All posts tagged "Space"
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30ScienceWhy did the UK’s oldest space satellite end up thousands of miles from where it should have been?
BBC/Gerry Fletcher Artwork: The half-tonne Skynet-1A satellite was launched in November 1969 Someone moved the UK’s oldest satellite and there appears to...
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30ScienceTrump taps billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead Nasa | Trump administration
A billionaire entrepreneur who led the first flight of an all-private crew of astronauts, and became the first civilian to walk in...
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Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo)
The sun is not quite done with 2024. Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar flare, one...
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35ScienceScientists close to solving mystery of how universe’s giant galaxies formed | Astronomy
Galaxies crashing together 12bn years ago could have caused the universe’s biggest galaxies to form, according to research. A study by astronomers...
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DJI Mini 4K drone review
Key specs Camera: 50MP 1-inch CMOS & 48MP 1/1.3-inch CMOS Video resolution: Up to 4K Frame rates: 4K up to 120 FPS...
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29ScienceNasa announces further delays in Artemis moon missions | Nasa
The Nasa administrator, Bill Nelson, announced has announced new delays in the US space agency’s Artemis programme to return astronauts to the...
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SpaceX to launch its last Falcon 9 rocket of 2024 on New Year’s Eve
SpaceX is preparing to launch its last mission of the year. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 21 Starlink broadband internet satellites,...
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28ScienceSpaceX valued at $350bn as company agrees to buy shares from employees | SpaceX
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX and its investors have agreed to buy shares from its employees, valuing the business at $350bn (£275bn)....
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India launches 2 SpaDeX satellites on ambitious space docking test for future moon mission, space station
India successfully launched twin satellites on the country’s first-ever space docking test flight on Monday (Dec. 30), a mission that aims to...
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26ScienceGeminid meteor shower: when to best see Australia’s biggest shooting star show this weekend | Meteors
Australia will see its best and biggest meteor shower of the year when the Geminids meteors light up the sky early on...
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‘Dune: Prophecy’s’ Faoileann Cunningham on Sister Jen’s harrowing series journey (exclusive)
Amid the sacred stone walls of the Sisterhood’s fortress-like headquarters on the planet Wallach IX, the acolytes of Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen...
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Geminid meteor shower to light up UK skies this weekend | Meteors
One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year is expected to light up the night sky this weekend. The Geminid...
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Former US President Jimmy Carter dies at 100, but his voice continues ‘into the cosmos’
The longest-lived president in United States’ history, Jimmy Carter’s voice will continue to extend “into the cosmos” beyond his death at 100....
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30ScienceGalaxies, auroras and a cosmic bat: Southern Sky astrophotography exhibition 2024 – in pictures | Science
Main image: Honourable mention, solar system category: Half & Half by Dennis MellicanThe moon at half phase. On the daylit side we...
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The top 7 black hole discoveries from 2024
Our fascination with black holes is pretty understandable; their one-way boundary, the “event horizon,” traps light, meaning no signal can ever travel...
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33ScienceStarwatch: Ursids meteor shower to appear in largely dark sky | Astronomy
Another week, another meteor shower. Last week it was the highly reliable Geminids meteor shower, this week it is the lesser shower...
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David Lynch’s ‘Dune’ at 40: David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation is a true spice oddity
Frank Herbert’s sprawling sci-fi novel was never likely to be tamed in the space of a single movie. Now that “Dune: Part...
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54ScienceEU launches €10bn space programme to rival Musk’s Starlink | Aerospace industry
The EU has launched an ambitious €10bn (£8.3bn) space programme with a constellation of 290 satellites to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink, further...
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Remembering President Carter – NASA
President Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn, and daughter Amy, along with Kennedy Space Center Director Lee Scherer, look at a scale model of...
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What has to happen in 2025 to move the UAP story forward?
It seems fair to say that this year has arguably been a page-turner in defining and refining interest in Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena...
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22ScienceOur Martian heritage must be preserved, say leading scientists | Mars
Just as the outline of an iron-age hut or remains of a Roman sword cause excitement today, archaeologists of the future could...
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Sols 4402-4415: Rover Decks and Sequence Calls for the Holidays
Without any contact science planned, MAHLI went on holiday early (actually, she’s been out all week!) and APXS only had to babysit...
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