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Space Agencies Are Tracking Two Explorers En Route to Antarctica’s ‘Pole of Inaccessibility’
Two men are three weeks into an expedition to Antartica’s Pole of Inaccessibility, an isolated spot that is 901 km from the South Pole. The pair are working in collaboration with NASA and the European Space Agency as they record the psychological and physiological effects of the journey, data that the space agencies believe could…
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Can We Really Deflect An Asteroid Heading For Earth?
A NASA spacecraft the size of a golf cart has been directed to smash into an asteroid, with the intention of knocking it slightly off course. The test aims to demonstrate our technological readiness in case an actual asteroid threat is detected in the future. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) lifted off aboard a…
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Tuvalu Official Delivers One Hell of a Climate Speech
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — The United Nations climate talks got a jolt on Tuesday when the small island nation of Tuvalu’s foreign minister delivered a bracing speech from the Pacific. Literally.
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Space Force Detects Mystery Object in Orbit Alongside Chinese Satellite
China’s Shijian-21 spacecraft, a satellite with the stated purpose of cleaning up space junk, has an orbital companion, but we’re not entirely sure what it is.