May 14 2024
Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to “touch the sun.” The Parker Solar Probe has successfully flown through the sun’s corona, or upper atmosphere, […]
DUBAI: Emirates Post Group (EPG) recently launched the “Postcards to Space” initiative in partnership with “Club for the Future”, a private foundation established by Blue Origin, “UAE Space Agency”, “Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre” (MBRSC), and “AzurX”. The initiative, which […]
A rover that landed on the far side of the moon has been sent to investigate a peculiar object on its visible horizon. The far side of the moon has relatively few flat areas, however, the rover noticed that this […]
Astronomers have detected a historic giant black hole in the making as two supermassive black holes look set to merge in a cataclysmic collision. It’s the first time astronomers have spotted two supermassive black holes so close to one another […]
The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. But the true test for this asteroid deflection technology will come in September 2022, when the […]
FLORIDA: SpaceX founder Elon Musk that his company will attempt to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit in January, but he’s not betting on success for that first test flight. “There’s a lot of risk associated with this first […]
Internet users have been sent into a frenzy after a tiny white speck spotted in new photos from NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover has people convinced they’ve spotted an alien. A recent tweet from the team behind the rover shared a […]
It’s a moment that has been decades in the making. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier observatory of the next decade, is scheduled for December 18 from French Guiana. The telescope has endured years of delays, […]
CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA and private rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit late yesterday, sending a veteran spacewalker, two younger crewmates chosen for future lunar missions, and a German materials scientist on their way to the International Space Station. […]
DUBAI: The UAE Space Agency has launched a new competition offering up to AED 4 million in funding for next-generation proposals that address climate change and food security. Scientists, entrepreneurs, academics seeking to address some of the world’s crises are […]
DUBAI: Expo 2020 Dubai visitors can blast off on a fascinating voyage through space missions and future explorations with the Space Walk journey, which celebrates and brings alive humanity’s relationship with the final frontier. Using technology and immersive techniques, the […]
