Space
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25 Oct
France and China are teaming up to better predict the weather and combat climate change
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season — which has already rocked the Americas and Europe — could have been better handled if the storms and hurricanes it brought could be better predicted.
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3 Oct
Sputnik 1: five ways the first satellite changed space forever
The space age began 60 years ago, when the Soviet Union satellite Sputnik 1 was launched on 4 October 1957.
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28 Sep
United Arab Emirates unveil Mars Science City as they aim to colonise the red planet by 2117
The United Arab Emirates has revealed plans to build Mars Science City, a Mars-like city, as it works towards becoming the first nation to put humanity on the red planet.
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15 Sep
Astronomy Photographer Of The Year winners have been announced
There’s nothing quite like looking up at the sky to remind us how small we are in the universe.
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14 Sep
Nasa’s Cassini Spacecraft gets ready for its final deep dive into Saturn
The Cassini Spacecraft is getting ready for its final mission after 20 years in space: a deep dive towards Saturn before it is swallowed up by the planet’s atmosphere.
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24 Aug
How does the SpaceX spacesuit compare to Hollywood’s vision of the future?
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk hopes to one day colonise Mars.
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4 Aug
China is struggling to find someone to run its alien-hunting telescope
When it comes to space, China has been running some pioneering experiments.
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7 Jul
Ghana becomes first country in sub-Saharan Africa to send a satellite into space
Ghana successfully launched its first satellite called GhanaSat-1, which was sent into orbit from the International Space Centre on Friday.
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25 May
From SpaceX to Rocket Lab: these are the private companies changing the space industry
A private company has successfully launched a rocket into space from New Zealand, the first from a private launch facility.
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6 Apr
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos announces his new plans to fund Blue Origin’s rocket developments
Amazon’s chief executive Jeff Bezos has been forging ahead with Blue Origin’s space exploration plans.
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14 Mar
Crack open a cold one, Budweiser wants to make space beer happen
There’s been a lot of talk recently from the companies that want humans to populate space.
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7 Mar
May set for second Brexit defeat; Bezos has more plans for space travel; ECJ rules against humanitarian visas
These three things will change the world today.
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3 Mar
Jeff Bezos wants Nasa to start preping the Moon for human settlement
One of the big worries for the future is that humans will destroy planet Earth, filling it up with rubbish and greenhouse gases, so that the planet is no longer habitable.
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14 Feb
The race to Mars is on: what will future colonists find under the red planet’s surface?
The surface of Mars has fascinated generations of science fiction writers.
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10 Feb
The countdown’s begun: commercial spaceflight is about to take off
Commercial spaceflight is a hot topic right now.
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26 Jan
Brexit bill; A tick closer to midnight; And peak Tim in space?
These three things will change the world today.