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China sends new satellite into space
Xinhua. Taiyuan | Updated at 03:48pm on November 28, 2019
China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China’s Shanxi Province at 7:52am on Thursday Beijing...
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Star leaving Heart of Darkness to leave Milky Way soon
New Age Online | Updated at 03:06pm on November 14, 2019
A group of astronomers, led by Sergey Koposov of Carnegie Mellon University's McWilliams Centre for Cosmology, has spotted a star leaving the Milky Way at...
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Artificial meat now made in space, coming to a supermarket near you
Agence France-Presse . New York | Updated at 12:08am on October 12, 2019
Creating meat from cells is no longer the realm of science fiction: a Russian cosmonaut did it aboard the International Space Station, and it is...
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Brad Pitt talks weightlessness on phone call to ISS
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on September 18, 2019
When Brad Pitt called the International Space Station (ISS) Monday to talk to American astronaut Nick Hague, the conversation turned to the unexpected consequences of...
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Raspberry pi takes Earth selfie
New Age Online | Updated at 12:14pm on September 06, 2019
A neat image of Planet Earth, showing another beautiful day in the Mediterranean. — BBC photo The UK satellite company SSTL attached a Raspberry...
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NASA investigating first crime committed in space
Agence-France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on August 26, 2019
US space agency NASA is investigating what may be the first crime committed in outer space, The New York Times reported Saturday. Astronaut Anne McClain...
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Rolling Stones have space rock named after them
Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on August 25, 2019
The Rolling Stones have rocked stages around the world in their more than 50-year career. But now their influence has gone into space after NASA’s...
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Star orbiting massive black hole lends support to Einstein's theory
Reuters. Washington | Updated at 11:14pm on July 26, 2019
Observations of light coming from a star zipping in orbit around the humongous black hole at the centre of our galaxy have provided fresh evidence...
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India launches Moon mission
Agence France-Presse . Sriharikota, India | Updated at 06:54pm on July 22, 2019
India on Monday launched a low-cost rocket on a historic bid to put a landing craft on the surface of the Moon and join an...
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India set for fresh Moon mission
Agence France-Presse . Sriharikota, India | Updated at 08:36pm on July 21, 2019
India will make a second attempt Monday to send a landmark spacecraft to the Moon after an apparent fuel leak forced last week’s launch to...