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Apr 12, 2018

Jupiter’s North Pole Looks Totally Insane in These New Photos From NASA

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Incredible!


NASA’s Juno probe continues to whip around Jupiter and beam back incredible new colour photos of the giant planet.

But images that capture the planet’s stormy poles in infrared light, which is invisible to human eyes, are helping to crack the mysteries of Jupiter’s inner workings.

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Apr 12, 2018

NASA releases INCREDIBLE video tour of Jupiter — it looks bizarre

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JUST IN:


NASA released an infrared tour of Jupiter’s North Pole on Wednesday, April 11.

The 3D movie depicts the densely packed cyclones and anti-cyclones on the planet, according to NASA.

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Apr 11, 2018

Mars Express spacecraft gets in-orbit upgrade

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ESA’s Mars Express orbiter is getting a major software upgrade that will extend its service life for years to come. On Sunday, the space agency uploaded the update into the veteran deep space probe’s computers where it will remain stored in memory until a scheduled restart on April 16. If successful, it will take some of the burden off the aging gyroscopes used to keep the unmanned spacecraft’s vital high-gain radio antenna pointed at Earth.

As anyone who regularly uses digital devices can tell you, software updates are a way of life. It turns out that Mars orbiting spacecraft are no exception, with aging electronics that need new instructions to deal with worn out components after years of heavy use.

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Apr 10, 2018

Legal experts: Conflict in outer space will happen

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The University of Nebraska College of Law is joining forces with space and military law experts from Australia and the United Kingdom to take the lead on understanding how our Earth-bound laws will be applied in times of armed conflict in outer space.

Some of the best legal and policy minds at the University of Adelaide, UNSW Canberra, University of Exeter and Nebraska Law will draft the definitive document on military and security law as applied to space.

The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations is to be completed in 2020. It will draw on the knowledge of dozens of legal and space operations experts from around the world.

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Apr 10, 2018

Scientists at CERN discover “colour” of antimatter

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Measuring the structure of antimatter could help us unlock the secrets of the universe.

Science.

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Apr 10, 2018

NASA’s virtual tour of the moon in all-new 4K resolution will blow your mind

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NASA has just released an all-new 4K-resolution video showing the surface of the moon in incredible detail. Created using data gathered over the last nine years, the five-minute presentation shows our nearest neighbor like you’ve never seen it before.

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Apr 10, 2018

A Luxury Space Hotel Is Taking Reservations for Anyone Who Wants to Get the Hell Off This Planet

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Wow, I would love to stay here!


The Aurora Station, the “world’s first luxury space hotel,” orbiting 200 miles above the earth, is looking for guests.

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Apr 10, 2018

Scale: Maps Overlaid On the Moon

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Apr 9, 2018

There’s a Lot of Sperm on the International Space Station Right Now

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Sperm in space!!!


For the first time (officially), NASA will set loose some human sperm in outer space.

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Apr 8, 2018

Jupiter Forms a Triangle in The Night Sky This Month. Here’s How to See It

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We’re never short of reasons to look up at the night sky — whether it’s the rare second blue moon we were just treated to, or a meteor shower.

But in case you need a little motivation to get out of the house and into the fresh air this month, we have a beautiful one for you: checking out the ever-changing celestial geometry above our heads.

This April, the gas giant Jupiter forms a rare and fleeting triangle with two bright stars in our night sky, and it’ll be visible with the naked eye if you know where to look.

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