The Apollo 11 lunar lander and other moon missions left behind some weird stuff, including cannons,…
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Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon
Before anyone had been to space, NASA simulated everything that could go possibly wrong – efforts…
Jodrell Bank Observatory honoured with UNESCO World Heritage status
Jodrell Bank Observatory, a world-leading centre for radio astronomy in the UK, has been added to…
Asteroid 2019 NN3 to flyby Earth at 0.83 lunar distances on July 10 – the largest since the start of the year
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 NN3 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.83 LD…
Museum starts 'live' restoration of Rembrandt masterpiece
Amsterdam’s famed Rijksmuseum on Monday began a historic restoration of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”, erecting a…
Robots, Not Humans, Are The New Space Explorers
Landing a man on the moon captures the public’s imagination. But in the decades after the…
X-ray serendipity
The purple lines and blotches scattered across this image show something incredible: all of the X-ray sources…
Asteroid 2019 MB4 to flyby Earth at 0.82 lunar distances on July 9
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 MB4 will flyby Earth at 0.82 LD / 0.00211 AU…
Is that news really 'fake,' or is it just biased?
In an era of concern over “fake news,” a new study finds that people draw a…
Snow algae thrive in high-elevation ice spires, an unlikely oasis for life
High in the Andes Mountains, dagger-shaped ice spires house thriving microbial communities, offering an oasis for…