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'The forbidden space meal': What happens if you need to be a cannibal on Mars?
By Kelly and Zach Weinersmith published
In this book extract, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith look at cannibalism in space from a legal and culinary perspective.
![Pluto's bladed terrain as seen from NASA's New Horizons during its July 2015 flyby.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KUFUiFxR2VWjBK5mCYq87e-320-80.jpg)
Pluto may have an ice-spewing 'supervolcano' the size of Yellowstone, New Horizons data reveals
By Briley Lewis published
Kiladze Caldera, formerly called Kiladze crater, may be a supervolcano that erupted fairly recently, spewing ice across the surface of Pluto.
![This enhanced image of the Jovian moon Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during the mission's June 7, 2021, flyby of the icy moon on Juno's 34th pass close to Jupiter.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SGaSxTQPhBnGqdY4Te8RnD-320-80.jpg)
NASA finds organic compounds seeping up from hidden ocean on Jupiter's icy moon Ganymede
By Brett Tingley published
Ganymede, one of the largest moons in the solar system, possesses a salty subsurface ocean that may contain organic compounds, new research finds.
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15 signs the sun is gearing up for its explosive peak — the solar maximum
By Harry Baker published
Experts believe the upcoming solar maximum could be more active and arrive sooner than previously expected. Here are 15 signs that they are right.
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Astronaut captures image of a glowering 'skull' lurking in a giant volcanic pit in the Sahara
By Harry Baker published
NASA has released a new image of an eerie, cranium-shaped caldera in the Sahara Desert, which looks like it is staring right at the orbiting camera.
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Scientists finally acknowledge that they got their solar cycle predictions wrong, and that we are fast approaching the sun's explosive peak
By Harry Baker published
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has released a "revised prediction" for the current solar cycle, which states that the upcoming solar maximum will arrive sooner and be more explosive than they initially forecast — as Live Science previously reported.
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Eerie 'face' haunts Jupiter in creepy photo from NASA's Juno probe
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Jupiter's swirling clouds form an eerie image that resembles a face.
![OSIRIS-REx curation team members at NASA’s Johnson Space Center begin the process of removing and flipping the TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Mechanism) from the avionics deck of the mission's science canister.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FnguPE2AvXpvUU6mWnX4vJ-320-80.jpg)
NASA is locked out of its OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample because of 2 faulty fasteners
By Monisha Ravisetti published
NASA is struggling to open a capsule containing precious asteroid samples from the OSIRIS-REx mission. Luckily, there is plenty of material to study on the outside of the container.
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