EXPLAINER Considered an annual favourite, the Geminid meteor shower which peaks tonight is believed to be intensifying each year. Tuesday’s new moon has left a […]
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Chinese methane-powered rocket launches satellites into orbit | Space News #Chinese #methanepowered #rocket #launches #satellites #orbit #Space #News
Success of LandSpace Technology’s Zhuque-2 Y-3 could boost investor confidence in methane as a potential rocket fuel. A methane-powered rocket developed by a private Chinese […]
Iran launches animals into space as it revives bid for human missions | Space News #Iran #launches #animals #space #revives #bid #human #missions #Space #News
Iran’s ramping up of space launches in recent years has helped to spur additional tension with the West. Tehran, Iran – Iran has sent a […]
South Korea launches first spy satellite amid space race with rival North | Space News #South #Korea #launches #spy #satellite #space #race #rival #North #Space #News
Satellite launch comes as Seoul seeks to bolster its ability to monitor nuclear-armed North Korea. South Korea has launched its first spy satellite using a […]
Astronomers discover first ‘bubble of galaxies’ a billion light-years wide | Space News #Astronomers #discover #bubble #galaxies #billion #lightyears #wide #Space #News
The bubble is 10,000 times wider than the Milky Way galaxy and located 820 million light-years from our own galaxy. A team of international astronomers […]
Japan launches rocket carrying ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander | Space News #Japan #launches #rocket #carrying #Moon #Sniper #lunar #lander #Space #News
Successful launch comes after India became the fourth country to land on the moon with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. Japan has launched a rocket carrying its […]
India’s moon rover completes walk, put into ‘sleep mode’ | Space News #Indias #moon #rover #completes #walk #put #sleep #mode #Space #News
The rover’s payloads are turned off and data it collected has been transmitted to Earth, India’s space agency says. India’s moon rover has been switched […]
After moon landing, India sends new space mission to observe sun | Space News #moon #landing #India #sends #space #mission #observe #sun #Space #News
Latest mission by Indian Space Research Organisation will send a probe 1.5 million km to study the sun’s outer layers. India’s space agency is taking […]
Photos: Rare super blue moon rises and lights up skies worldwide | Space News #Photos #Rare #super #blue #moon #rises #lights #skies #worldwide #Space #News
A rare blue supermoon – the closest full moon of the year – dazzled stargazers around the world on Wednesday night. A supermoon is broadly defined […]
Super blue moon 2023: What it is and how to see the celestial event | Space News #Super #blue #moon #celestial #event #Space #News
The cosmic curtain rises on Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it’s considered blue. Stargazers are in for a […]