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Remembering 'Ulysses 31', the '80s cartoon that transported 'The Odyssey' to outer space

So much more than the earwormiest theme song in the galaxy.

The Ground Nobody Owns

We answer two questions, repeatedly: who owns this, and can we prove it? Someone recently asked me, half joking, “Who is ...
Opinion

‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies

Elon Musk is trying to own it, competing powers are trying to fight in it and nobody seems to be regulating it. So who does space really belong to?

A Hidden Nuclear Weapon Could Already Be Orbiting Earth. This MIT Physicist Has a Plan to Find It

The Outer Space Treaty bans nuclear weapons in orbit—but we currently have no way to verify that satellites aren't carrying ...

Wally Funk’s greatest achievement wasn’t the time she went to space

Wally Funk, who recently died at age 87, wasn't defined by the opportunities she was denied. She lived a rich, adventurous ...

Collisions in space are a growing concern. A plan to address it is reigniting a turf war

As the risk of crashes between objects in Earth orbit continues to grow, a new vote highlights the debate over who has the ...
The Conversation

From interplanetary spaceships to lunar reactors, our future in space looks nuclear‑powered

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make it a reality. The Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission is scheduled for launch ...

Forget by-election, we want a GENERAL ELECTION, voters of Clacton blast – as Farage takes on Binface in ‘stunt’ poll

IT IS not a by-election voters in Clacton want – it is a General Election to send a proper message to Westminster. Locals in ...

The borough where families are slowly disappearing

But this north London borough has one of the lowest fertility rates in the country and mothers are older on average here than ...
Stuff

I’ve tried all three of Samsung’s new foldable phones – here’s the one I’d actually buy

The foldable phone faucet has just been well and truly opened. Samsung just unleashed three new models at its London Unpacked ...

China is Building an Asteroid Warning System: Could it Detect a Space Rock Headed for Earth?

China's state space agency announced a coordinated ground-and-space monitoring system for near-Earth asteroids on June 30, ...
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What’s Going Around: Swimmer’s ear, bug bites, sunburn

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing a viral stomach bug and allergies this week. Pediatricians at Penn State ...