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First Contact: An Alien Encounter from the BBC

How might humanity react to an encounter with an alien object?

By Christina Zeiders

The first satellites launched by Uganda and Zimbabwe aim to improve life on the ground

Uganda and Zimbabwe join an ever growing number of African countries that are building up their space technology capabilities

By NPR

This is what NASA’s spacecraft saw just seconds before slamming into an asteroid

It’s the high point of a NASA project known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, aka DART.

By NPR

NASA Artemis rocket rescheduled to launch Saturday

According to NASA, the Artemis mission is to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. 

By Aniya Faulcon

A buck supermoon rose on Wednesday. Here’s what it looked like around the world

The third supermoon of 2022 rose on Wednesday.

By NPR

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

What appears to be tiny specks in space are actually galaxies — billions of years old.

By NPR
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