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Scientists think an old rocket just hit the Moon going 5,800 mph

A rocket hurtling through space for years crashed into the Moon on Friday, according to orbital calculations. But the strike wasn't directly observed. There might be a wait for photographic evidence. The impact would have taken place at 7:25 am Eastern Time. It had taken...

Weather satellite rockets to orbit to monitor US West

America's newest weather satellite blasted off Tuesday. It will improve wildfire and flood forecasting across the western half of the country. It's the replacement for a satellite launched exactly four years ago. It ended up with a cooling line blockage. It hindered its main camera. The National Oceanic...

The exact point of the moon’s south pole

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been taking high-resolution pictures of the lunar surface, since 2009. This data with the information from a laser altimeter mapping instrument has allowed scientists to create an incredibly detailed map of the moon. NASA said that they can now...

Canberra can play a role in global asteroid detection

NASA's Near-Earth Object Observation Program documents all asteroid sightings which could pose a potential threat to our planet. Geographical constraints mean that somewhere between 2% and 7% of asteroids are not detected. Former director of the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex and UNSW Canberra Professor...

NASA rules out April for Artemis I launch

NASA mission managers updated Artemis I progress ahead of the March rollout of the massive Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to Kennedy Space Centre's Launch Pad 39-B. The agency called it a wet dress rehearsal. It is targeting March 16 at 6 p.m....

Tiny probes could sail to outer planets with the help of low-power lasers

Space travel can be agonizingly slow. The New Horizons probe took almost 10 years to reach Pluto. Traveling to Proxima Centauri b would require thousands of years with even the biggest rockets. Although it is the closest habitable planet to Earth. New research calculated...