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European spacecraft launches to explore whether moons of Jupiter can support life

A European spacecraft has launched and is on its first leg of the journey to Jupiter in a mission to explore whether its ocean-bearing moons can support life. The six-tonne probe, named Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), blasted off on an Ariane 5 ...

14 Apr 2023 at 14:16

National News

New research suggests space travel more harmful to climate than aviation

New research suggests the space tourism industry may have a greater effect on the climate than the aviation industry if it is unregulated. According to the study, black carbon (soot) particles emitted by rockets are almost 500 times more efficient ...

25 Jun 2022 at 16:19

National News

Earth's inner core may be changing rotation, new research suggests

Scientists have reason to believe that our planet's inner core may be changing rotation. According to new research published in journal Nature Geoscience, which analysed seismic waves from repeating earthquakes over the last six decades, the core ...

24 Jan 2023 at 15:18

Arts & Entertainment

Ancient star-studded galaxy identified

Astronomers have used the most powerful telescope ever built to identify a massive, densely packed galaxy 25 million light years away. Known as GS-9209, the galaxy formed around 600 to 800 million years after the Big Bang, and is the earliest of ...

23 May 2023 at 10:33

National News

China reveals plan to land astronauts on the moon before 2030 in new space race

Chinese authorities have revealed plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030 – another advance in what is increasingly seen as a new space race pitting the Asian autocracy against the United States and its democratic allies. The US aims ...

29 May 2023 at 17:27

National News

Destroyed space shuttle discovered decades after disappearance

A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that killed a schoolteacher and six others. Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre ...

12 Nov 2022 at 11:08

National News

Satellite launched to map world’s oceans, lakes and rivers

A US-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers has rocketed into orbit. The pre-dawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California capped a highly successful ...

16 Dec 2022 at 13:49

Sport

Haggas-trained Space Legend joins Wathnan Racing team for Ascot

Wathnan Racing have acquired leading King Edward VII Stakes contender Space Legend ahead of Royal Ascot. The peacock blue and gold colours of the Emir of Qatar’s racing operation will be prominent next week, after a number of ...

12 Jun 2024 at 18:34

National News

First UK rocket launch ends in disappointment after failing to orbit over Irish coast

An attempt to make British space history by launching a rocket into orbit from UK soil has ended in failure after suffering an “anomaly” during the flight. After taking off from Cornwall, the Virgin Orbit plane flew to 35,...

10 Jan 2023 at 10:28

Arts & Entertainment

Plants grow in soil from the moon for the first time

Plants have been grown in soil from the moon for the first time. The milestone in lunar and space exploration is a first step towards one day growing plants for food and oxygen on the moon or during space missions. In ...

12 May 2022 at 17:37

Arts & Entertainment

Nasa launches study of UFOs

Nasa is launching a study of UFOs as part of a new push toward high-risk, high-impact science. The space agency announced on Thursday that it is setting up an independent team to see how much information is publicly ...

11 Jun 2022 at 09:00

National News

WATCH: Nasa tests defence technology by crashing spacecraft into asteroid

Nasa has successfully crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission. While this asteroid – named Dimorphos – posed no threat to Earth, the aim of the mission was to ...

27 Sept 2022 at 10:56

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