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This is the spacesuit the first astronaut back on the Moon will wear

Nasa reveal new spacesuit the first astronaut back on Moon will wear

Vertical farming, originally developed by Nasa scientists as a potential way to grow food for astronauts in space, involves rearing crops indoors in upright stacked layers, with the environment strictly controlled to optimise plant growth
Vertical farming, originally developed by Nasa scientists as a potential way to grow food for astronauts in space, involves rearing crops indoors in upright stacked layers, with the environment strictly controlled to optimise plant growth

Salad days: How farming tech invented by Nasa could solve food problems

NASA discover new asteroid similar in size to Rome’s Colosseum

Graphic issued by Nasa of the Orbital diagram from CNEO's close approach viewer showing BU's trajectory - in red - during its close approach with Earth. Then asteroid will pass about 10 times closer to Earth than the orbit of geosynchronous satellites, shown in green line. An asteroid the size of a small truck will pass by Earth tonight, making one of the closest approaches to the planet ever recorded.
Graphic issued by Nasa of the Orbital diagram from CNEO's close approach viewer showing BU's trajectory - in red - during its close approach with Earth. Then asteroid will pass about 10 times closer to Earth than the orbit of geosynchronous satellites, shown in green line. An asteroid the size of a small truck will pass by Earth tonight, making one of the closest approaches to the planet ever recorded.

Asteroid to pass Earth in one of closest approaches ever recorded

A Nasa image of the Orbital diagram from CNEO's close approach viewer showing BU's trajectory - in red - during its close approach with Earth. Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech/PA Wire
A Nasa image of the Orbital diagram from CNEO's close approach viewer showing BU's trajectory - in red - during its close approach with Earth. Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech/PA Wire

Asteroid to pass Earth in one of closest approaches ever recorded

Near miss: NASA says Earth set for ‘close encounter’ with asteroid

Retailing at around £40, the Peace Lily is a little pricey but may prove a worthy investment for many during the cost of living crisis.
Retailing at around £40, the Peace Lily is a little pricey but may prove a worthy investment for many during the cost of living crisis.

This £40 plant will rid your home of mould and dust, according to NASA

For the first time in 50,000 years, a green comet is expected to pass by Earth’s outer space that might just be bright enough to be seen by the naked eye.
For the first time in 50,000 years, a green comet is expected to pass by Earth’s outer space that might just be bright enough to be seen by the naked eye.

Rare green comet to pass by Earth’s outer space

An image of newly discovered TOI 700 e Earth-sized planet
An image of newly discovered TOI 700 e Earth-sized planet

Nasa finds two new Earth-sized planets in ‘habitable zone’

Pufferfish's display systems deliver 'highly interactive engagement and multi-sensory experiences' for a range of uses and settings, including corporate communications, museums, science centres, planetariums, art exhibitions and other visitor attractions, as well as scientific and educational institutions.
Pufferfish's display systems deliver 'highly interactive engagement and multi-sensory experiences' for a range of uses and settings, including corporate communications, museums, science centres, planetariums, art exhibitions and other visitor attractions, as well as scientific and educational institutions.

Edinburgh firm behind multi-sensory display systems to inject ‘wow’ factor

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine caused a global energy crisis as oil and gas prices soared (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine caused a global energy crisis as oil and gas prices soared (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Real energy security lies at the end of the road to net-zero carbon emissions

Nasa's Artemis I Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches on November 16 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Nasa's Artemis I Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches on November 16 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The sky’s the limit for Graduate Apprenticeships - Prof Gillian Murray

It is 50 years to the day since US astronaut Gene Cernan became the last person to set foot on the moon (Picture: AFP via Getty)
It is 50 years to the day since US astronaut Gene Cernan became the last person to set foot on the moon (Picture: AFP via Getty)

Fifty years after the last astronaut landed on the moon, we must go back

Ex-NASA engineer Mark Rober has uploaded a video explaining how to defrost car windows using the power of science - and four straightforward steps.
Ex-NASA engineer Mark Rober has uploaded a video explaining how to defrost car windows using the power of science - and four straightforward steps.

Former NASA engineer reveals quickest way to defrost windscreens

Dr Hina Khan joins Space Scotland as its first-ever executive director, and says she is looking forward to bringing a fresh perspective to the industry. Picture: Mark F Gibson/Gibson Digital.
Dr Hina Khan joins Space Scotland as its first-ever executive director, and says she is looking forward to bringing a fresh perspective to the industry. Picture: Mark F Gibson/Gibson Digital.

