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Humans have big plans for mining in space – but there are many things holding us back

Like Earth, planetary bodies such as the Moon, Mars, asteroids and comets contain substantial deposits of valuable resources. This has caught the attention of both researchers and industry, with hopes of one day mining them to support a space economy.

The Conversation

Super Blood Moon to be visible in the UK tonight as total lunar eclipse occurs

The overnight total lunar eclipse is expected to begin at 3:27am on May 16

Nottingham Post

"Cambridge, we have a problem"

"Cambridge, we have a problem" doesn't quite have the same ring to it

Salon

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How do astronomers find exoplanets? 5 of the best methods, explained

With 5000+ exoplanets out there, not all detection methods are built the same.

Inverse

Lunar law: Canada can now prosecute crimes committed on the Moon

The issue of space law came up in 2019, but Canada is getting a leg up in advance of human settlement on the Moon.

Inverse

Meet the former Nazi rocket scientist who all too accurately saw the future

As well as serving in the SS and a second act as a Nasa engineer, Wernher von Braun wrote a Martian sci-fi novel with a prescient twist…

The Guardian - UK

NASA's ailing Mars lander captures the biggest Marsquake yet

While Insight may soon go offline, Mars decided to give it at least one last show, jolting the craft with a 5.0 magnitude marsquake

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Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the moon

The study makes use of lunar soil samples collected from Apollo 11, 12 and 17.

WEKU

Jupiter: Facts about the biggest planet in our solar system

Discover interesting facts about Jupiter, its many moons, and whether the gas giant and its moons could host extraterrestrial life

LiveScience

Total lunar eclipse will be visible in Chicago Sunday night during blood-red ‘eclipse for the Americas’

Around the city and suburbs, a partial eclipse will be visible beginning at 9:27 p.m. Sunday, with the total phase starting at 10:29 p.m. and its peak at 11:11 pm., according to the Adler Planetarium.

Chicago Sun-Times

About half the US population will likely miss out on the lunar eclipse Sunday night

PHILADELPHIA — Clouds and showers are poised to spoil not only another weekend in the Eastern United States, they are likely to ruin one of the year’s most anticipated astronomical events — a total lunar eclipse Sunday night into early Monday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Moon goes blood red this weekend: 'Eclipse for the Americas'

A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America

The Independent UK

Once a year, we get closer to NASA's Voyagers — here's why

They aren't going backward — we're just going forward. Our orbit to the Sun makes us closer to our large adult sons.

Inverse

We’re growing plants in moon dirt now

Scientists took soil first collected during the Apollo moon missions and managed to get plants to sprout.

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Wales Online

Rare spectacular blood moon total lunar eclipse seen this weekend

Full 'Flower Moon' coincides with a total lunar eclipse

Wales Online

New NASA picture from surface of Mars shows 'doorway' on Red Planet

Image comes as the US Congress prepares to hold an open hearing about UFOs

Daily Record

NASA says asteroid taller than Empire State Building to pass by Earth this weekend

The rock, dubbed a 'Potentially Hazardous Asteroid' by NASA, is whizzing by the planet on Sunday.

Axios

21 federal agencies are monitoring Ukraine war's environmental toll

Ukraine requested assistance in creating a "before" and "after" view of its environment.

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Asteroid larger than Empire State building will pass Earth this weekend

NASA has designated the rock, called 388945 (2008 TZ3), a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid because of its relative proximity to Earth

Zenger

Scientists Capture First-Ever Image Of ‘Unseeable’ Black Hole

Milky Way phenomenon said to be 4 million times bigger than the sun.

The Hindu

Scientists successfully grow plants in moon soil for first time

In a boast to future Moon settlements, NASA planted seeds of a diminutive flowering weed called Arabidopsis thaliana in the soil from the moon – samples of which were retrieved during the NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 – has sprouted

Daily Mirror

Mysterious secret Russian island that’s disappeared from Google Maps

Conspiracy theorists are questioning why a black smudgy mark is being used to censor satellite imagery of a remote icy Arctic enclave that once belonged to the USA

Evening Standard

Scientists grow plants in moon soil for the first time in long-awaited NASA study

Next ‘real step’ is to grow plants on the surface of the moon, said scientists

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scientists Successfully Grow Plants in Soil from the Moon

That's one small pot of soil, one giant leap for man's knowledge of space agriculture: scientists have for the first time grown plants in lunar soil brought back by astronauts in the Apollo program. The ground-breaking experiment, detailed in the journal Communications Biology on Thursday, has given researchers hope that…

Daily Mirror

'Doorway' spotted on Mars after NASA releases startling new images of red planet

A NASA newly released image taken by its Curiosity Rover appears to show a "doorway" cut into the rockface on Mars leading to plenty of speculation about what may be behind it

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