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Rare 'spectacular' celestial event dubbed 'planet parade' to light up Irish skies over next four weeks
Space
Six of the planets in the solar system, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, will all align on Tuesday night
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Wolf Moon Ireland: Mars will be visible in Irish skies tonight in rare stargazers' treat
Mars
Mars will soon be at its biggest and brightest and Irish stargazers will be able to catch a rare glimpse of the Red Planet with the naked eye
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Priceless piece of Moon rock donated to Ireland following Nasa mission destroyed in fire
The Moon
Documents from the National Archives in Dublin detail the embarrassing affair, which saw the rock travel 380,000km to Earth before spending three years in a government basement and ultimately being lost in an accidental fire at Dunsink Observatory
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NASA spacecraft 'operating normally' after closest-ever approach to the sun
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The spacecraft came within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface while moving at 430,000 miles per hour, potentially enduring roasting temperatures of up to 982C
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Carl Froch thinks moon landing was faked as ex-boxer explains conspiracy theory
Boxing
The former super-middleweight world champion has stunned the boxing community with his latest conspiracy theory regarding the moon landing in 1969
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Mystery as four NASA astronauts hospitalised after return from International Space station
Nasa
The Crew-8 astronauts splashed down off the coast of Florida after more than 200 days on the International Space Station (ISS) but yesterday it emerged they had all been taken to hospital
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NASA astronaut mysteriously rushed to hospital after touching down from 235 days in space
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Neither NASA nor its Russian counterpart agency ROSCOSMOS are yet to disclose why it was that the four astronauts were whisked to hospital after they touched down in Florida today
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'I'm an Irish astronaut - I recorded songs for The Chieftains from the International Space Station'
International Space Station
Cady Coleman was among the guests at the 2024 National Ploughing Championships
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NASA spots mysterious object 27,000 times bigger than Earth moving 1million mph through space
Planet Earth
CWISE, around 27,000 times larger than Earth, was spotted a couple of years ago hurtling through space at around 1 million miles per hour and could escape the Milky Way
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NASA scientist warns 'risk of asteroid impact is real' and 'consequences are huge'
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Professor Dante Lauretta has urged people to consider how there 'could be something coming' as they look up into the sky, noting that 'the risk of an asteroid impact is real'
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Watch incredible moment giant meteor travelling at 1,700mph turns night sky blue
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Beautiful images show a teal sky over Portugal and Spain, as a meteor turned the nightly darkness into a bright blue light - a very unusual sight
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'I witnessed the solar eclipse - I teared up as the moon completely covered the sun'
Solar eclipse
Witnessing the 2024 total solar eclipse from Niagara Falls State Park was an incredibly emotional experience, and watching the moon completely cover the sun brought me to tears
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'Insane' moment total solar eclipse turns sky dark over Niagara Falls as crowds left screaming
Solar eclipse
As the rare total solar eclipse entered North America this afternoon, scores of excited onlookers at Niagara Falls were left screaming in glee as darkness suddenly fell
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Explosive 'devil comet' to zoom past Earth for first time in 71 years during upcoming solar eclipse
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The comet, called 12P/Pons-Brooks, is known as the 'devil comet' for its two signature icy 'horns' that extend out behind it and are visible when the conditions are right
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NASA's first untethered spacewalk seen in iconic photos ahead of 40th anniversary
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These incredible photos capture lone astronaut Bruce McCandless II floating in space after he stepped out of his shuttle Challenger with only a jetpack to propel him.
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Mission to lay groundwork for moon base appears doomed after ‘critical’ fuel leak
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NASA hopes to fly regular manned missions to the moon, eventually establishing a lunar base from where research can be carried out. But the latest mission is looking doomed
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NASA scientists tracking 20,000 near-Earth asteroids up to 25 miles wide to stop
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That is how many lumps of rock have escaped the main belt of 600,000 asteroids between Mars and Jupiter and nudged their way towards Earth's orbit, according to the European Space Agency
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International Space Station will be visible over Irish skies for next 12 nights
International Space Station
The space station will look like an extremely bright star that takes a couple of minutes to cross the sky
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Exact moment Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship EXPLODES after reaching space for first time
SpaceX
SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship but lost both the booster and the spacecraft in two explosions minutes into Saturday’s test flight in south Texas
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NASA and SpaceX to explore giant metal asteroid Psyche which could unlock secrets
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NASA scientists hope the studying the asteroid could glean valuable information about how planets are formed. There is also the added incentive of the possibility it contains untold wealth in the form of rare metals
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NASA plans to build houses on the moon in the next 17 years and here's what to expect
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Building houses on the moon is the stuff of si-fi films but NASA think they could be doing it by 2040. They are collaborating with construction tech firms and space architects
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NASA delivers asteroid sample safely back to earth thanks to Queen's Brian May
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The site from which the rocks and dust were taken by Nsa was identified by Queen guitarist Sir Brian May - also an astrophysicist - who is an expert in stereoscopy
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Enormous asteroid the size of 74 Conor McGregor's to 'slam into Earth's orbit' within hours
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According to NASA, asteroid 2023 HT4 boasts an astonishing diameter of 130 meters. We have calculated this as roughly the same as 74 Conor McGregor's standing one on top of the other.
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270kg satellite falling to Earth and there is a chance it could kill someone
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RHESSI first began its tenure in 2002, focusing on X-Raying solar flares and gamma rays, the first images of their kind
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