space
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Gaze Upon This Supernova Remnant Photo Processed by an Aussie Supercomputer
Radio telescopes produce enormous amounts of data, and we need immense computing power to produce even a single image like this one.
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Shaun, Formerly Just a Sheep, Is Now a NASA Astronaut
The next astronaut headed to the moon on board NASA’s Orion spacecraft is none other than the iconic animated character, Shaun the Sheep.
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Two Companies You’ve Never Heard of Could Be the First to Reach Mars
The all-private mission aims to launch a Mars-bound spacecraft and lander atop a 3D-printed rocket which could launch to the Red Planet as soon as 2024.
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See the First Full-Colour Images From Webb Space Telescope
NASA is releasing the first full-colour images taken by the Webb Space Telescope, and holy cow. The five images — with the first revealed last night and the rest coming out one by one this morning — are a remarkable first glimpse at the science to come for the cutting-edge space observatory, which is expected…