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Europe's Asteroid Mission Hera Launches Despite Hurricane

Europe's Hera probe launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft when it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary defences.

International Business Times

A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash

The Independent UK

NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries

NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035. The trip will take about six to seven months each way and will cover up to 250 million miles (402 million kilometers) each way. The astronauts may spend as many as 500 days…

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Solar System: release date, trailer, planets, interview with Brian Cox and everything we know

Solar System sees Professor Brian Cox explore some of the amazing phenomena occurring in space in his new BBC2 series.

WhatToWatch

MIT's FutureYou is the AI version of a motivational cat poster

Have you ever thought to yourself, “If I could go back in time and tell my younger self one thing it’d be…”? Well, maybe your future self can do that for you.

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Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time − but designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easy

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip.

The Conversation

Hera Spacecraft To Probe Asteroid Deflected By Defence Test

Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary defences.

International Business Times

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Curiosity Mars rover's wheels are more battered than ever — but they still work

The latest photo of Curiosity's wheels shows new — but not debilitating — damage.

Space

New NASA images reveal giant hole in Curiosity rover's wheel after 12 years of 'abuse' on Mars

Images captured by Curiosity's onboard cameras show several large tears in the tire of one of the rover's wheels. However, the damage does not appear to be slowing the roaming robot down.

LiveScience

The ESA’s Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA’s DART probe two years ago

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will travel several hundred million kilometres to reach the double asteroid Didymos in autumn 2026.

The Conversation

Life on Mars originally to star Neil Morrissey and be called Ford Granada

Life on Mars could have been very different...

WhatToWatch

This Innovative Technology Is Reinventing How We Can Study the Solar System

Rather than carry many instruments with a vast array of purposes, CubeSats focus on a single, specific scientific goal.

Inverse

John Simm has been ‘left questioning everything’ after life-changing discovery on DNA series

‘Everything I thought I knew wasn’t real,’ said the ‘Life on Mars’ and ‘Doctor Who’ actor

The Independent UK

Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter review – the ego has landed, just not on Mars

New York Times reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac paint a damning portrait of the billionaire who turned the social media platform into a smaller business and a larger cesspool

The Guardian - UK

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 130 —Dogs on Mars, Snakes on the Moon

On Episode 130 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Jim Bell about the Mars Sample Return program and VIPER mission to the moon.

The Conversation

CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system

Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the impact these instruments are having on space exploration is gigantic. CubeSats – miniature, agile and cheap satellites – are revolutionizing how scientists study the cosmos.

Space

New type of Kevlar heading to ISS in October for space debris protection tests

Next-generation space debris protection material is being readied for a test trip to the International Space Station, to see how it holds up in the final frontier.

The Independent UK

OceanGate co-founder claims milestone in quest to put humans on Venus

Guillermo Söhnlein shared a post about a new “biopod” with its own climate system that could be used to help humans thrive on the otherwise uninhabitable planet.

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Radar images capture snowman-shaped object tumbling past Earth

Radar images have captured snowman-shaped 2024 ON asteroid tumbling through space.

Space

Weird striped rock 'unlike any seen on Mars' found by Perseverance rover. Here's why NASA's excited

While climbing a crater rim, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted a curious striped rock that may have rolled from farther uphill, hinting at treasures the robotic explorer has yet to find.

Space

Blue Origin fires up 2nd stage of huge New Glenn rocket ahead of debut launch (video)

Blue Origin carried out a hotfire test for its New Glenn rocket second stage on Monday (Sept. 23) as the company moves toward the huge vehicle's debut flight.

Space

Where did Mars' atmosphere go? Scientists say it may be 'hiding in plain sight'

New research suggests that the atmosphere of Mars could have literally "gone to ground" as carbon dioxide was greedily slurped out of the atmosphere and locked away by Red Planet clays.

The Independent UK

Scientists believe they finally know what happened to Mars’ missing atmosphere

It could be hiding in plain sight, researchers say.

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NASA Scientists Puzzled By Zebra-striped Boulder On Mars

The rock has a texture unlike any seen on Mars before.

Space

'We are close:' SETI astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol on the search for life

Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol seeks answers to two key questions: Are we alone in the universe? How did life on Earth begin in the first place?

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