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August 2024

  • Circular light in the UK night sky

    Starwatch
    Starwatch: Perseids to peak in dazzling shower mid-month

    Up to 100 meteors an hour will appear to emanate in all directions from their radiant point in Perseus constellation
  • a spacecraft in space

    ‘Not stranded in space’: how Nasa lost control of Boeing Starliner narrative

    Technical issues and poor comms led many to believe two astronauts are lost in space, but a return date is imminent

    • Vandalism or the community’s future? Crofters feel ‘helpless’ in face of spaceport radar station

    • Meteorite impacts produce most of moon’s thin atmosphere, study reveals

    • Weatherwatch
      Weatherwatch: Space rockets helping trigger noctilucent clouds

July 2024

  • An illustration of seeds on the moon

    Scientists propose lunar biorepository as ‘backup’ for life on Earth

  • Red, orange and yellow night sky from the aurora australis (southern lights) over water

    Technicolour skies glow across Australia and NZ as solar flares trigger aurora australis

  • The southern lights were also seen over southern parts of Australia, including in parts of Victoria and Tasmania

    Southern lights: time-lapse shows the aurora australis over New Zealand – video

  • meteor shower in night sky

    The Conversation
    Two meteor showers will light up Australian and New Zealand skies tonight – here’s how to catch the stellar show

  • Starwatch
    Starwatch: July to end with stunning celestial grouping

  • Delta Aquariids meteor shower to light up night sky

  • Nasa rover discovery hints at ancient microbial life on Mars

  • No return date for Nasa astronauts amid problems with Boeing Starliner capsule

  • Inventors on hunt for way to make clean water on moon

  • Expiring medications could pose problem for Mars astronauts

  • Starwatch
    Starwatch: Saturn’s yellowish hue will stand out during close encounter with moon

  • Life on Mars ‘absolutely exhilarating’: Nasa scientist’s year in a simulation

  • Signs of two gases in clouds of Venus could indicate life, scientists say

  • The Rutles’ Ron Nasty and the row over Rod and God

  • Meteor thought to have exploded over midtown Manhattan, Nasa says

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