Space
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Erdoğan unveils 10-year Turkish space programme
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has unveiled an ambitious 10-year space programme, a first for the country that highlights…
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Is the UK about to have liftoff in the global space industry?
In 1969, a British engineer was invited to the White House to meet President Nixon. Zahaan Bharmal The Guardian His…
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Japanese space officials eager to analyze asteroid samples
The capsule’s delivery by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft completes its six-year sample-return mission and opens the door for research into finding clues…
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We’ve mapped a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
Astronomers have mapped about a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way, in the most detailed survey of the…
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‘Rods from God’: Why Mach 5 Hypersonic Tugeston Bombs Were Never Dropped
Getting bundles of telephone pole-sized tungsten rods—1.7 time denser than lead—would require rockets of a massive scale that would have…
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NASA has announced that water is present on a sunlit surface of the moon for the first time
Researchers suggest that in some cases tiny patches of ice might exist in permanent shadows no bigger than a penny.…
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NASA works to head off losing too much Osiris-Rex asteroid dust
The team in charge of the probe is now working to quickly stow the remaining samples that would eventually be…
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Space weapons to counter China, Russia ‘coming’
To say that officials at the newly established US Space Command face a clear and present danger, is an understatement.…
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Katie Mack: ‘Knowing how the universe will end is freeing’
They describe a few of the theories scientists have about how our universe will one day die. Kameron Virk BBC…
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Solar Orbiter: Sun probe’s first images reveal small ‘camp fires’
They come from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) probe, which was launched earlier this year. Jonathan Amos BBC…
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Space Plane: Mysterious US military aircraft launches
The rocket launched on Sunday from Cape Canaveral, a day after bad weather halted plans for a Saturday launch. BBC…
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Tonight’s ‘supermoon’ is a great opportunity for photographers
Tonight, they may finally get an image of a full moon, one of a handful they still need to document…
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NASA satellite images show drastic decline in China pollution due to coronavirus
Factory and business closures for the Lunar New Year could also have contributed to the ‘dramatic drop-off.’ DW.com Satellite images…
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NASA Will Only Tolerate So Much Danger
A lot went right during a recent attempt to reach the International Space Station. A lot went wrong too. Marina…
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Breathtaking images from the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition
Mr Ershov beat 3,400 rival entries by 840 photographers from around the world. His images, above and below, show landscapes…
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The sun is still a burning mystery. That may be about to change.
On Sunday evening, a rocket is scheduled to streak through Florida’s nighttime sky, ferrying a spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind adventure…
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