Tag: space

What it takes to be one of the moon-bound Artemis astronauts

A lonely Moon base and extreme isolation When the Artemis mission lands on the Moon in years to come, its crew will have to grapple...

Data centres in space? Jeff Bezos says it’s possible

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Friday gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years and that continuously...

ON THIS DAY: Nasa’s spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars (1976)

On September 3, 1976, NASA’s Viking 2 spacecraft touched down on the surface of Mars, becoming the second mission to land successfully on the...

ON THIS DAY: Halley first observed his eponymous comet (1682)

On 26 August 1682, English astronomer Edmond Halley personally observed a comet streaking across the night sky. It was not his first professional study,...

First pictures taken by world’s largest digital camera released

The first images captured by a powerful telescope and the world's largest digital camera in Chile has been released. The photos were taken by the Legacy...

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First crematorium project in Cyprus secures planning approval

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Trump and Xi conclude ‘very successful’ talks but no deals announced

US President Donald Trump left Beijing after a two-day...
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