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There might be a huge planet lurking near one of the closest stars to Earth. NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has imaged a possible planet near Alpha Centauri A, a sun-like star that forms part of the triplet Alpha Centauri star group. The mini-cluster is just four light-years from Earth and is a rich ground for astronomers to learn …

Avi Loeb, the chair of the astronomy department at Harvard, has suggested that a Manhattan-sized interstellar object, which has been discovered speeding through our cosmic neighborhood, could have an alien origin. He has advised to stay ready as it “may come to save us or destroy us,” the Independent reported. The asteroid 31/ATLAS was first spotted by a Chile-based telescope.(Representative …

ATHENS, Ga. — A meteorite that punched a hole i n a Georgia homeowner’s roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself, according to scientist who examined fragments of the space rock. People in several Southern states reported seeing the mysterious fireball in broad daylight on June 26 as it hurtled toward …

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Re-Entry and Splashdown – YouTube Watch On SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronauts will return to Earth today (Aug. 9) after living on the International Space Station for nearly five months, and you can watch the action live. The mission’s Crew Dragon capsule, named Endurance, is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast today at …

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A meteorite that punched a hole i n a Georgia homeowner’s roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself, according to scientist who examined fragments of the space rock. People in several Southern states reported seeing the mysterious fireball in broad daylight on June 26 as it hurtled …

NASA Astronaut Jim Lovell, who guided the Apollo 13 mission safely back to Earth in 1970, has died aged 97. Nasa said he “turned a potential tragedy into a success” after an attempt to land on the Moon was aborted due to an explosion onboard the spacecraft while it was hundreds of thousands of miles from Earth. Tens of millions …

Low Earth orbit, or “LEO,” is convenient, but it’s getting crowded with over 9,000 metric tons of space junk, which raises the risk of a devastating collision that could kill everyone on board an orbital craft. The moon is close but has no breathable air, hardly any atmosphere to protect against deadly space radiation, and nights there can last up to two …

Subterranean forests are not a figment of a science-fiction writer’s imagination, but actually exist. The Hayward Gallery’s ‘Among the Trees’ exhibition in 2020 included a remarkable photograph by Rachel Sussman of a 13,000-year-old tree, Parinari capensis, growing beneath the red sandy soil of South Africa’s savannah. Or rather, it showed the uppermost crown, the only part of the tree in …

In an ambitious and visionary project, a groundbreaking study and design competition produced a conceptual model for a spaceship capable of taking humans on a one-way, 250-year journey to Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth. This study, part of the global Project Hyperion competition, has captured the imaginations of scientists, engineers, and architects. The winning design, named Chrysalis, …

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