Space Scotland targets accelerated ascent with duo of senior appointments

Orion sends image of Moon and the Earth to celebrate halfway point

Spectators watch as the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad
Spectators watch as the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off from launch pad

Man could be living on the Moon by end of decade – Nasa official

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 16: NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Artemis I mission will send the uncrewed spacecraft around the moon to test the vehicle's propulsion, navigation and power systems as a precursor to later crewed mission to the lunar surface. (Photo by Red Huber/Getty Images)
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 16: NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Artemis I mission will send the uncrewed spacecraft around the moon to test the vehicle's propulsion, navigation and power systems as a precursor to later crewed mission to the lunar surface. (Photo by Red Huber/Getty Images)

Artemis 1: Nasa’s moon rocket lifts off

Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on November 16
Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on November 16

NASA successfully launch unmanned Aretmis One rocket

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 captures supernova happening in early universe

A super blood wolf moon next to one of The Kelpies near Falkirk during a lunar eclipse.
A super blood wolf moon next to one of The Kelpies near Falkirk during a lunar eclipse.

Beaver Blood Moon: Date of November full moon, lunar eclipse times

Brian Hills, CEO, The Data Lab
Brian Hills, CEO, The Data Lab

The age of the data pioneers  - Brian Hills

Dorset was battered by thunderstorms and a band of heavy rain overnight on the weekend.
Dorset was battered by thunderstorms and a band of heavy rain overnight on the weekend.

Rare footage shows thunderbolt hit sea off the English coast

An artist's impression of Nasa's Dart ( double asteroid redirection test) craft. Picture: Nasa
An artist's impression of Nasa's Dart ( double asteroid redirection test) craft. Picture: Nasa

How science fiction became science fact when Nasa nudged an asteroid off track

Robots can be better designed if they 'evolve' (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Robots can be better designed if they 'evolve' (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Robots are being redesigned by artificial evolution – Professor Emma Hart

Things are looking up for stargazers this week as the Draconid meteor shower is set to peak
Things are looking up for stargazers this week as the Draconid meteor shower is set to peak

When does Draconid meteor shower peak and how to watch

Europa or "Jupiter II" is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, with this moon orbiting at about 417,000 miles from the gas giant.
Europa or "Jupiter II" is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, with this moon orbiting at about 417,000 miles from the gas giant.

Jupiter Moon Could Support Life: NASA spacecraft will probe the moon’s crust

Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact (Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)
Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact (Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

NASA DART mission: why was a spacecraft flown into an asteroid

Undated handout artist impression issued by Nasa of its Double Asteroid Redirection Test or Dart. Nasa has successfully crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission. While this asteroid - named Dimorphos - posed no threat to Earth, the aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming rocks can be deflected by deliberately smashing into them. Issue date: Tuesday September 27, 2022.
Undated handout artist impression issued by Nasa of its Double Asteroid Redirection Test or Dart. Nasa has successfully crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission. While this asteroid - named Dimorphos - posed no threat to Earth, the aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming rocks can be deflected by deliberately smashing into them. Issue date: Tuesday September 27, 2022.

Nasa tests defence technology by crashing spacecraft into asteroid

NASA to crash aircraft into asteroid in Earth defence test

Jupiter will reach opposition this week making its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years
Jupiter will reach opposition this week making its closest approach to Earth in the last 59 years

How to see Jupiter’s closest approach to earth in 59 years

NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39B after the launch was scrubbed at Kennedy Space Center. Picture: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39B after the launch was scrubbed at Kennedy Space Center. Picture: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Nasa rocket launch now weeks away after dangerous fuel leak

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B

Fuel leak halts Nasa’s second attempt to launch moon rocket

People set up remote cameras near the Artemis I rocket on the launch pad behind them at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Picture: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
People set up remote cameras near the Artemis I rocket on the launch pad behind them at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Picture: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

British scientists use AI to find best place to walk on Moon

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
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

Artemis 1 launched called off after engine problem

The NASA moon rocket stands ready less than 24 hours before it is scheduled to launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
The NASA moon rocket stands ready less than 24 hours before it is scheduled to launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Watch live stream of Artemis 1 rocket launch

Nasa will launch its new moon rocket later today, marking the next chapter in putting humans back on the moon. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images
Nasa will launch its new moon rocket later today, marking the next chapter in putting humans back on the moon. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images

When will Artemis 1 moon mission launch after flight cancelled?

Image: NASA handout photo taken from its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) of two solar flares seen in extreme ultraviolet light over a three day period (2011).
Image: NASA handout photo taken from its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) of two solar flares seen in extreme ultraviolet light over a three day period (2011).

Solar Storm expected to hit Earth soon, experts warn of GPS and radio blackouts

The first image Nasa has shared from its James Webb Space Telescope is this beautiful shot of a star forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. It was partly produced by an instrument designed and built in Scotland at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh.
The first image Nasa has shared from its James Webb Space Telescope is this beautiful shot of a star forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. It was partly produced by an instrument designed and built in Scotland at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh.

