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Last 'Super Blue Moon' until 2037 rises tonight
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Astronomy enthusiasts are in for a treat Wednesday night: a rare "super blue Moon" that won't be seen again for more than a decade.
NASA hears 'heartbeat' from Voyager 2 after inadvertant blackout
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - NASA's distant Voyager 2 probe has sent a "heartbeat" signal to Earth after mission control mistakenly cut contact, the US space agency said Tuesday.
SpaceX Starship explodes during flight test
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» BOCA CHICA, Texas: SpaceX on Thursday launched its next-generation Starship cruise vehicle atop the most powerful rocket ever built, in a highly anticipated, uncrewed test flight.
SpaceX postpones test flight of Starship, world's biggest rocket
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» STARBASE (UNITED STATES) - SpaceX on Monday postponed the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond.
SpaceX Starship, world's biggest rocket, set for first test flight
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» STARBASE (UNITED STATES) - SpaceX was counting down on Monday to the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond.
Long lost moon could have been responsible for Saturn's rings
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» WASHINGTON - Discovered by Galileo 400 years ago, the rings of Saturn are about the most striking thing astronomers with small telescopes can spot in our solar system.
Star wars: Russians turn to astrologers amid Ukraine conflict
AFP, Published on 05/07/2022
» MOSCOW: Will there be nuclear war? Will Russia win the Ukraine offensive? Will my son survive?
Coachella music festival kicks off with pandemic back of mind
AFP, Published on 16/04/2022
» INDIO, United States: Revellers in thong bodysuits, glitter eyeshadow and flower crowns gathered Friday in the California desert as the first Coachella since the pandemic's onset got underway.
Nasa's mega Moon rocket on way to launchpad
AFP, Published on 18/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) massive new rocket was beginning its first journey to a launchpad on Thursday ahead of a battery of tests that will clear it to blast off to the Moon in mid-year.
NASA to launch Lucy probe to investigate Jupiter asteroids
AFP, Published on 16/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - NASA was set Saturday to launch a spacecraft called Lucy on a 12-year mission to explore for the first time a group of rocky bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, gathering new insights into the solar system's formation.