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Black holes may be lurking closer to Earth than previously thought

The closest black hole to Earth was thought to be 1,560 light-years away - but a new study suggests there could be one around 150 light-years away.

12 September 2023

Space

Nishimura: How to see the new comet in Europe before it disappears

Only discovered in August, comet Nishimura is currently passing the Earth for the first time in more than 400 years.

11 September 2023

World News

Astronauts safely return to earth after space mission

The international crew of four astronauts spend 186 days in orbit before landing in the Atlantic sea off the coast of Florida

4 September 2023

World News

Latest SpaceX crew successfully docked at International Space Station

The latest SpaceX crew-7 mission successfully docked at the International Space Station on Sunday. Aboard the Dragon Endurance spacecraft, were four astronauts representing four different countries.

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Culture news

Culture Re-View: Why is Pluto not a planet anymore?

24 August 2006: There’s one less planet in the sky.

Mobility

India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 makes historic landing on the Moon

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has landed on the Moon, making the country the fourth nation ever to accomplish such a feat.

Russia

Russia launches its first mission to the Moon in nearly 50 years

Russian space agency, Roscosmos, says it expects the lunar landing to take place around the 21 August.

Mobility

This AI algorithm could save the world by detecting killer asteroids

HelioLinc3D, an asteroid discovery algorithm designed for the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, has identified its first potentially hazardous Earth-bound asteroid.

Ecotech

A giant ‘sun umbrella’ could stem global warming, new paper claims

We might one step closer to a giant solar shade that could help cool the Earth.

Mobility

NASA lab awaits asteroid samples that could explain how life began

The samples were collected by the unmanned OSIRIS-REx space probe which was launched from Cape Canaveral in 2016.

Culture news

Culture Re-View: The best culture inspired by the 1969 moon landing

21 July 1969: One small step for man, one giant leap for culture

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India successfully launches new mission to land robot explorer on moon

India has successful launched a rocket to the Moon in a new bid to join the exclusive club of nations - Russia, the United States and China - who have successfully completed a controlled lunar landing.

World News

India successfully launches new mission to land robot explorer on moon

India has successfully launched a new mission to land a robot explorer on the South Pole of the moon, a journey that will take over a month.

Mobility

Euclid Space Telescope: Europe's mission to chart the universe

ESA's Euclid space telescope was launched for a six-year mission to shed light on dark energy and matter and chart the largest-ever map of the universe.

Culture news

Culture Re-View: When the biggest asteroid in recorded history landed

30 June 1908: A city-destroying meteor lands in Siberia

Mobility

How do you catch a falling satellite? This start-up has the answer

While It’s become more cost-effective to launch satellites to orbit, bringing them back to Earth intact has proven much trickier. Until now.

Mobility

SpaceX launches Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut into space

It's the latest move by the oil-rich Gulf kingdom, where women only gained the right to drive a few years ago, to revamp its ultraconservative image.

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Falcoln 9 SpaceX rocket launch carries 51 satellites into orbit

A total of 51 Starlink satellites were delivered into what SpaceX called a low orbit after the successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket in California.

World News

What's going on in space, and who's regulating it?

Keeping track of everything going on beyond Earth’s stratosphere can be tricky. As the number of actors in the space industry keeps on increasing, some experts are calling for additional regulation, as it's getting crowded up there.

Mobility

Scientists watch a star 'eating' a distant planet for the first time

The sight gives a premonition of what it will be like when the Sun swallows the inner planets - including Earth - in 5 billion years' time.