Space

Photo Story: Satellite image of wildfires around the world

A handout released via the NASA Worldview application on 28 August 2018 shows a satellite image with the red dots indicating fires around the globe on 27 August 2019. The…

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The fires in the Amazon rainforest from space

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Amazonas have been…

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NASA investigating first report of a crime in space

NASA is investigating a claim that an astronaut accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse from the International Space Station, in what may be the first allegation of a…

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Photo Story: The Perseid meteor shower

A meteorite of the swarm of meteorites Perseida is seen above Salgotarjan, Hungary, early 13 August 2019. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year in August when the Earth passes…

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Photo Story: Malta and Sicily from space

A photo taken from from the International Space Station (ISS) of Malta and Sicily by Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and that he posted on his Facebook page. The Sicilian astronaut…

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Potentially habitable ‘super-Earth’ discovered

Astronomers announced that they had discovered the nearest potentially habitable planet outside our solar system. The newfound exoplanet — a so-called super-Earth named GJ 357 d — lies 31 light-years…

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India’s mission to the moon takes off

India has successfully launched its second lunar mission a week after it halted the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag. Chandrayaan-2 was launched at 09:13 GMT on Monday from…

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Elon Musk says SpaceX could beat NASA and land on moon ‘within two years’

As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary from the historic landing on the moon by the astronauts of the Apollo 11, Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, has…

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When America landed on the moon, the whole world did

As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first landing of man on the moon, an American endeavor that went down in the annals of history. But DW takes…

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Photo Story: The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission at the National Mall in Washington

A handout photo made available by NASA shows the launch of the Apollo 11 Saturn IV rocket being projected onto the Washington Monument and additional screens on the National Mall…

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President Trump Meets Apollo 11 Astronauts

President Donald Trump is marked the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon at an Oval Office with a meeting with former Apollo 11 astronauts. The group…

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A Quick Look: The 50th anniversary of the First Apollo Landing on the Moon

On 16 July 1969, the Apollo spacecraft on top of the vast Saturn V rocket was propelled into orbit in just over 11 minutes. July 20, 1969 Apollo 11…

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Photo Story: The Partial Lunar Eclipse

A multiple exposure image shows the phases of the partial lunar eclipse as seen from Mallorca, Spain, 16 July 2019. The partial lunar eclipse on 16 July 2019, took place…

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EU’s satellite navigation system Galileo suffers service outage

Europe's satellite-navigation system, Galileo, has suffered a major outage. The network has been offline since Friday due to what has been described as a "technical incident related to its ground…

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India space launch delayed by technical problem

The launch of India's second lunar mission has been halted less than an hour before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical problem. The countdown stopped 56 minutes before…

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France to create new space force

France will set up a new space defence command in September, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. Speaking a day before the annual Bastille Day celebrations, Macron said that the command…

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Photo Story: Lost in Space

A handout illustration made available by European Space Agency ESA shows a Vega rocket carrying Earth Explorer Aeolus from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 22 August 2018 (reissued…

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Photo Story: The total solar eclipse

The moon covers much of the sun during the total solar eclipse, in Merlo, San Luis, Argentina, 02 July 2019. A total solar eclipse moved above Chile and Argentina,…

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Photo Story: The Milky Way above a clear night sky in Hungary

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Photo Story: ISS passes in front of the Sun

The International Space Station (ISS) flies in front of the Sun as seen from the vicinity of Gyongyos, Hungary, on the 26th June 2019. The flight of ISS in front…

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Scientists find strange mass at moon’s south pole

Researchers have discovered something massive lurking underneath the far side of the moon: a mysterious blob with the mass akin to a pile of metal. The structure, described in a…

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One can now watch NASA build Its next Mars Rover live

A newly installed webcam offers the public a live, bird's-eye view of NASA's Mars 2020 rover as it takes shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. You can…

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For $35,000 one can be a tourist on the ISS

NASA is to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020, priced at $35,000 per night. NASA said it would open the orbiting station to tourism and other…

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Russian space tourism firm to make first flight in returnable capsule

Russia’s CosmoCourse CEO Pavel Pushkin told Russian news agency TASS that the CosmoCourse private space tourism company will send from one to six dummies for the first autonomous flight of…

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NASA warns the threat of an Earth-destroying asteroid is no joke

Jim Bridenstine, the head of NASA has warned that it is time to take the threat of an Earth-destroying asteroid seriously. Speaking at the International Academy of Astronautics' 2019…

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First seismic event detected on Mars

NASA's InSight lander detected its first seismic event on Mars. The seismic event was a faint rumble that was picked up by the probe's sensors on the 128th Martian…

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First privately funded mission to the Moon crashes

The first privately funded mission to the Moon has crashed on the lunar surface after the apparent failure of its main engine. The Israeli spacecraft called Beresheet attempted a soft…

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Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole

The first image of a black hole has been captured by astronomers, heralding a revolution in our understanding of the universe’s most enigmatic objects. The picture shows a halo of…

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India shoots down satellite

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India has shot down a satellite in space with an anti-satellite missile. The Indian Prime Minister hailed the test as a major breakthrough in…

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Huge meteor explosion was detected off Russia

The US military detected a huge fireball exploded in the Earth's atmosphere in December but went largely unnoticed. The explosion occurred over the Bering Sea, off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.…

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The Return of the Dragon : SpaceX Dragon makes splashdown

America's new commercial astronaut capsule completed its demonstration flight on Friday with a successful splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. The SpaceX Dragon vehicle left the International Space Station (ISS) where…

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Dragon capsule successfully docks on ISS

France 24 reported that NASA and SpaceX confirmed the successful docking of SpaceX's new Dragon capsule on the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The docking began at 1051 GMT,…

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The US closer to putting astronauts into orbit from home soil

CNN reports on the successful launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. This was a demonstration mission with no crew onboard and the launch puts…

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Organic matter found on Mars

The Guardian reports that Nasa’s veteran Curiosity rover has found complex organic matter buried and preserved in ancient sediments that formed a vast lake bed on Mars more than 3bn…

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“Houston we have a problem” – Astronaut forgets SD card for his Go Pro at home. He only realises while in space.

You're 400 kilometres away from home, namely in the space. You turn on your Go Pro to take once in a life time photo. You press the button and the…

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NASA will send a helicopter to Mars – a first

NASA said on Friday it will send a small helicopter to Mars as part of the U.S. space agency’s 2020 mission to place a next-generation rover on the Martian surface,…

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ESA releases the most detailed Space Atlas to date

The European Space Agency, thanks to GAIA, it spacecraft, whose mission is to produce a detailed three-dimensional map of the stars our galaxy, released the largest 3D star atlas ever…

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