space
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Japan Sending A Robot Space Ball To The Moon Is Peak Japan Really
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is preparing to send a transforming robot ball to the moon, which sounds like an absolute blast. According to Futurism, JAXA has partnered with Sony, Doshisha University and popular Japanese toy maker Tomy for the project, which will see the robot study and explore the lunar surface. The robot,…
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Here’s What It’s Like To Experience A Total Lunar Eclipse On The Moon
If you look up to the skies on Wednesday night, you will see the second super moon of 2021, which also happens to be a lunar eclipse – giving us the apocalyptic-sounding super blood moon. But have you ever wondered what it would look like if you were in the skies? From Earth, it will…
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There’s $13.3M For The Australian Space Agency in the 2021 Budget, Not Quite Enough To Get To The Moon
The Australian Space Agency has secured an additional $13.3 million in funding as part of the 2021 federal budget, so let’s go to the moon, baby. As part of the announcement, the Australian Space Agency will receive $13.3 million over four years starting in the 2021-22 financial year, with $3.3 million annually ongoing. The funds…
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A Giant Piece Of Space Junk Is Hurtling Towards Earth. Here’s How Worried You Should Be
A large piece of space debris, possibly weighing several tonnes, is currently on an uncontrolled reentry phase (that’s space speak for “out of control”), and parts of it are expected to crash down to Earth over the next few weeks. If that isn’t worrying enough, it is impossible to predict exactly where the pieces that…