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This illustration shows the DART spacecraft approaching the two asteroids, Didymos and Dimorphos, with a small observing spacecraft nearby. (Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)
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Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA crashed into an asteroid to test planetary defense

In images streamed as the impact neared, the egg-shaped asteroid, called Dimorphos, grew in size from a blip on screen to have its full rocky surface come quickly into focus.

3 years ago

Neil deGrasse Tyson's latest book,
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Cosmic perspectives with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson writes, "Objective truths of science are not founded in belief systems. They are not established by the authority of leaders or the power of persuasion."

Air Date: September 20, 2022 10:00 am

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A black-and-white photo of President Kennedy speaking in the midst of a large crowd.
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Science

How space exploration has changed, 60 years since JFK’s ‘We Choose the Moon’ speech

On the anniversary of President Kennedy's speech on the race to the moon, we look at dramatic advances in U.S. space science, from commercial flights to the Webb telescope.

3 years ago

NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)
Science

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket

NASA has called off its second launch attempt for its new moon rocket because of yet another fuel leak.

3 years ago

Moiya McTier is the author of The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy. (photo/Mindy Tucker)
Radio Times
Science

An autobiography of the Milky Way

A new book is written from the witty, sharp, sometimes self-indulgent perspective of our Milky Way galaxy, detailing what it's like to look down on tiny planet Earth.

Air Date: August 30, 2022 10:00 am

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Astronaut Charlie M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. (John W. Young/NASA)
NPR
Science

NASA is set to return to the moon. Here are 4 reasons to go back

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there.

3 years ago

The Allen Telescope Array at SETI Institute. (Seth Shostak/SETI Institute)
The Pulse
Science

‘All or nothing’: Scientists search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Humans have long asked the question, “Are we alone?” These SETI scientists are on a quest to find out

3 years ago

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Image of gas clouds in space
NPR
Science

The James Webb telescope had 344 ‘single point failures’ before launch. Then, success

Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope, shares the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.

3 years ago

The edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula
Radio Times
Science

The Webb Telescope and the mysteries of the universe

The Webb Telescope is allowing us to look back further into our past than ever before and revealing distant galaxies. exoplanets, cosmic cliffs, dying stars and much more.

Air Date: July 14, 2022 10:00 am

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The bright star at the center of NGC 3132, Southern Nebula Ring
NPR
Science

NASA’s James Webb telescope captures groundbreaking images of distant galaxies

Thanks to the telescope's deep and sharp infrared images, Earthlings are getting a more detailed look at distant galaxies than was ever possible.

3 years ago

A cluster of distant galaxies
NPR
Science

NASA’s James Webb telescope reveals the universe as we’ve never seen it before

NASA's $10 billion new telescope showed the world something remarkable today: an image of some of the first galaxies to form in the universe.

3 years ago

An artist rendering of plans for the new Space exhibition at the Franklin Institute,
Science

Franklin institute prepares for $8 million upgrade to vastly expand space exhibition

Boeing Aerospace has donated $3 million to the Franklin Institute’s $8 million update of its space exhibition, planned for 2023.

3 years ago

An all-sky view of stars in our Galaxy – the Milky Way – and neighbouring galaxies, based on the first year of observations from ESA’s Gaia satellite, from July 2014 to September 2015.
Science

European star survey reveals celestial treasure trove

Astronomers hope to use the data to understand better how stars are born and die, and how the Milky Way evolved over billions of years.

3 years ago

An illustration of the view at dawn on June 3 and 4. (Sky & Telescope illustration)
NPR
Science

Grab your binoculars: 5 planets are lined up nicely for you to see at dawn this month

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be sequentially aligned and visible at dawn throughout June. The last time this happened was in 2004.

3 years ago

A 2017 photo shows daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes with his steam-powered rocket constructed out of salvage parts. (Waldo Stakes / AP)
The Pulse
Science

The life and death of daredevil ‘Mad Mike’ Hughes

The daredevil known as “Mad Mike” Hughes died in a rocket crash in 2020. He was an amateur rocket builder on a quest to prove that the Earth is flat.

3 years ago

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