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NASA brings home ‘older than Earth’ asteroid sample after years-long space mission

Bennu is currently orbiting the sun at 81 million kilometers from planet earth and is almost the size of the Empire State Building. NASA’s first and largest asteroid sample finally…

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Next giant leap for mankind? Building a petrol station on the Moon

Developing a rocket refuelling station on the Moon will forever revolutionise deep space exploration. The 21st century space race is expected to be unlike any other as the US, Russia,…

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‘This isn’t normal’: NASA confirms July 2023 as hottest month since 1880

Temperature records boiled across multiple continents, raising severe concerns about the Earth’s fast-evolving climate change. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York have officially confirmed…

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Technology

Mars is spinning faster and its days are getting shorter, NASA says

The study analysed data from the first 900 Martian days of InSight’s mission to identify fluctuations in the planet’s rotation. The rotation of Mars is exhibiting an unusual acceleration each…

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NASA says more data needed to resolve mystery of UFO’s

The phenomena goes as far back as the 1940’s in the US, where people sighted flying saucers in the sky, linking them to aliens, inspiring numerous blockbuster films. More data…

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Sustainability

NASA satellite images show the ocean is turning greener. Here’s why

NASA satellite images have uncovered sea colour changes due to altered plankton populations. A recent scientific study suggests that the earth’s traditionally blue oceans are experiencing a steady shift in…

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Technology

Satellites and space junk are limiting our ability to explore the cosmos: study

Research reveals that satellites and space junk are major obstacles exploring the universe, but what does that mean? A new study has found that the increasing amount of space debris,…

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Culture
News

First female Saudi astronaut captures ‘glistening’ Mecca from space

Rayyanah Barnawi hope to conduct stem cell and breast cancer research during her projected 10 days in orbit aboard ISS. Stunning aerial images of Mecca were shared by Saudi Arabia’s…

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As Oman launches Middle East’s first spaceport: Is there a regional space race?

The growth of space programmes in the region comes from a desire to empower the upcoming generation of scientists and resolve environmental and climatic issues that are growing in the…

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