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NASA

Julius Caesar lands his craft during his invasion on Britain (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

‘Beware the Ides of March’ this week - but what does that mean?

The 2023 DW asteroid has been tracked by Nasa scientists. (Credit: NasaAsteroidWatch/Twitter)
The 2023 DW asteroid has been tracked by Nasa scientists. (Credit: NasaAsteroidWatch/Twitter)

Asteroid ‘size of Olympic swimming pool’ could hit Earth in 2046

Huge asteroid set to crash into Earth’s atmosphere this week

This is how to track Santa on his Christmas Eve journey - and when you can see him in the UK.
This is how to track Santa on his Christmas Eve journey - and when you can see him in the UK.

Where is Santa right now? How to track his Christmas Eve journey

Spectators watch as the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Spectators watch as the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

NASA finally launches Artemis I moon mission after weeks of delay

The Hubble telescope sits in low-earth orbit (image: Getty Images)
The Hubble telescope sits in low-earth orbit (image: Getty Images)

NASA’s Hubble Telescope takes ‘amazing’ picture of supernova

A pinhole camera is a safe and easy way to view an eclipse (Photo: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)
A pinhole camera is a safe and easy way to view an eclipse (Photo: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)

How to make your own pinhole camera to view the solar eclipse

NASA successfully smashes spacecraft into asteroid in test mission

(Photo: Getty Images)
(Photo: Getty Images)

Jupiter will be at opposition and ‘close’ to the Earth - how to see it

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on August 28, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on August 28, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)

Nasa calls off Artemis launch - when it could go ahead

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft is seen atop the mobile launcher (Getty Images)
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft is seen atop the mobile launcher (Getty Images)

Nasa Artemis launch called off due to engine bleed issue

The Hubble Space Telescope, which turned 30 in 2020 (Photo: NASA via Getty Images)
The Hubble Space Telescope, which turned 30 in 2020 (Photo: NASA via Getty Images)

How to see the photo the Hubble Space Telescope took on your birthday

NASA has released an audio file which shows the sound of a black hole. (Credit: @NASAExoplanets/Twitter)
NASA has released an audio file which shows the sound of a black hole. (Credit: @NASAExoplanets/Twitter)

NASA releases audio file showing what a black hole sounds like

The James Webb Space Telescope has shown Jupiter in all its glory (image: NASA)
The James Webb Space Telescope has shown Jupiter in all its glory (image: NASA)

What do the NASA James Webb Telescope Jupiter pictures show?

A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseid meteor shower (Pic: NASA via Getty Images)
A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseid meteor shower (Pic: NASA via Getty Images)

What time is the Perseid meteor shower tonight in UK?

Buzz Aldrin pictured in his famous space jacket (image: AFP/Getty Images)
Buzz Aldrin pictured in his famous space jacket (image: AFP/Getty Images)

How much did Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s moon jacket sell for?

Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024

Images of deep space taken by the James Webb Space Telescope
Images of deep space taken by the James Webb Space Telescope

BBC documentary tells inside story of James Webb Telescope

First images from the James Webb Space Telescope have been released. (Pic: NASA)
First images from the James Webb Space Telescope have been released. (Pic: NASA)

‘Magnificent beauty’: first images from James Webb Telescope revealed

The James Webb space telescope might be able to see some of the first stars formed after the big bang (image: NASA)
The James Webb space telescope might be able to see some of the first stars formed after the big bang (image: NASA)

James Webb Telescope: what NASA mission will do as first images shown

James Webb was appointed as the second NASA administrator by President John F Kennedy
James Webb was appointed as the second NASA administrator by President John F Kennedy

Who is the James Webb telescope named after? NASA administrator bio

Mystery double crater found on the Moon
Mystery double crater found on the Moon

NASA has found a ‘mystery’ double crater on the Moon

The James Webb Space Telescope has been damaged in space.
The James Webb Space Telescope has been damaged in space.

James Webb Space Telescope: date NASA will release first JWST images

The asteroid, which is named 7335 (1989 JA), will pass the Earth in May 2022.
The asteroid, which is named 7335 (1989 JA), will pass the Earth in May 2022.

When will large asteroid pass Earth in May 2022? Should we be worried?

