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Nokia and Nasa to install 4G on the Moon

Sci-tech Agence France Presse - 23 Oct 2020

Installing a wireless network on the Moon is just one step toward establishing a long-term human presence there

Load-shedding’s silver lining: Lower levels of sulphur dioxide air pollution

Environment Sheree Bega - 11 Oct 2020

Analysis of Nasa data shows that although SO₂ emissions around the world have fallen by about 6%, the levels are high enough to harm the health of billions of people.

YouTube steers viewers to climate denial videos: nonprofit

Article Glenn Chapman - 18 Jan 2020

YouTube has driven millions of viewers to climate denial videos, a US activist group said on Thursday as it called for stopping "free promotion...

‘One giant leap’: US marks Apollo mission 50 years on

Article Issam Ahmed - 17 Jul 2019

President Trump has relaunched the race to re-conquer the Moon — this time with the first woman — and to journey onwards to Mars

NASA rings in New Year with historic flyby of faraway world

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Jan 2019

The spaceship was to collect 900 images over the course of a few seconds as it shaved by. Even clearer images should arrive over the next three days

Saying no to sexism in science

Article Christa Kuljian - 20 Dec 2018

There’s nothing innate about scientific ability, but some male scientists, in South Africa and internationally, still believe women can’t cut it

NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years

Article Thomas Watkins - 14 Nov 2018

With today's rocket technology, it would take an astronaut up to nine months to reach Mars

Why NASA chose Senegal to find out more about an asteroid in outerspace

Article David Baratoux - 17 Sep 2018

Senegal has made great strides in astronomy and planetary sciences in recent years

Nasa blasts off space laser satellite to track ice loss

Article Agency - 15 Sep 2018

The launch marks the first time in nearly a decade that Nasa has had a tool in orbit to measure ice sheet surface elevation across the globe

Zimbabwe’s opposition copies the Kenyan playbook

Africa Simon Allison - 13 Sep 2018

Raila Odinga told Nelson Chamisa: 'Declare victory early, and keep declaring' — and Chamisa listened

Set course for the heart of the Sun

Article Matthew Du Plessis - 17 Aug 2018

They promise the earth and never deliver, but sometimes the world’s leaders give us the sun, the moon and the stars

NASA launches historic probe to ‘touch sun’

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Aug 2018

The unmanned spacecraft's mission is to get closer than any human-made object ever to the centre of our solar system

Oh great, even more water on Mars

Article Matthew Du Plessis - 27 Jul 2018

We used to laugh at the idea that Mars had canals — now it turns out there’s a whole fricking lake

Rare meteorite recovery in Botswana can help reveal secrets of outer space

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Jul 2018

Each meteorite is a piece of the puzzle to understanding our solar system

Asteroid to fly by Cape Town

Article Staff Reporter - 18 May 2018

Asteroid 2010 WC9 will make a 'close approach' to Earth at 22:04 GMT, Nasa said

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Latest articles on NASA

Nokia and Nasa to install 4G on the Moon

Load-shedding’s silver lining: Lower levels of sulphur dioxide air pollution

YouTube steers viewers to climate denial videos: nonprofit

‘One giant leap’: US marks Apollo mission 50 years on

NASA rings in New Year with historic flyby of faraway world

Saying no to sexism in science

NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years

Why NASA chose Senegal to find out more about an asteroid in outerspace

Nasa blasts off space laser satellite to track ice loss

Zimbabwe’s opposition copies the Kenyan playbook

Set course for the heart of the Sun

NASA launches historic probe to ‘touch sun’

Oh great, even more water on Mars

Rare meteorite recovery in Botswana can help reveal secrets of outer space

Asteroid to fly by Cape Town

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