Russia is taking a big gamble as it prepares to launch its first spacecraft to the Moon since 1976 on Friday. After decades of failed space missions, and with the war in Ukraine making it a pariah on the international stage, Russia is hoping to re-emerge as a major player in space exploration and consolidate its alliance with China.
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They could be just 400million years old.
It’s been classified as an ‘ultramassive’ black hole.
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Its satellites could be equipped with ‘direct-to-cellular’ hardware.
The distant star was ‘squeezed like a toothpaste tube’ by the black hole, say astronomers.
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Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov has died at the age of 80.
Polyakov holds the record for the longest-ever trip to space – a massive 437 full days orbiting the Earth between 1994 and 1995 on the Mir space station.
TRT World says NASA has released the first image from its new space telescope, offering the deepest view of the universe ever captured.
Arab News says Iran said on Wednesday it intended to conduct a test launch of its new solid-fueled rocket, despite a series of catastrophic failures and growing evidence that Israel may be sabotaging Tehran’s aerospace program.
The Metro says Pete Davidson’s voyage to the great beyond is now just a pipe dream as the comedian has dropped out of his scheduled space flight.
France24 says a Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars has been suspended due to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Independent says The wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship which has not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.
Arab News says Iran likely suffered another failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in recent days attempting to reinvigorate a program criticized by the West.
The Guardian says Nasa is exploring ways to keep the international space station in orbit without Russian help, but doesn’t see any immediate signs Moscow is withdrawing.
The Independent says scientists have spotted a “mysterious” object letting out giant blasts of energy, three times an hour.
The Guardian says A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after spending almost seven years hurtling through space, experts say.
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