘artificial photosynthesis’
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Artemis program: Here’s how NASA plans to return to the Moon
With the Artemis program, NASA will return to the Moon more than 50 years after it was there last there.
Why NASA wants public help in spotting Martian clouds
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NASA’s CAPSTONE mission launches to the Moon
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