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Surprise gamma-ray discovery could shed light on cosmic mystery.

Astronomers have discovered an unexpected and unexplained feature outside our Milky Way galaxy that’s radiating high-energy light called gamma rays. The team behind the discovery, including NASA and University of Maryland cosmologist Alexander Kashlinsky, found the gamma-ray signal while searching through 13 years of data from NASA’s Fermi Telescope. “It is a completely serendipitous discovery,” […]

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TUNSA and European Partners Secure EUR 1.057 Million Grant from the EU for UDENE project.

The Tunisian Space Association (TUNSA) operates with a mission to advance the utilisation of space technology for bolstering Tunisia’s economic, social, and environmental progress while promoting and enhancing the nation’s scientific and technological prowess. As a non-profit entity, TUNSA is a collaborative platform for diverse individuals and organisations interested in space endeavours, including scientists, engineers,

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NASA delays Artemis mission; astronauts will not return to Moon till 2026.

The excitement was palpable. After more than fifty years, humanity was set to return back to the Moon with Artemis missions. But now, it seems like we will have to wait longer. NASA announced Wednesday that it will delay its next few Artemis missions due to technical hurdles. “To safely carry out these missions, agency

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China launches “lobster eye” Einstein Probe to unveil mysteries of X-ray universe.

China launched its Einstein Probe early Tuesday to detect X-ray emissions from violent, fleeting cosmic phenomena using novel lobster eye-inspired optics. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China at 2:03 a.m. (0703 UTC), Jan. 9. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) confirmed launch success within

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Critical stage awaits ISRO solar mission Aditya L1 as it inches closer to destination.

Aditya L1, India’s first mission to study the Sun, is inching closer to its destination, the Lagrange Point (L1), located 1.5 million kilometers away from the Earth. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had launched Aditya L1 on September 2, last year. ISRO could be attempting one of the most crucial maneuvers of this mission

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SpaceX launches 1st batch of ‘direct to cell’ Starlink satellites.

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Tuesday (Jan. 2), on its first mission of 2024. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 21 Starlink craft lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 10:44 p.m. EST (0313 GMT on Jan. 3; 7:44 p.m. local California time). And some of those satellites

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India selects Falcon 9 for communications satellite launch.

WASHINGTON — The commercial arm of India’s space agency ISRO announced Jan. 2 it will launch a large communications satellite later this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9, further underscoring SpaceX’s dominance in the global launch market. New Space India Ltd. (NSIL), the arm of ISRO responsible for commercial launch and satellite services, said it

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NASA and Russia will keep launching each other’s astronauts to ISS until 2025.

NASA and Russia have agreed to keep launching American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts on each other’s spacecraft, media reports suggest. Roscosmos announced both it and NASA will continue the International Space Station launches with each other’s crew members through at least 2025, “to maintain the reliability of the ISS as a whole,” according to multiple

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SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule undocks from ISS after delays

A SpaceX cargo ship laden with science departed the space station today (Dec. 21) and headed back toward Earth. SpaceX‘s robotic Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) today at 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 GMT), as the two spacecraft were flying over the southwest coast of Chile. If all goes according to plan,

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