NASA Voyager 1 has sent back ‘impossible data’ to earth - here’s what that means. (Credit: Getty Images)
NASA Voyager 1 has sent back ‘impossible data’ to earth - here’s what that means. (Credit: Getty Images)

Scientists struggle to understand data sent back by NASA Voyager 1

Black Moon to block the Sun this week in 2022’s first solar eclipse

Nasa Mars Helicopter discovers ‘Otherworldly’ wreckage from Perseverance rover
Nasa Mars Helicopter discovers ‘Otherworldly’ wreckage from Perseverance rover

NASA’s Mars helicopter: ‘otherworldly’ wreckage found on Red Planet

The Comet NEOWISE in the skies above Nevada in 2020 (Photo: DAVID BECKER/AFP via Getty Images)
The Comet NEOWISE in the skies above Nevada in 2020 (Photo: DAVID BECKER/AFP via Getty Images)

Is there a comet heading towards earth - how big is C/2014 UN271?

The earth narrowly avoided an Armageddon scenario in January 2022 (image: Shutterstock)
The earth narrowly avoided an Armageddon scenario in January 2022 (image: Shutterstock)

Asteroid 2022: how big is asteroid that just missed Earth?

4660 Nereus came within 2.4 million miles of the earth on 11 December (image: Shutterstock)
4660 Nereus came within 2.4 million miles of the earth on 11 December (image: Shutterstock)

Big asteroid tracked by Nasa passed ‘close’ to earth in December

NASAs James Webb Space Telescope lifts up from the launchpad at the Europes Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 25 December (Photo: JODY AMIET/AFP via Getty Images)
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope lifts up from the launchpad at the Europes Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 25 December (Photo: JODY AMIET/AFP via Getty Images)

Where is the James Webb telescope - how to track Nasa’s mission live

Russia’s Angara rocket made a successful launch in December 2021 but ran into problems once it reached space (image: AFP/Getty Images)
Russia’s Angara rocket made a successful launch in December 2021 but ran into problems once it reached space (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Russian rocket launch: why did 20-ton spacecraft crash back to earth?

Santa’s sleigh will be visible in the sky on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning (Photo: Shutterstock)
Santa’s sleigh will be visible in the sky on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning (Photo: Shutterstock)

When Santa Claus will be flying over your town on Christmas Eve

An artist’s impression of the Dart spacecraft (Image: NASA/PA)
An artist’s impression of the Dart spacecraft (Image: NASA/PA)

How will Nasa’s Dart mission to crash spacecraft into asteroids work?

Stargazers in the UK will be hoping to catch a glimpse of the Draconid Meteor Shower (image: Shutterstock)
Stargazers in the UK will be hoping to catch a glimpse of the Draconid Meteor Shower (image: Shutterstock)

Draconid Meteor Shower 2021: will we see it from the UK?

Best new releases coming to Netflix this September

The Perseids happen when Earth hits a wide belt of debris left behind by the comet Tuttle-Swift (Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
The Perseids happen when Earth hits a wide belt of debris left behind by the comet Tuttle-Swift (Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

How to see the Perseid meteor shower in UK skies - and date it peaks

The SuperBIT balloon in flight, above NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Texas USA
The SuperBIT balloon in flight, above NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Texas USA

Watch: World's biggest balloon to launch telescope to edge of space

Coastal towns and cities may be affected by the flooding.
Coastal towns and cities may be affected by the flooding.

Nasa warns a 'wobbly' lunar orbit will increase floods on Earth by 2030

The full moon will be most visible in the UK on Thursday evening, appearing with a colourful glow much like this one which lit up the sky behind St Michael's Mount in Marazion near Penzance on June 28, 2018 (Picture: Getty Images)
The full moon will be most visible in the UK on Thursday evening, appearing with a colourful glow much like this one which lit up the sky behind St Michael's Mount in Marazion near Penzance on June 28, 2018 (Picture: Getty Images)

A strawberry supermoon will be visible tonight - here's when its in sight

Scientists hope the missions will help them understand more about the planet.
Scientists hope the missions will help them understand more about the planet.

NASA plans two missions to Venus for first time in decades

Data from the first flight returned to Earth a few hours after the autonomous test (Photo: NASA)
Data from the first flight returned to Earth a few hours after the autonomous test (Photo: NASA)

Nasa makes history with helicopter flight on Mars