Nine extraordinary images from the James Webb Space Telescope

This image, known as Webb's First Deep Field, is the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date (Picture: Nasa, ESA, CSA, and STScI)
This image, known as Webb's First Deep Field, is the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date (Picture: Nasa, ESA, CSA, and STScI)

Space Telescope's first images should inspire humanity to do great things

NASA image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) which  shows a landscape of mountains and valleys speckled with glittering stars, which sits at the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. The image was partly produced by an instrument which was largely designed and built in Scotland under the leadership of Professor Gillian Wright of the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC)  at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh.  Photo by HANDOUT/NASA/AFP via Getty Images)
NASA image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) which  shows a landscape of mountains and valleys speckled with glittering stars, which sits at the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. The image was partly produced by an instrument which was largely designed and built in Scotland under the leadership of Professor Gillian Wright of the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC)  at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh.  Photo by HANDOUT/NASA/AFP via Getty Images)

The key Scottish link to stunning James Webb Space Telescope images

Handout of the first image from Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope which has been revealed, showing what is said to be the "deepest" and most detailed picture of the cosmos to date.
Handout of the first image from Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope which has been revealed, showing what is said to be the "deepest" and most detailed picture of the cosmos to date.

First James Webb Space Telescope image shows universe in spectacular detail

Pufferfish has appointed Elaine Van Der Berg as its chief executive.
Pufferfish has appointed Elaine Van Der Berg as its chief executive.

New boss at Edinburgh firm behind display systems used by Google and Nasa

NASA scientist creates chilling video to get Brits to clean up their laundry hab...

European Space Agency's astronaut Matthais Maurer gives a thumbs up after being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX Shannon recovery ship after he and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Friday, May 6, 2022. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via AP)
European Space Agency's astronaut Matthais Maurer gives a thumbs up after being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX Shannon recovery ship after he and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, Friday, May 6, 2022. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via AP)

SpaceX brings four astronauts home with midnight splashdown

Intelligent aliens observing Earth may conclude its inhabitants are unconcerned about trashing their environment, given the amount of space junk in orbit (Picture: Nasa/Getty Images)
Intelligent aliens observing Earth may conclude its inhabitants are unconcerned about trashing their environment, given the amount of space junk in orbit (Picture: Nasa/Getty Images)

Earth's space junk problem says a lot about humanity as a species

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveyev emerged from the Soyuz capsule wearing yellow flight suits with blue stripes. Picture: Roscosmos via AP
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveyev emerged from the Soyuz capsule wearing yellow flight suits with blue stripes. Picture: Roscosmos via AP

Russian cosmonauts arrive in space wearing Ukrainian colours

The Hubble Telescope has been in space for more than 30 years (Photo: NASA via Getty Images)
The Hubble Telescope has been in space for more than 30 years (Photo: NASA via Getty Images)

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

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)

How to see Santa flying through the sky this Christmas Eve

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

Nasa launches spacecraft in first ever mission to smash into and deflect asteroi...

The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2021 (Shutterstock)
The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2021 (Shutterstock)

QUIZ: Can you guess the Cambridge words of the year based on their dictionary de...

4660 Nereus is set to come within 2.4 million miles of the earth on 11 December (image: Shutterstock)
4660 Nereus is set to come within 2.4 million miles of the earth on 11 December (image: Shutterstock)

Will an asteroid hit earth in December - and should you be worried?

Scottish firm Intelligent growth Solutions is launching a pop-up vertical farm in Glasgow that will be on show for the duration of the United Nations climate summit COP26, taking place in the city from 1 to 12 November
Scottish firm Intelligent growth Solutions is launching a pop-up vertical farm in Glasgow that will be on show for the duration of the United Nations climate summit COP26, taking place in the city from 1 to 12 November

Introducing the Scottish firm growing food using method designed for space

The Earth sculpture by Luke Jerram on a previous visit to Scotland
The Earth sculpture by Luke Jerram on a previous visit to Scotland

Here's where you can view Luke Jerram's magical planet Earth in Edinburgh

The moon.
The moon.

Shooting for the moon: Scotland's space strategy unveiled

The Briksdal glacier near Olden, Norway, covered the lake in the foreground in 1997. Today it is approximately 150 meters above it (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
The Briksdal glacier near Olden, Norway, covered the lake in the foreground in 1997. Today it is approximately 150 meters above it (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Will world heed warning from climate change 'canary'? – Scotsman comment

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Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Drop in SNP membership will cost party hundreds of thousands in lost income

People gather in Kyiv next to candles that are put in order to depict the word 'Children' during a memorial event on the anniversary of the Mariupol Theater Airstrike. Picture: Roman Pilipey/Getty Images
People gather in Kyiv next to candles that are put in order to depict the word 'Children' during a memorial event on the anniversary of the Mariupol Theater Airstrike. Picture: Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Seven-year-old girl flown to Kyiv from Aberdeenshire for NHS treatment

Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross reacts during First Minister's Questions at Holyrood. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross reacts during First Minister's Questions at Holyrood. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Ross hails ‘terrific’ council by-election win as Tories take seat from SNP

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