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[ad_1] Jupiter (brightest), Saturn (left) and the Milky Way over the Saskatchewan River and the … [+] Howse Pass area, July 26, 2020. The two planets will appear so close that they will become one on the night of December 21, 2020. VW Pics / Universal Images Group via Getty …

[ad_1] Astronomers looking for signs of life beyond Earth have discovered something strange. A still unexplained radio signal appears to be coming from the direction of the star closest to the sun: a small red star about 4.2 light years away called Proxima Centauri. In addition to the excitement, at …

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) – US Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, released the investigative report of the Committee on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday. The investigation began in April 2019, weeks after the second of two tragic Boeing …

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Africa Watch will be out on vacation for the next two weeks. It will return on January 8. More than 340 Nigerian schoolchildren, abducted by gunmen in a night raid last week, were released on Thursday and are reuniting with their families. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for …

[ad_1] Sauna culture in Finland, sourdough making in Malta, Budima dance in Zambia and a lawn mowing competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been added to the prestigious list of intangible cultural heritage of the United Nations. for Education, Science and Culture. Entries were among 35 from around the world …

[ad_1] NASA and the UN sign a memorandum of understanding on peaceful uses of space Press release from: NASA HQ Published: Thursday, December 17, 2020 NASA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging to cooperate in the areas of …

[ad_1] BEIJING – A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh rock samples from the Moon in more than 40 years, offering the possibility of new insights into the history of the solar system and marking a new milestone for the rapid advance of the …

[ad_1] The Long March 5 rocket carrying Chang’e 5 is seen on the launch pad at the Wenchang space launch site in Hainan. The 8.2-ton Change 5 probe, consisting of a lander, an ascender, a service module and a return capsule, is the sixth mission of the Chinese lunar exploration …

[ad_1] Canada plans to send two astronauts on missions to the moon. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced on Wednesday, December 16, that a Canadian astronaut will fly around the moon in 2023 on the Artemis 2 mission, the first manned mission in NASA’s Artemis program, which will test NASA’s …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have finalized an agreement on Canada’s participation in the Artemis program, which includes taking a Canadian astronaut on a mission around the moon in 2023. The agreement, announced by the two agencies on December 16, confirms that Canada will provide …