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Palestinian good image pushed from Facebook to the Red planet

1 year ago
Around 200 Facebook employees signed an open letter last week urging the platform to address mounting criticism that it was censoring Palestinian content and suppressing pro-Palestinian voices. The letter demanded that Facebook take measures to guarantee the equal treatment of pro-Palestinian content and ensure that such posts are not unfairly taken down or pushed lower […]
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Palestinian NASA engineer says easier to visit Mars than Gaza

1 year ago
An electronics engineer from Gaza, Loay Elbasyouni, had worked with the NASA team that made history this month by launching an experimental helicopter from the surface of Mars. But he says an expedition to his hometown in the Gaza Strip, where posters celebrate his achievement, feels even farther away because of Israeli and Egyptian restrictions. […]
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UAE headed to moon with Japanese help

1 year ago
Lunar exploration company ispace will transport a United Arab Emirates rover to the moon in 2022, the company said on Wednesday, as the UAE pushes for rapid expansion in the space exploration business to diversify its economy. The UAE is using its space programme to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance […]
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Abu Dhabi defence industries to build satellites with Airbus

2 years ago
Abu Dhabi state defence and security entity Tawazun is to build a satellite assembly, integration and testing centre with Airbus in the United Arab Emirates’ oasis city of Al Ain, state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday. The centre also intends to manufacture components for small to medium-sized communication, navigation and hyperspectral satellites weighing between […]
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New launch date for UAE's Hope probe set for July 20

2 years ago
A new launch date for the UAE’s mission to Mars has been set for July 20, officials have announced. Lift-off from Japan’s Tanegashima Island, 1,000 kilometres to the south west of Tokyo, will take place at 1.58am UAE time. The launch of the Hope probe has already been delayed twice due to poor weather and […]
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Can Human Hibernation take us to Mars?

4 years ago
By Anna Kucirkova   The problems of overpopulation and environmental issues have our world leaders considering what the next step is to ensure the survival of humanity. What are we to do once the population has reached the critical tipping point? What about if the earth become uninhabitable? Our sister planet, Mars, is our best […]
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Scientist find first lake of liquid water on Mars

4 years ago
A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility that more water - and maybe even life - exists there, international astronomers said on Wednesday. Located under a layer of Martian ice, the lake is about  20 kilometres wide, said the report led by Italian researchers in the […]
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NASA may have accidentally burned evidence of life on Mars almost 50 years ago

4 years ago
We've known since Curiosity's expedition to Mars that the planet is home to complex organic molecules. Over the past few years, analysis provided by NASA's most recent rover have enabled us to confirm this. What's special about the presence of these carbon-based compounds is that they're considered a prerequisite for life — a promising sign […]
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Mars 'ghost' dunes may have evidence of alien life

4 years ago
Newly published research shows that hundreds of depressions on Mars' surface, known as "ghost dunes," could hold evidence of ancient life. The research, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, shows that each of the ancient dunes (most likely sand dunes) are the size of the U.S. Capitol. They've remained preserved for years because […]
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NASA shocker: Astronaut reveals humans could've been on Mars in the 1960s

4 years ago
Hero astronaut Chris Hadfield says we could've sent humans to Mars in the 1960s – but there's a very good reason we didn't. The former International Space Station commander said the risk of death was simply too high. "We could send people to Mars decades ago," Hadfield told Business Insider. "The technology that took us to […]
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Here's what future Mars and lunar space colonies could look like

4 years ago
British architect Norman Foster is known for his designs here on Earth, but now his firm Foster + Partners is looking to expand its portfolio into the cosmos, with futuristic-looking designs for colonies on Mars and the moon. The lunar and Martian habitats will be on display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester, […]
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This Retired Astronaut Says SpaceX and NASA Rockets 'Will Never Go to Mars'

4 years ago
A retired astronaut predicts that rockets developed by SpaceX, NASA, and Blue Origin won’t succeed in landing human beings on Mars — not because the technology won’t work, but because the safety risks are too great. Chris Hadfield, who retired in 2013 from the Canadian Space Agency, told Business Insider he thinks the likelihood of […]
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Did Life On Earth Actually Originate On Mars?

4 years ago
With last week’s news that NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover detected "tough" organic molecules in 3-billion-year-old sedimentary rocks within five centimeters of the surface, at least one prominent planetary scientist thinks that the debate over whether Mars first seeded Earth with life or vice-versa will only intensify. The findings appeared in last week’s issue of the […]
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Chemical Building Blocks For Life On Mars

4 years ago
For the first time, scientists say they have clear evidence that the chemical building blocks of life exist on Mars. What they can't say yet is whether there is, or ever was, life on the Red Planet. The new evidence comes from a pair of rocks. NASA's six-wheeled Curiosity rover drilled into the planet in […]
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NASA launches InSight lander toward Mars

4 years ago
In a first for the West Coast, an Atlas 5 rocket boosted a robotic Mars lander into space Saturday, the first step in a 171-day voyage to the red planet for a two-year, $1 billion mission to monitor marsquakes, probe the temperature of the core and map the planet's hidden interior. With heavy fog blanketing […]
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