Space
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Asia
World’s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space
Wood is more durable in space than on Earth because there’s no water or oxygen that would rot or inflame…
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News
Astronomers observe black hole that may have formed gently
WASHINGTON: The conventional wisdom among astronomers is that black holes – those exceptionally dense objects with gravity so powerful that…
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Videos
Watch as the solar eclipse passes totality | CBC News special
Follow live coverage from CBC News as our reporters cover the eclipse on the ground and the moon’s shadow moves…
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Spain
Space comet approaches earth
ADVERTISEMENT A once-in-80,000-year sight will make its closest approach to Earth this weekend before heading into the vast abyss of…
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News
Commentary: Even with astronauts stuck in space, NASA is pushing human flights harder than ever
WHAT IS STARLINER? Boeing has been in partnership with NASA going all the way back to the beginning. From Mariner…
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Travel
From France to the moon: rocket simulator opens in Toulouse
The Cité de l’Espace centre is offering visitors the experience of space travel in a rocket and moon lander simulator.…
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News
Commentary: How Feb 29 reminds us of our mysterious relationship with time and space
TIME AND SPACE This is just part of the history of how February – the shortest month, and originally the…
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Asia
South Korea flies solid-fuel rocket amid space race with North Korea
SEOUL: South Korea on Monday (Dec 4) successfully conducted a flight of a solid-fuel rocket carrying a satellite over the…
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News
After 50 years, US to return to moon on Jan 25
Takeoff is scheduled for Dec 24 from Florida aboard the inaugural flight of the new rocket from the ULA industrial…
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United Kingdom
Clues to the origin of the Earth: Asteroid sample comes to UK museum
Is the key to life on Earth contained within a teaspoon of black asteroid dust that’s arrived in London? Scientists…
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