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Tāwhaki – ecosystems restoration and aerospace opportunities – SLH T&L RESOURCE

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Hunting galaxies far far away – here’s how anyone can explore the universe

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Planet Four

AI4Mars

Nasa's Perseverance rover makes 'surprise' discovery on Mars - NZ HERALD June 2022

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Terraforming: Stranger than Science Fiction – FILLING SPACE

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International Space Station

Earth From Space

How space stations have evolved – FILLING SPACE ARTICLE

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University Of Arizona

Space And Astronomy

Space Exploration

Who defines law in outer space? – FILLING SPACE INTERVIEW

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Pre-solar grains discovery helps in identifying recipe for the planets - VUW NEWS July 2021

The findings of Dr Bruce Charlier and his collaborators challenge existing models of solar system formation at the chemical level.

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Habitable Planets

Nasa Planets

Virgo Constellation

James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists identify 29 planets where aliens could observe Earth

Astronomers estimate 29 habitable planets are positioned to see Earth transit and intercept human broadcasts

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Advantages Of Solar Energy

Robotic Arm

New Zealand and NASA partner up, allowing Aotearoa to grow space industry, minister says

New Zealand and NASA have partnered up under the multi-lateral Artemis Accords, in an effort to enhance space exploration efforts.

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Chinese space rocket could land near NZ

There's a large rocket falling from the sky. But don't panic, it will probably fall at sea. The Chinese Long March 5B rocket has dropped into low orbit and will eventually land on earth. Astronomer, astrobiologist, former NASA scientist and author Duncan Steele is currently living and working in Nelson and he joins Jesse to discuss what on earth, or around it, is going on.

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Anime

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Mission to the Centaurs: Exploring strange astroid-comet hybrids

Planetary scientists are planning a blockbuster mission to an exotic world that’s escaped from the Kuiper Belt. Meet the Centaurs When Clyde Tombaugh of Lowell Observatory detected Pluto in 1930, it was thought to be a lonely body orbiting in an empty region beyond Neptune. But with the discovery of the Kuiper Belt in the 1990s, it became clear that Pluto had in fact been a harbinger of the vast population of planets and planetesimals orbiting in this region.

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If Planet Nine exists, why has no one seen it?

Planet Nine is dead; long live Planet Nine? For some years, scientists have debated the existence of an unseen planet at least five times the mass of Earth in the outer reaches of the Solar System. Now, the hypothesis has been dealt a blow by a new analysis of distant, icy objects, which questions the evidence that they are under the gravitational pull of a huge planet. The findings do not rule out the possibility of a ninth planet orbiting the Sun, and astronomers say more data will be needed

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She Protects Other Planets from Our Germs – NASA PODCAST

As we explore Mars and other places in the solar system that might have life, scientists who work in Planetary Protection are busy making sure that we don’t contaminate them. It’s especially important to keep Perseverance clean because it will collect samples on Mars that will one day return to Earth. Learn what your hand sanitizer has in common with NASA’s clean rooms...