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NASA names next Mars rover ‘Perseverance’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA on Thursday announced the name of its next Mars rover: Perseverance. It will be…

Australia developing satellite to predict bushfire danger zones

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian scientists are developing the country's first satellite designed to predict where bushfires are likely to…

Australia developing satellite to predict bushfire danger zones

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian scientists are developing the country's first satellite designed to predict where bushfires are likely to…

Blast off: space minnow Indonesia eyes celestial success

by Peter BRIEGER LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AFP) -- Workers snap the miniature rocket's wings into place as Indonesia's little-known space agency…

Earth captures new ‘mini moon’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Earth has acquired a second "mini-moon" about the size of a car, according to astronomers…

Katherine Johnson, black NASA mathematician, dies at 101

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Katherine Johnson, a ground-breaking black NASA mathematician whose life was portrayed in the movie "Hidden…

Trembling Mars gives up more seismic secrets

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- Mars is a constantly tremoring "living" body, researchers said Monday as they unveiled measurements of…

WWI helmet was better blast protection than new one: US study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A helmet used by French soldiers in World War I provided better protection from overhead…

SpaceX announces partnership to send four tourists into deep orbit

by Ivan Couronne Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX announced a new partnership Tuesday to send four tourists…

‘Jetman’ stuns with Iron Man-style flight over Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- Daredevil Vince Reffet has soared into the skies above Dubai in the latest "Jetman"…

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