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Mysterious 'sea swirls' off Poland's coast have a surprising explanation

Researchers have discovered that unusual swirling "slicks" that occasionally appear on the Baltic Sea are actually made from floating tree pollen.

LiveScience

European astronauts touch base after first weeks of 'basic' training

The five astronauts from the 2022 intake of the European Space Agency (ESA) have always dreamed of going to space. They have now completed their first weeks of "basic" training. Extra courses in geology mean they are likely to plan missions to the Moon and perhaps even Mars. But the…

France 24

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates

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How does astronomy use the electromagnetic spectrum?

Frequencies of light invisible to the human eye reveal a vast amount of information about our universe. But it took decades for scientists to learn how to view this hidden cosmos.

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Juice Jupiter rocket to search for life on moons blasts off in vital space mission

The six-tonne probe, named Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), has blasted off on Thursday to the solar system's biggest planet to see if its ocean-bearing moons support life

Daily Mirror

Blast-off to Jupiter moons postponed for fear of lightning strikes

European Space Agency pushes back launch of Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer project for 24 hours

The Guardian - UK

Explaining JUICE: Mission to Jupiter and its moons

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is the European Space Agency’s $1.7bn exploration programme for the Jovian orbit.

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Mission to find alien life on Jupiter is full steam ahead as rocket to fire off

The Ariane 5 rocket is planned to launch at 1.15pm UK time from the European Space Agency's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, a French territory on the northeast coast of South America

Daily Mirror

Launch of Juice space mission to assess chance of life on Jupiter’s moons postponed

The launch of a spacecraft on a mission to explore Jupiter and three of its moons has been postponed until Friday due to a lightning risk.

Evening Standard

How to watch Europe launch its alien-hunting JUICE satellite live on Thursday

The European Space Agency is sending a probe called JUICE to Jupiter's moons — and we've got all the info you need to watch the launch.

LiveScience

Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission rolls out to pad for April 13 launch (photos)

The European Space Agency (ESA) shared images of the Ariane 5 rocket that will send its JUICE spacecraft to Jupiter and its moons as it is rolled out to the pad ahead of its April 13 launch.

Space

European space mission seeks out new life on Jupiter's icy moons

Move over Mars. The search for extra-terrestrial life in our solar system is this week fixed squarely on Jupiter as the European Space Agency (ESA) gets set to send its Juice spacecraft on an ambitious mission to inspect the frozen oceans of three of the planet’s moons.

Radio France Internationale

Jupiter's moons hide giant subsurface oceans – two upcoming missions are sending spacecraft to see if these moons could support life

On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – or JUICE – will spend at least three years on Jupiter’s moons after it arrives in 2031. In October 2024, NASA is also planning…

The Conversation

Three asteroids heading towards Earth TONIGHT - one larger than six double-decker buses

The European Space Agency has listed three asteroids which are set to make close approaches to the Earth in the early hours of Sunday morning and one is described as a risk

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The Independent UK

Call for ‘highway code’ to tackle space junk

The European Space Agency estimates there are 36,500 objects larger than 10cm currently floating in space.

Evening Standard

What is the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy moons Explorer?

The spacecraft will be the first to orbit a moon other than our planet’s.

Radio France Internationale

ESA relaunches Paris space station after hi-tech overhaul

The renovated headquarters building of the European Space Agency (ESA) was inaugurated this week following five years of refurbishment.

Space

Spain establishes its own space agency

The country's Council of Ministers voted to allow the Spanish Space Agency, or Agencia Espacial Española (AEE), to commence operations on March 7.

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NASA to name Artemis 2 crew next week, the first moon astronauts in 50 years

NASA will kickstart human moon exploration again with the announcement of the Artemis 2 crew of four astronauts on April 3. Three Americans and a Canadian will fly.

The Guardian - UK

A Bali ban, a new Duke, and the loveliest Greek island – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

Wales Online

Risk of asteroid hitting Earth in 2046 drops dramatically, space agency reports

The European Space Agency announced the odds of the asteroid, 2023 DW, hitting Earth on Valentine's Day 2046 have plummeted

WEKU

Newly found asteroid has a 'very small chance' of hitting Earth, NASA says

Less than two weeks after it was discovered, asteroid 2023 DW sits at the top of the "risk list" maintained by the European Space Agency.

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International Space Station: Everything you need to know about the orbital laboratory

The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest single structure humans ever put into space. Explore the orbital laboratory in more detail here.

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