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| September 12, 2026 |
Spacecraft bound for Mercury faces 'tricky' arrival Sep 03, 2026 (AFP) A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes will complete an eight-year journey to arrive at Mercury on Thursday, while still facing high-risk manoeuvres to study the Sun-scorched planet. read more |
NASA launches Roman telescope on cosmic mapping missionAug 30, 2026 (AFP) NASA launched its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed light on some of the biggest mysteries in physics. more 
Trump announces new US 'Space Academy'Aug 28, 2026 (AFP) Speaking at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Trump said the institution would be modeled on the famed US military academy at West Point. "It's called the U.S. Space Academy. That's a big deal," Trump said as he si... more
China says unmanned moon mission delayed over 'launch conditions'Aug 23, 2026 (AFP) China's manned space agency said on Sunday it is delaying a research moon mission that is part of Beijing's efforts to land a crew there by 2030, less than two weeks after a rare launch failure. more 
Trump pledges 'golden age' of space travelAug 21, 2026 (AFP) President Donald Trump pledged to blast more rockets into space in a push to boost US space travel, including to Mars and the Moon, the White House said Thursday. more |
NASA images reveal crater left by SpaceX rocket's Moon crashAug 18, 2026 (AFP) NASA on Tuesday released new images of the crater caused by a SpaceX rocket slamming into the Moon earlier this month. more
Castaway SpaceX rocket stage crashed into Moon, scientists sayAug 05, 2026 (AFP) Part of a SpaceX rocket approximately the size of a bus slammed into the Moon as predicted, scientists said Wednesday, after a telescope in Chile captured evidence of a stream of debris. more |
Seoul issues first 'severe heatwave warning' under new systemAug 03, 2026 (AFP) South Korea's weather agency issued a "severe heatwave warning" for Seoul on Monday, the first such advisory since introducing the designation this year to alert the public about extreme temperatures. more 
Japan probe made closest-ever asteroid flyby: space agencyJul 31, 2026 (AFP) A Japanese probe flew 400 metres (1,312 feet) from a near-Earth asteroid this month, marking the closest approach ever recorded in such a mission, the space agency has said. more |
Drownings surge as heat stifles GermanyJul 12, 2026 (AFP) Ninety-nine people drowned in Germany last month, the most since a record heatwave swept Europe in 2003, according to official figures. more 
UK sets record for number of days over 34CJul 09, 2026 (AFP) The UK on Thursday experienced its eighth day in 2026 with the mercury climbing above 34C, the Met Office said, breaking the previous record by one day. more |
Small Near-Earth Asteroids Show Distinct Composition From Larger Objects, Study FindsMay 04, 2026 (SPX) The study, led by Dr. Nick Moskovitz of Lowell Observatory, analyzed 189 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and identified a clear compositional shift as object size decreases. S-complex asteroids - the type most closely linked... more 
Oxford Physicists Reach Fourth-Order Quantum Squeezing With Trapped IonMay 04, 2026 (SPX) The work builds on a well-established quantum technique called squeezing. In quantum mechanics, the precision with which pairs of properties -- such as position and momentum -- can be simultaneously known is constrained ... more |
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