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Above and beyond: key events in 2022 that shaped space exploration | Space | The Guardian

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It was a great year for a slight lifting of the veil on the final frontier – from redirecting an asteroid to a glimpse into creation The Dart mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) was an unprecedented experiment of the space agency's capacity to defend Earth from the doomsday scenario of a huge asteroid on a collision course. Publisher: the Guardian Date: 2022-12-31T08:00:12.000Z Author: https www theguardian com profile richardluscombe Twitter: @guardian Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Studies on moon mining and DNA - Modern Diplomacy Will moon mineral extraction soon be underway? The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to build a moonbase. What makes it so anxious about such a new goal? Compared to the vast universe, human beings are undoubtedly less than grains of sand. Although space exploration has been going on for more than half a century, the extraterrestrial bodies on which humans have set f...

North Korean hackers targeting Japanese financial firms with new malware - CoinGeek

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The report identified BlueNoroff, an arm of the state-sponsored Lazarus Group, as the principal suspect behind the recent attacks. BlueNoroff’s main targets appear to be digital asset startups, commercial banks, and venture capitalist (VC) firms in Europe and the Far East. Publisher: CoinGeek Date: 2022-12-31T06:00:42 00:00 Author: Wahid Pessarlay Twitter: @realcoingeek Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Souls Hackers 2: Hidden Details And References Publisher: TheGamer Date: 2022-12-31T17:50:14Z Author: Blake Lynch Twitter: @thegamerwebsite Reference: (Read more) Visit Source GTA Online Players Targeted by Hackers An account that monitors Rockstar Games titles is warning Grand Theft Auto Online players about new PC exploits that allow hackers to remotely crash other players, even when playing single-player mode. Originally released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2014, Grand Theft Auto Onlin...

NASA and HAARP conclude asteroid experiment

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Results of Tuesday's experiment at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) research facility at Gakona could aid efforts to defend Earth from larger asteroids that could cause significant damage. "We will be analyzing the data over the next few weeks and hope to publish the results in the coming months," said Mark Haynes, lead investigator on the project and a radar systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Radio waves from Alaska could add to asteroid-defense strategy Earlier this week, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) antenna array in Alaska transmitted a series of long-wavelength radio signals to an asteroid that was passing just two lunar distances away from the Earth. Data from the HAARP observations will be analyzed over the next few weeks, with researchers hoping to publish their findings in the ensuing months....

See the best photos from the International Space Station of 2022 in this NASA video | Space

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NASA has released a stunning series of images that celebrate 2022 aboard the International Space Station.  In 2022 the International Space Station (ISS) marked its 24th year orbiting Earth at an altitude of around 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth’s surface. Publisher: Space.com Date: 2022-12-30T16:01:33Z Author: Robert Lea Twitter: @SPACEdotcom Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Hubble Space Telescope delivers holiday sparkle in new image | Space One such case is a new image from the 32-year old observatory, published on Dec. 1. Here, the Hubble Space Telescope sees the quintessential colors of the holiday season, as bright blue-white stars shine against dusty swaths shaded red. These stars are located outside the Milky Way , in a patch of sky located within a nearby galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). As the name suggests, it looks like a round smudge in the southern sky. Publishe...