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NASA launches spacecraft destined to crash into rogue meteors

A NASA mission to deliberately crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to demonstrate the world's first planetary defence system, lifted off from its base at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday night. The Double Asteroid Redirection ...

24 Nov 2021 at 15:14

Arts & Entertainment

First James Webb Space Telescope image shows universe in spectacular detail

The first image from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope has been revealed, showing what is said to be the “deepest” and most detailed picture of the cosmos to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, the picture showcases a galaxy cluster called ...

12 Jul 2022 at 12:39

Northern Ireland

Former RUC chief sorry for impact of ombudsman spat on Omagh bomb victims

A former Northern Ireland chief constable is sorry for the impact on Omagh bomb victims of a public spat he had with the Police Ombudsman over a critical report. Counsel for Sir Ronnie Flanagan also said it remains of personal and ...

23 Jun 2025 at 16:18

National News

REVEALED: Where did the Nasa satellite fall on Earth?

An old Nasa satellite that studied the sun for more than a decade fell to Earth over the Sahara Desert, the space agency has reported. Nasa officials said they have received no reports of damage or injury so far from the re-entry,...

21 Apr 2023 at 09:55

Northern Ireland

Belfast astronomer to take part in groundbreaking asteroid mission

A Belfast-based astronomer is to take part in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first planetary-defence mission, to help ward off the threat of an asteroid crashing into Earth. Professor Alan Fitzsimmons from the Astrophysics ...

03 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Arts & Entertainment

REVEALED: The latest step in Nasa’s plan to land astronauts on the moon again

A satellite the size of a microwave oven has successfully broken free from its orbit around Earth and is heading towards the moon. It is the latest step in Nasa’s plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again. It has ...

04 Jul 2022 at 13:41

Arts & Entertainment

Nasa loses contact with spacecraft on way to moon

Nasa said it has lost contact with a spacecraft heading to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit, but agency engineers are hopeful they can fix the problem. After one successful communication and a second partial ...

06 Jul 2022 at 12:37

National News

'It's all quite incredible' - James Webb Telescope captures dramatic new images of Jupiter

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before – auroras and all. Scientists released the shots of the solar system’s biggest planet on Monday. The James Webb Space Telescope took ...

22 Aug 2022 at 17:53

National News

38-year-old NASA satellite set to fall from sky this weekend

A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky. NASA said the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low”. Most of the 5,400lb (2,450-kilogram) satellite will burn up upon re-entry, ...

07 Jan 2023 at 10:01

National News

Mars rover collecting samples to determine if there was life on the red planet

Nasa’s Perseverance rover has collected the first rock samples from Mars that could be returned to Earth in the first step towards answering if the red planet ever hosted life. The samples come from the floor ...

27 Aug 2022 at 14:54

Arts & Entertainment

NASA set date for test flight of giant moon rocket

On the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, Nasa announced that it is shooting for a late August launch of its new moon rocket. Nasa will attempt the more than month-long lunar test flight with ...

21 Jul 2022 at 12:50

National News

'On the brink of something really exciting' - New moon rocket from Nasa set to launch

Nasa is set to launch its new Moon rocket on Monday, marking the next chapter in putting humans back on the Moon. The flight is the first in the agency’s Artemis programme and will be uncrewed this time. ...

27 Aug 2022 at 12:33

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