space

Israeli high school students launch nine miniature satellites into space in 'Tevel 2' project

One of the satellites was developed by Druze students and is the first of its kind.

15/03/2025
 The moon passes by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spaceship ahead of its landing, February 24, 2025

US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lands on the moon, marking a major milestone in private lunar exploration.

By REUTERS
02/03/2025

Katy Perry to star in Blue Origin's historic all-women space voyage

"The NS-31 mission is historic as it marks the first crewed space mission composed entirely of women since Valentina Tereshkova's solo flight in 1963."

Astronomers see lower risk of newly found asteroid hitting Earth

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, is orbiting on a path that will bring it close to Earth in 2032, with scientists previously calculating impact probability at around 3%.

By REUTERS
28/02/2025

New information regarded as strong evidence Mars had ‘vacation beaches’

New research provides the clearest evidence yet that Mars once contained a significant body of water and a more habitable environment for life.

Evidence of beaches from ancient Martian ocean detected by Chinese rover

The findings are the latest evidence indicating the existence of this hypothesized ocean, called Deuteronilus, roughly 3.5 to 4 billion years ago on Mars.

By REUTERS
25/02/2025

Scientists find Earth's inner core's rotation may slow and change direction by 2040

Researchers suggest that changes in inner core's rotation may impact its magnetic field.

 An artist's concept shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy

NASA's Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole

While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other galaxies.

By REUTERS
18/02/2025

‘Consider again that dot’: How NASA's Voyager and Carl Sagan showed us Earth like never before

On February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 took the iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' photo of Earth from 3.7 billion miles away.

Curiosity rover captures rare iridescent noctilucent clouds on mars

The clouds, composed of carbon dioxide ice crystals, glow in shades of red, green, and pearlescent hues in the martian twilight.

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