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By Science Correspondent A mysterious 10-sided shape has been spotted around Saturn’s South Pole, with observations from the University of Leicester helping scientists investigate the unusual feature. The structure, known as a decagon, was seen in images from the Hubble Space Telescope and by amateur astronomers around the
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By Science Correspondent Four astronauts who travelled farther from Earth than any humans before them have been honoured with one of the highest awards in space exploration. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor from
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By Science Correspondent A Hampshire surgeon who lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident could become the first person with a physical disability to take part in a long-duration space mission. John McFall, a former Paralympian and member of the European Space Agency's Astronaut Reserve, is
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By Science Correspondent UK scientists and companies, including a team from University of Leicester, are playing a key role in a major international mission launched to improve understanding of how Earth is protected from the Sun. The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission launched aboard a Vega-C
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By Science Correspondent British scientists, including a team from Space Park Leicester, have launched microscopic worms to the International Space Station (ISS) in a groundbreaking experiment aimed at improving understanding of long-duration space travel. The project, led by the University of Exeter and built by the University of Leicester
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By Science Correspondent Space scientists say they’ve found a bizarre planet system that turns everything we thought we knew upside down. Experts at the University of Warwick, using the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS telescope, have spotted a distant solar system that doesn’t follow the usual cosmic rulebook.
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By Education Correspondent Astronauts could soon be able to move more freely thanks to a soft robotic exosuit developed by researchers at the University of Bristol. Not only does the technology have extraterrestrial benefits, but it could also help people who need support with their mobility on earth too. The
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By Science Correspondent Astronomers at the University of Warwick have made a rare discovery: a nearby white dwarf star is likely the result of two stars merging into one — a cosmic event uncovered using the Hubble Space Telescope. The white dwarf, known as WD 0525+526, sits about 130 light-
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By Science Correspondent NASA’s new mission, TRACERS, has launched successfully and will soon begin studying how Earth’s magnetic field protects us from space weather. The twin satellites—short for Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites—lifted off Wednesday at 11:13 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space
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By Jill Dando News NASA announced Monday its latest plans to team up with a streaming service to bring space a little closer to home. Starting this summer, NASA+ live programming will be available on Netflix. Audiences now will have another option to stream rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks, mission coverage,
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By Joel ,16, Jill Dando News Correspondent The Science Museum and UK space company Magdrive are running a competition for children to design a mission patch for Magdrive’s first space test! The winning patch will be used on the Going Rogue mission and shown in the museum’s new
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By Science Correspondent NASA has announced the astronauts and cosmonauts selected for the upcoming SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), marking the 11th crew rotation flight as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission, slated for launch no earlier than July 2025, will feature
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By Science Correspondent For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune, marking the first ever detection of a long-sought species (H3+) high in the atmosphere of the Ice Giant. The discovery, using JWST’s near-infrared instrument, was made by
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By Jill Dando News NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 completed the agency’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of America. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams,
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By Jill Dando News NASA will provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17. NASA and SpaceX met on Sunday to assess weather and
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By Grace and Ollie, 10, Jill Dando News Pupils at Castle Batch Primary School Academy (CBPSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset explored a super space explorer dome. It was located in the main hall of Worle Baptist Church, based near to the school, and the pupils loved learning about space.