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Spacecraft bound for Mercury faces ‘tricky’ arrival
1+ week, 1+ day ago (521+ words) Published Sep 04, 2026, 11:18 AM Updated Sep 04, 2026, 12:05 PM PARIS – A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes will complete an eight-year journey to arrive at Mercury on Sept 3, while still facing high-risk manoeuvres to study the Sun-scorched planet. The BepiColombo mission set off…...
NASA’s Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (657+ words) Published Aug 30, 2026, 09:50 AM WASHINGTON - NASA is preparing to launch its new flagship space telescope on Aug 30, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed light on some of the biggest mysteries in physics....
NASA’s $5b ‘cosmic eye’ takes aim at the universe’s darkest secrets
2+ week, 4+ day ago (811+ words) NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to map two billion galaxies in a year. Published Aug 25, 2026, 06:57 PM Updated Aug 25, 2026, 07:00 PM CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – NASA is preparing to launch its next flagship space observatory, one that scientists plan to…...
Galaxy Grey going great guns
3+ week, 2+ day ago (699+ words) Big Max and Pacific Baobao also produce smart hit-outs ahead of Aug 22 assignments Galaxy Grey (Bernardo Pinheiro) strolling in for an easy win in a Class 4 race (1,300m) in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 9. The Simon Dunderdale-trained galloper is looking in sparkling…...
Milky Way’s fastest star spinning around black hole
3+ week, 2+ day ago (407+ words) Published Aug 20, 2026, 11:14 PM Updated Aug 20, 2026, 11:20 PM PARIS – Astronomers have discovered the fastest star in the Milky Way zooming at 25,000 km a second around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. The star, named S301, orbits so dangerously close…...